Ed Hurst
Well-known member
Hello all,
Thanks to everyone who helped with my last questions...
There is a lot of talk about the merits of different shutter types (h system leaf shutters with their high sync speeds versus focal plane shutters with high top speeds). For my purposes, the key thing is the ability to stop moving trains. I am not interested in high sync, and I never have problems with scenes being too bright for my style of shooting.
For stopping moving trains, I typically use 1/500 to 1/1000. Clearly, if I went for an H series, my top speed would be 1/800 - probably ok most of the time. However, I have heard that leaf shutters are less efficient, stopping moving objects slightly less well than a FP shutter for any given shutter speed. Does anyone know if this is correct? Would 1/800 on the H series be as good at stopping a moving subject as 1/800 on a FP shutter? Seems odd to me, as I always thought 1/800 was 1/800. But I guess the way in which it covers the frame might have some bearing on this...
Thanks in advance.
Ed
Thanks to everyone who helped with my last questions...
There is a lot of talk about the merits of different shutter types (h system leaf shutters with their high sync speeds versus focal plane shutters with high top speeds). For my purposes, the key thing is the ability to stop moving trains. I am not interested in high sync, and I never have problems with scenes being too bright for my style of shooting.
For stopping moving trains, I typically use 1/500 to 1/1000. Clearly, if I went for an H series, my top speed would be 1/800 - probably ok most of the time. However, I have heard that leaf shutters are less efficient, stopping moving objects slightly less well than a FP shutter for any given shutter speed. Does anyone know if this is correct? Would 1/800 on the H series be as good at stopping a moving subject as 1/800 on a FP shutter? Seems odd to me, as I always thought 1/800 was 1/800. But I guess the way in which it covers the frame might have some bearing on this...
Thanks in advance.
Ed