The old 1D can sync up to 1/2000 if you tape the pins. You just need enough light to get a good exposure. Not sure what you needs are for resolution, but for basic stuff its hard to beat the 1D.
The medim format options are best (Hasselblad's V at 1/500, H at 1/800, the RZ at 1/400 and pretty much veryhtin else at 1/125 or slower), the 1Ds 2 and 3 sync at 1/250, but with Canon flashlights you can use the high speed snc option up to the shortest exposure time. Works well but is prety much impossible to meter seperately. best M
adamdewilde wrote:
I was hoping that the 1Ds3 would have around 1000th...
Adam
It would be fairly impossible for the 1Ds3 to sync at anything faster than the 1/300 it's already at. Focal plane shutters on a CMOS sensor simply can't get much faster. Like posted above, the original 1D with a CCD sensor is about as any digital SLR can get... amazing for a camera that went into development almost a decade ago.
Oh well, I may have to hold off on the 1D3 or 1Ds3 (haven't decided what I need)... And go for a good alternative medium format camera.
Any ideas, I've looked into the ZD, do we have any other players at the medium format level under $15k (body and sensor) that'll synch at around 1000th
a afdII with manual focus leaf lenses only sync to 1/500. Look up capture integration online. They have good refurb deals all the time. I just saw a h2+30mpxl back go for around 16k on ebay. The prices are coming down a bit on refurbs and used still under warranty as upgrade cycles are shortening.
What about "faking" your sync speed. Not sure what you're aiming to shoot exactly, but in a dim/dark room with fast strobes (Bron, higher end elinchrom, Zeus w/ bitube head, etc), your ISO 100, F16 exposure is entirely determined by your flash duration and nothing else.
That arrangement would simulate a flash sync speed as high as 1/3000 or 1/5000 with the right lighting.
Strobist found that the Nikon D70s used an electronic shutter, so it synced at 1/1000 when triggering via the PC sync (or faster, depending on how long it takes the flash itself to discharge).
