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10-07-2013, 06:22 AM   #106
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In practice you want as much flash power as you can get, especially when you're using diffusers. I've been in tons of situations where the 1/180 limits my exposures. Using HSS the flash becomes so weak I might not even use it. Getting to 1/250 or heck, 1/200 makes a difference.

It's like when they made DA 35 a 2.4 lens instead of the 2 that actually was the intention of that lens design (the optical formula is almost exactly the same as FA 35). That bit makes a difference

It's nothing compared to the 1/4000 of old day Nikons though. I really wish instead of this AA filter / no AA filter camera versions which is irrelevant for my image making, they make a version with electronic shutter for every camera release. I'd definitely buy the electronic shutter version


I'm unconvinced. it seems a real technical limit is not firing at all above 1/180th without HSS, not the sync speed itself.
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HSS is yber cool on paper, but has some serious limitations.
When using HSS you loose a lot of flash power. I think you are down to 1/8 of full power, maybe even less. This makes it near useless when it comes to killing ambient sun light.

to kill ambient light especially sun you need at least 8 speedflash...that's why people use profoto or battery powered strobe...because even at 1/250 sync speed you will end up at f 16 and so you need a lot of power no less than 400 watt....i mean to kill seriously...

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They are not all reflective, at least two sides are transparent.
Offcourse , I assumed that was obvious.

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They do say "improves reflectance" which I would take to mean "increases reflectance" on the reflecting surfaces, rather than "decreases reflectance" on the transmission surfaces (ie increases transmittance on the entry and exit surfaces).
I could be wrong but aren`t DSLR prisms are only coated on the reflective sides?
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about raw video output...i don't see nothing about this in spec..anybody can clarify?
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I'm unconvinced. it seems a real technical limit is not firing at all above 1/180th without HSS, not the sync speed itself.
Yes, if Pentax could just throw us a bone and allow us to fire a manual flash at faster than 1/180, then at least that would help. A big discussion on the need for faster sync was here:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/198977-why-higher-...ss-pentax.html
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That has the Pentax logo at the bottom. I though the production version had Ricoh?
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QuoteOriginally posted by konraDarnok Quote
I'm unconvinced. it seems a real technical limit is not firing at all above 1/180th without HSS, not the sync speed itself.
Doesn't matter I guess, as long as I can get what I need with 1/250 I've only been using it by feel and find that 1/180 is often limiting, for me the problem is that I need to stop the lens down too much for my liking.

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to kill ambient light especially sun you need at least 8 speedflash...that's why people use profoto or battery powered strobe...because even at 1/250 sync speed you will end up at f 16 and so you need a lot of power no less than 400 watt....i mean to kill seriously...
Often the need is not to kill full sun but sunsets / backlit exposures.

And yes for focus peaking in the last post! Pentax has not become Nikon

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That has the Pentax logo at the bottom. I though the production version had Ricoh?
Pre-production versions had Pentax there; the production versions will show Ricoh below the screen.
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