Greetings Mr. Wright; With 2nd curtian sync, the
blur of people or objects in motion trail the flash
exposure, with 1st curtian sync they lead. This gives
impression that the motion is reversed and that the
subject is backing up, 2nd curtian sync gives more
realistic looking results.
--- Dirk Wright <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As someone else mentioned, can these cameras be
> modified for rear
> curtain sync? My guess is no, but I'm curious about
> how it is used in
> the Nikon world? Doris?
>
> Just to be sure I have this correct, rear curtain
> sync is when the the
> sync contacts are closed when the trailing curtain
> begins to move, as
> opposed to the usual X sync which occurs when the
> leading curtain is
> fully open?
>
> Assuming that the above is correct, I can't think of
> the difference it
> would have on picture taking. For really slow
> shutter speeds, the stuff
> illuminated by ambient light would be blurred from
> movement, and the
> flash illuminated stuff would be sharp. For normal
> sync, it seems that
> the ambient stuff is recorded after the flash fires.
> For rear curtain
> sync, the ambient stuff would be recorded before the
> flash fires. I'm
> not sure what difference this would make. Anyone?
>
>
> Be seeing you.
>
>
> Dirk Wright
>
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