Originally posted by HGMonaro I'm with Wheatfield... guess they could make it a custom setting!
I do remember seeing a discussion somewhere about this and I think the idea was by only using part of the frame (sensor) you could get a higher sync speed. You just have to remember to frame the image appropiately then crop afterwards.
Deliberately shooting with flash at a speed faster than the x-sync speed is possible on some cameras. In fact, from reading some of those threads, Pentax is one of the few that does not allow this.
You're right. The idea is to shoot at, say one stop higher than your sync speed, but compose the image so that nothing important is in the portion of the image that is cut off. Then, simply crop the image in PP.
I found it amusing in one thread about this, in which several users were stating that this was a major deal-breaker for them and that they were going to immediately sell their Pentax (or not buy it in the first place) and get either Canon or Nikon gear. These seem to be the same people who can't understand how Pentax can sell any cameras at all, when none of them can shoot 8 frames per second and Pentax is doomed without this feature.