I have not yet used the high speed sync mode (HSS) and skipped over that area when reading the manual. However, my question is why is it important for the usage you have described? It would seem to me that HSS would only be used where the ambient light is your main light source and the flash is used only for fill, but in the application you suggest would not the flash be the main light source. In that application it is the flash duration (speed) not your shutter speed that will freeze the action and the limitations would be the power, or reach of your flash and not the shutter speed of the camera.
Now, I don't shoot sports so there may be considerations of which I am unaware, but if I were you, I would be looking for a more powerful flash than the AF360-FGZ, not higher sync speeds. Alternatively, or perhaps in any event, you may use a relatively high speed film, say ASA 800, that would provide additional reach and likely provide adequate backround exposure, so the stadium's large area does not black out your backround where the flash does not reach. Cheers, Mike. Nick Wright wrote: >Hey all, > I've got some questions about the MZ-S and it's flash system. At my >position at the paper, my primary duty is to shoot sports. If there is an >editorial assignment and a basketball game at the same time, the basketball >game has my priority (generally speaking). So I was pretty dissapointed that >the top "normal" flash sync of the MZ-S is only 180th of a sec, just a wee >shy of what I'd like to shoot at. Alot of ppl think that the 2.5 frames per >second motor drive would be a greater inconvenience but I don't use a >machine gun method for sports anyway. Anyway, flash is very important >because few of the stadiums that I shoot at have enough light to make good >exposures without it. So my question is mainly what kind of power loss are >we looking at when using the new 360fgz when in high speed sync mode? >Obviously I wouldn't expect to get good exposures with the camera set to >1/6000, but, for example, what's the flash's max distance with the camera >set to 250th with 800iso film? What about with the shutter set to 1/500th? >Thanks in advance for any help. > >-- >Nick >- >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > >. - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
