I think that article was quite confusing. The nominal sync time of a camera refers to the speed of the shutter lamellae, doesn't it? The quicker the movement, the shorter the interval can be for a fully opened shutter. The article describes the _practical_ sync time which should also depend on how well the camera synchronise the shutter and the flash blink. Many of the commenters point out that it works at 1/200 when the flash is mounted in the hotshoe, but not when off-camera. So to me it seems that Canon has a sloppy implementation of sync speed rather than an unreliable shutter. Maybe it's the flash that's sluggish rather than the camera?
Anyway, I'm quite happy with the way flash is controlled in K-7. The hi-speed sync works fine with both the AF-540-FGZ and Metz AF-58 when 1/180 is not enough. If I absolutely had to pop a flash at high shutter speeds as if working with conventional sync speed, I guess I'd go manual and be done with it. I don't see the need for the article's hype, really. Maybe I've missed something. :-) Jostein 2010/2/3 P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>: > There was a certian amount of Angst about the K-7 having a sync speed of > only 1/180 sec. Well at least Pentax seems to be honest... > > http://strobist.blogspot.com/2010/01/know-your-sync.html > > Os so it seems to me. > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
