[roscot]

Seems we have a wide sample variance here.

[CapitaineAbitibi]

If you use a sync cord with studio flashes, you can sync at 1/180. The issue is when using the radio slaves.

Read carefully my posts... I did use a sync cord when I performed the test and plugged in the sync plug of the camera... and couldn'T sync at more than 1/125s... Exact same strobes and sync cord on a D200 got 1/250s...

And this is an issue with the K20D... not the K10D, my previous K10D performed very well at 1/180s.

[CapitaineAbitibi]

Just a recap...

K20D:

Wireless trigger : 1/100s
Sync Cord (camera body plug) : 1/125s

D200:

Wireless trigger : 1/250s
Sync Cord : 1/250s

This test was performed with the exact same strobes, exact same sync cable and exact same wireless trigger.

Before, I never had issues with the K10D the sync speed was 1/180s and on the *ist DS 1/160s

1/100s isn't such a big deal, but when you try to add some movement, then it can become an issue...

[mauricio]

The thing here is that some people are reporting the same problem with the K10D...so could this be the result of a bad combination of camera/strobes/triggers and not the camera itself? I find it hard to believe that Pentax is announcing a value that ends up not being true. And as someone said, the shutter in both cameras seem to be the same.

[CapitaineAbitibi]

Well I did some more tests at my local camera store and we found out something even more disturbing with my camera, we did the test with a diffrent K20D and there was no problems with it. My shutter doesn't always have the same speed.

With the exact same settings (i.e. f9.0 1/100s) and same lighting setup... well I doN't get the same exposures, some are darker, wayyyyyy darker, lighter.... out of 10 shots 6 were "normal" and 4 were all over the place. The camera was set in manual mode...

3 Pentax cameras in 5 years... 3 strikes they're out! I just lost any little confidence I had in their products