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Re: [OM] Using OM 35 RC with S20 Flash

Subject: Re: [OM] Using OM 35 RC with S20 Flash
From: "Ian A. Nichols" <I.A.Nichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:14:00 +0000 (GMT)

On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Clemente Colayco wrote:

> Yes I am told the leaf shutter will sync at all speeds, the mystery to me is
> how the correct exposure is attained given that as we use different shutter
> speeds we are using the same aperture throughout, right? In normal light
> shooting, we would then be adjusting the aperture to ensure correct
> exposure.

Flash exposures do not vary with shutter speed in the same way as
continuous light exposures because the flash is always much shorter than
the exposure time - rarely longer than 1/1000 s even for a powerful
flash.  The camera simply has to have the shutter fully open for the
duration of the flash.  Leaf shutters can do that at all speeds, focal
plane shutters can't.

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