need to borrow: camera silencer

[seeto.centric]

Hi everyone,
it's been a while since i've been here and things seem to have undergone a slight makeover!

i was wondering if anyone in sydney has a camera silencer that i could borrow this evening?
something similar to this: http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/conten ... -3408-3436
or if you know of a good DIY link, i'd greatly appreciate it. I've found one but it involves a pelican case of some sort

thanks heaps,
-Julian

[ATJ]

Planning on getting some shots of John Daly?

[seeto.centric]

hahaha!! that was a nasty dummy spit..
but no, im not shooting golf. im shooting an orchestral/choral concert tonight at the Con.
looks like i might have to try find a spot further away from the front and stick with the 70-200

-julian

[surenj]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

[gstark]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

The D70 does.

[surenj]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

The D70 does.

Could I ask a noob question? Does that mean the sync speed is unlimited??

[ATJ]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

The D70 does.

Could I ask a noob question? Does that mean the sync speed is unlimited??

Fastest sync speed on the D70 was 1/500s.

[gstark]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

The D70 does.

Could I ask a noob question? Does that mean the sync speed is unlimited??

Fastest sync speed on the D70 was 1/500s.

No.

Fastest sync speed on the D70 was the fastes shutter speed the camera was capable of attaining. 1/4000 or 1/8000 .... I cannot remember, and my D70 is at Lindy's.

By disabling one of the extra (non-standard) contacts on the hotshoe, one could enable this undocumented feature.

[ATJ]

1/4000 or 1/8000 .... I cannot remember, and my D70 is at Lindy's.

1/8000s according to the manual.

By disabling one of the extra (non-standard) contacts on the hotshoe, one could enable this undocumented feature.

Well there you go. How would you go about disabling the contact? A bit of tape over it?

[gstark]

1/4000 or 1/8000 .... I cannot remember, and my D70 is at Lindy's.

1/8000s according to the manual.

Thank you.

I have a manual somewhere around here ... three, actually - two hard copies (one for each of our bodies) and a pdf version on our fileserver.

Saved in a safe location that I knew, when I saved it there, would be safe and easily remembered.

I just need to remember that which was once thought to be "easily remembered".

By disabling one of the extra (non-standard) contacts on the hotshoe, one could enable this undocumented feature.

Well there you go. How would you go about disabling the contact? A bit of tape over it?

Exactly.

[digitor]

This is when you wished that DSLRs had an electronic shutter...

The D70 does.

And a mechanical one as well, (not to mention a mirror, but I guess that's a given with a DSLR ) so it is nowhere near quiet enough to use in a classical concert environment.

Cheers

[gstark]

And a mechanical one as well, (not to mention a mirror, but I guess that's a given with a DSLR ) so it is nowhere near quiet enough to use in a classical concert environment.

Be that as it may, I was very surprised at how quiet and smooth the D3X is in use.

[surenj]

Holy Carp!

1/8000 shutter with flash would be extremely useful when shooting outdoor stuff! What's the advantage of the mechanical shutter anyway? I wonder why they don't use elctronic shutter more...

Thanks for your answers Gary and Andrew.

Here are two links for anyone who is interested in high speed sync etc...

http://pixsylated.com/2008/12/smashing-pumpkins-with-high-speed-sync-gang-light-part-2/

http://pixsylated.com/2008/11/simple-truths-about-high-speed-sync/

[Mr Darcy]

Holy Carp!

1/8000 shutter with flash would be extremely useful when shooting outdoor stuff! What's the advantage of the mechanical shutter anyway? I wonder why they don't use elctronic shutter more...

The answer was in one of those links you gave...

There are also cameras with electronic shutters that enable faster sync speeds (typically up to 1/500). Theoretically, electronic shutters can sync at any speed - but currently there are limitations caused by sensors over-heating… someday this will be really handy technology.