>You're both right. When the shutter closes because of the flash quenching,
>the shutter speed happens to be 1/60th!
>
>I have a minor nit with saying "the shutter speed is locked," however. If
>the flash's entire dump isn't enough light, the shutter will remain open
>until enough additional light enters to satisfied its hunger. (Or until it
>dies of light-starvation in a couple minutes, or until you say "oops!" and
>switch it to manual...)
On the 2. To get it to do that on the 2n, SP, 4 etc, put some tape on the
flash contact. Apparently. I've never done it. But I have used my flash when
it wasn't sufficient light on my 2SP and 4Ti. The shutter was 1/60 when set
to auto.
Foxy
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