RE: [OM] Flash sync question

[Lex Jenkins]

Thanks, Brian, that's exactly why I've held onto my Canonet, and regretted 
selling my Olympus 35RC.  Hard to beat a leaf shutter for outdoor flash.
Lex
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> From: "Brian P. Huber" <bphuber@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [OM] Flash sync question
> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 14:49:37 -0400
>
> In a word, no.
> In a paragraph, the fastest shutter speed for flash is 1/60 sec.(unless you
> have a camera using a vertical shutter).  At speeds below 1/60, the first
> curtain moves across the shutter opening at a constant speed.  At a set 
> time
> interval, the second curtain follows the first curtain.  At speeds higher
> than 1/60, the full width of the shutter opening is no longer available.  
> At
> speeds higher than 1/60, the curtains are travelling at the same time 
> across
> the shutter opening width.  The width becomes more narrow as the shutter
> speed increases.  The best way possible for shutter speeds above 1/60 is to
> use a leaf shutter, full sync to 1/500.  Time to drag out your Hasselblad!
> Or, use one of those new fangled cameras that have vertical shutters that 
> go
> to 1/250.  Don't trust that new stuff, may not work!
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