Interesting read Jez, seems to me it's like railway gauges, LHD vehicles,
etc. - no sensible reason at all.
...Wayne
>
> http://www.djtelectraining.co.uk/downloads/50Hz-Frequency.pdf
>
> On 29/03/2014, Wayne Harridge <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > I wonder why the USofA went for 60Hz rather than 50 - just to be
> > different ?
> >
> > What other countries use 60Hz ?
> >
> > ...Wayne
> >
> >>
> >> Good news. In all honesty, the camera it originally came with was a
> >> slug
> > when
> >> it came to AF speed. Especially since they had to slow things up in
> >> one of
> > the
> >> firmware upgrades because the AF sensors were fooled by 60Hz
> >> florescent lights. Worked fine in 50Hz... Hello? Does anybody
> >> actually test cameras outside of Japan?
> >>
> >
> >
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