I recently lusted for higher shutter speeds when shooting the "people side"
at a local motor race. The day was clear, sunny and bright. I was caught
out with only 400 speed film, I mistakenly thought I had a few rolls of 100.
For several shots I wanted minimum depth of field to seperate the subject.
Alas, even at 1/2000 f/5.6 was all I could get. I realise 1/4000 only buys
a single stop, but it would have been welcome :).
Of course, the better answer is to have one's film inventory and filter
selection right. ISO 100 film would have given me f/2.8 in that situation -
wide open for that particular lens. Alternatively, a polarizer or neutral
density filter would give a similar result. I didn't pack right. In this
case, lack of technology was no excuse for my poor planning.
John P
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-----Original Message-----
From: Terry and Tracey <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, August 22, 1998 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] New member + For Sale big list
>>Too bad you're in Plano and not Plains Texas. I'll be going through
Plains
>>next month and, after shooting Bryce/Zion/and the the North side of Grand
>>Canyon with only Olympus equip, I'm going to sell it all. The need for
>>1/4000 sec. shutter speed and high speed flash sync is forcing a change.
>>Some of what will be with me follows:
>
>
>Why do you need 1/4000 shutter speed? Sorry to pry, but I've never
>understood the need for it. I understand it exists as a by product of the
>higher sync speed.
>
>Foxy
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