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Max Flash Sync Speed for E-PL6?

Started Mar 18, 2016 | Discussions thread
MinAZ
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Re: Max Flash Sync Speed for E-PL6?

Helen 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?

You're wrong - to answer your first-line question! It's actually 1/250s for the maximum sync speed (1/160s with some flashes) - 1/60 is the default slow-sync setting, but you can configure what speed should be the slowest, or even set it to a fixed, preferred sync speed if you wish.

1/250s is actually a pretty decent sync speed for a focal plane shutter.

Yeah its not bad but sadly it wouldn't work for outdoors portraits fill flash without using some sort of filter or shooting only when dark

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