The flash could be faking it, being triggered by the normal X synch, but waiting 9 milliseconds (whatever) before firing the flash.
------ Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Dayton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pat White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 8:22 PM Subject: Re[2]: why trailing-curtain-sync is useful > While it is a switch on the flash, my hunch is that the camera body is > told by the flash that trailing synch is set. Otherwise the camera > wouldn't know to trigger the flash at the trailing curtain instead of > the first curtain. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > > Saturday, January 3, 2004, 3:16:03 PM, you wrote: > > PW> Maybe I'm wrong, but with modern gear, isn't trailing-curtain sync a feature > PW> of the flashgun? With my Metz flash, it's a switch on the adaptor. It'll > PW> do trailing-curtain sync with the MZ-5n and the MZ-S, although there's no > PW> setting on the camera for it. >
