Max Flash Sync Speed for E-PL6?

agott123 wrote:

MinAZ wrote:

Am I wrong or is the flash sync speed for the E-PL6 1/60s? I tried setting to fill flash but if I went above 1/60 shutter speed the ISO indicator would flash (and the exposure would be very bright), which I am guessing is because the camera is firing at 1/60s even though the proper exposure might be faster (e.g. 1/200s)? If this is the case, that means that this camera is totally incapable of doing fill-flash (so why even have the option in camera)? Or is this another of those cases where my sync is being limited by some other menu choice I might have made?

Edit: Okay I have discovered that if I disable RC mode, I can sync to 1/250, which is still pretty worthless but better than 1/60s I guess. Is there any way of getting a high speed sync mode?

Sure. You just need a High speed sync-capable unit (FL50r, FL600, FL36, Nissim i40..)

Actually I am using the Metz Mecablitz 52 AF-1 which is TTL and HSS capable. There simply isn't an option to enable HSS (now I realize after reading the manual that there is a mode TTLFP which is the HSS equivalent mode for M4/3, but the option doesn't appear unless the camera supports HSS). This seems to indicate that the E-PL6 indeed does not support HSS, but I would love to know if I am wrong since I use HSS frequently and lack of this feature will severely reduce the usefulness of the camera as a second body.

Another thing that seems to indicate the lack of HSS is that the free kit flash that sits on-camera doesn't sync higher than 1/250 either - usually the built-in flash (which this clearly substitutes for) will support HSS if available - at least that's how it works on Canon systems.