He was using the fact that camera *was not* syncronizing right. The sync
speed is 1/60. So go into a dark room with the flash. Fire it at 1/60 and
1/125. The 1/60 should be evenly lit, and the 1/125 will only be half lit.
Now fire the shutter between 1/60 and 1/125 - and if more than 1/2 but not
all of the frame is lit, you know it has a stepless shutter.
BTW, as far as I can tell, the KX has a stepless shutter.
Todd
At 11:25 PM 6/6/01 +0200, you wrote:
>Just out of curosity: how did you test shutter speeds that your camera is
unable to
>synchronise properly with a flash?
>I am not negating the results; I just cannot imagine what that results of
this test
>looked like to give you grounds for stating that the shutter is stepless.
>
>Lon Williamson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisał / wrote:
>
>> A while back I posted a question about K body
>> shutters. I wanted to know if, for example,
>> you set a shutter speed between 60 and 125,
>> if you'd get a speed in-between.
>>
>> The other day I used a flash to test.
>> I shot a white wall with flash at 60,
>> about 100, 125, about 175, 250, etc. all
>> the way up to 1000.
>>
>> Results show that my KM has a stepless
>> shutter above 60, and I'm pretty sure it
>> does below 60 because these speeds are slow
>> enough to hear differences.
>>
>> I assume the K1000 and KX use the same
>> mechanism, so you K body folks out there
>> might want to adjust the shutter speed dial
>> "in between" sometimes to get a half stop or
>> thereabouts compensation.
>>
>> And - a completely different subject -
>> the other day I bought an Ebay Cosina 28-70
>> constant f 2.8 in KA mount. Just couldn't help
>> myself. The only zoom I have in that range is the
>> Tak 28-70 KA.
>>
>> And now, of course, I wanna know AFTER the fact
>> if this lens is "any good". lol. Anyone ever
>> use this puppy?
>>
>> - Lon Williamson
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