1) Slower film would be better, Delta 100 or such. They'd also help give
you wider f/stops for nice out-of-focus backgrounds. I wouldn't use
filters for people.
2) Many shutters trail at the upper speeds. Those are the first speeds to
get out of whack due to the low tolerance for adjustments, narrow slit
width, and high tension. But your comment is most likely individual sample
variation. The horizontally travelling shutter of the OM-4Ti is right at
its upper design limit at 1/2000. All the 1/4000-1/12000 shutters are
vertically travelling metal shutters. It was a shame that Olympus never
moved to that higher speed design. It would have given us a 1/125 or 1/250
synch speed. Maybe John H could shed some light on this high-speed trailing?
Skip
At 12:54 PM 4/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
Hi from a sunny (at last) London. Two questions:
1) A friend has asked me to take some b&w shots of her 6 month old baby -
I havn't done b&w of people for a long time; what filter is best for baby
skin tones?
(I'll be sticking to my fav, ilford FP4+, film)
2) Was chatting to a wonderbrick owner whose toy has a max shutter of
1/8000. It triggered a memory of a review in a UK photo mag (practical
photography, early 93 I think) of the OM4Ti. The review stated that the
shutter just couldn't make 1/2000, in reality it was 1/1100 ish. Can
anyone confirm this?
Cheers
Pete
ps - Lex; come back; Skip don't leave
pps - mandatory ebay content; oops wrong list......... :-)
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