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Subject: Re: [OM] wildlife lenses
From: *- DORIS FANG -* <sfsttj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 10:29:49 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Denton Taylor wrote:

> At 06:39 AM 1/24/00 -0500, Doris ecrit:
> >the manufacturers draw lines of demarcation for marketing to pros
> >is via the synch speed. Most amateur cameras go to 1/125th. Most pro
> >units jump to 1/250th. Of course, max fill-flash range isn't of
> >importance to everybody.
> 
> And of course if you are buying lenses in the Zuiko 350 2.8 + 1.4, or 500/4 
> in Canon or Nikon, the price of the body is really not important in the 
> large scheme of things.

   Of course. Money has nothing to do with my comment. What I was pointing
out is the significance of synch speed with regards to cameras designed
for pro uses and how OM's humble 1/60th is a significant deficit for a lot
of users. Then there's the M6, I know. What a pleasure it is to be able
to do fill-flash with leaf-shutter cameras (and the rollei 6000's manage
to go to 1/1000th !). Even the use of an XA with its small A16 flash
is an eye-opener in demonstrating the usefulness of high synch speeds.
   I'm sure Denton, being a Rollei SLR owner, knows this well. 

                                     *= Doris Fang =*




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