Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-10 Thread Frantisek Vlcek
Saturday, March 09, 2002, 11:26:59 PM, Bob wrote: BW Hi, BW I wrote that, and I have used LXs for many years. The original question BW was not about synching with TTL, but only about slow synching. Here it BW is: Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I

Re[2]: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-09 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, I wrote that, and I have used LXs for many years. The original question was not about synching with TTL, but only about slow synching. Here it is: Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I would like to use the flash for exposure of the foreground

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Bruce Rubenstein
You can manually set the shutter speed to anything from x-sync on down. Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ - 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

LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Peter Smekal
Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I would like to use the flash for exposure of the foreground subject and a slow shutter-speed to expsoe the low light background. The LX-manual only recommends to leave the cameras shutter speed dial set to automatic or

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Peter Smekal
You can manually set the shutter speed to anything from x-sync on down. Thansk, but at least when I use the AF280T-flash in TTL-auto-mode the shutter-speed seems to be the same (1/75?) indepedent of whichever manual setting I set. Maybe the flash can only be used in M-mode? Peter Smekal

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Bob Walkden
Hi, you can set the shutter speed to anything at or below the sync speed. The LX doesn't do rear-curtain sync though so any light trails may not be 'moving' in the direction you expect. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Love is fast, life a vest --- Ancient wisdom of the mysterious Orient

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Aaron Reynolds
On Friday, March 8, 2002, at 01:16 PM, Peter Smekal wrote: Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I don't know the specifics of the AF280T, but if it does analog TTL, the LX will automatically set itself to 1/75 no matter what you set it to, unless you

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync/it works like this

2002-03-08 Thread Alexander Krohe
There seems to be a bit confusion about this issue (the manual is not very clear in this aspect). But the LX works like this: 1) The LX has an auto sync feature, i.e. sync speed is set automatically. 2) Clearly, the sync speed cannot be set automatically when the shutter is set at any

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync/it works like this

2002-03-08 Thread Peter Smekal
Thank's There seems to be a bit confusion about this issue (the manual is not very clear in this aspect). But the LX works like this: 1) The LX has an auto sync feature, i.e. sync speed is set automatically. 2) Clearly, the sync speed cannot be set automatically when the shutter is set at any

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Cotty
Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I don't know the specifics of the AF280T, but if it does analog TTL, the LX will automatically set itself to 1/75 no matter what you set it to, unless you put a little piece of tape over the appropriate contact. Or

Re: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync

2002-03-08 Thread Jim Apilado
] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 19:16:28 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: LX and slow-speed-flash-sync Is slow-speed-sync shooting possible when using the LX and the AF280T-flash? I would like to use the flash for exposure of the foreground subject and a slow shutter