...brands with fast shutter speeds that are fully mechanical...
Mind that OP's comment is about mechanical cameras and the minolta and F4 have electronically actuated shutters.
But it kinda begs the question why you need a shutterspeed faster then 1/4000th?
I have never used a shutter speed faster than 1/000 in my life, although my Canon F1's go to 1/2000 for me anything faster than 1/1000 is irrelevant.
I need a 1/8000th second shutter speed when I am shooting a solar eclipse or shooting the planet venus crossing in front of the sun.
I agree with you Ian anything faster than 1/500th is just an expensive neural density filterI don't think I've ever needed to use faster than 1/250 in 50+m years and that was shooting Formula 1 motor racing, I get frustrated that one or two of my lenses fastest shutter speed is 1/100 or 1/125 (Compound and Copal #3) I could go with that extra 1/200 or 1/250 when shooting moving subjects.
Ian
I agree with you Ian anything faster than 1/500th is just an expensive neural density filter
I agree with you Ian anything faster than 1/500th is just an expensive neural density filter
In my work, the fast shutter speeds eliminate the need for ND filters. 1/8000 is like having a 0.9 ND filter (compared to a camera that only goes to 1/1000).
Exactly. Just because some don't use it does not mean it is extremely useful. Using Sunny F16 and 400 iso film, if your top shutter speed is only 1/1000 sec, the largest aperture you can use in bright sun is f/11.
I like to have more creative control than that.
Of course there are going to be those chiming in saying one should use a slow film in bright light, but the reality of the situation is that light conditions can be changeable, venues can change, time of day changes and more often than not the roll of film that was put in the camera has to be able to cope with these changes.
Using ND filters on an SLR is not as handy as on an RF, as the image obviously gets much darker.
+1 for this. You could see a 36exp roll flying out of it. The fastest ever built!The Minolta 9xi is able to do 1/12000.
Maybe I'm slow on the uptake, but I do not understand that need.
Exactly. Just because some don't use it does not mean it is extremely useful. Using Sunny F16 and 400 iso film, if your top shutter speed is only 1/1000 sec, the largest aperture you can use in bright sun is f/11.
I like to have more creative control than that.
Of course there are going to be those chiming in saying one should use a slow film in bright light, but the reality of the situation is that light conditions can be changeable, venues can change, time of day changes and more often than not the roll of film that was put in the camera has to be able to cope with these changes.
Using ND filters on an SLR is not as handy as on an RF, as the image obviously gets much darker.
Sometimes you have one camera and one film. Sometimes that film is 800 iso on a bright sunny/snowy day. While I've never used 1/8000, it's only because I forget the camera goes that high.
Again lets hear it for interchangeable film backs!
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