On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Denton Taylor wrote:
> At 06:39 AM 1/24/00 -0500, Doris ecrit:
> >the manufacturers draw lines of demarcation for marketing to pros
> >is via the synch speed. Most amateur cameras go to 1/125th. Most pro
> >units jump to 1/250th. Of course, max fill-flash range isn't of
> >importance to everybody.
>
> And of course if you are buying lenses in the Zuiko 350 2.8 + 1.4, or 500/4
> in Canon or Nikon, the price of the body is really not important in the
> large scheme of things.
Of course. Money has nothing to do with my comment. What I was pointing
out is the significance of synch speed with regards to cameras designed
for pro uses and how OM's humble 1/60th is a significant deficit for a lot
of users. Then there's the M6, I know. What a pleasure it is to be able
to do fill-flash with leaf-shutter cameras (and the rollei 6000's manage
to go to 1/1000th !). Even the use of an XA with its small A16 flash
is an eye-opener in demonstrating the usefulness of high synch speeds.
I'm sure Denton, being a Rollei SLR owner, knows this well.
*= Doris Fang =*
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