advantage of leaf shutter in x series cameras?

[Echo63]

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I've never seen any flashes which are voltage controlled. Do you know of any?

most studio flashes use either voltage control or capacitor switching (or a combination of both)

The Alien Bees and White lightnings are voltage controlled.

Pretty sure the Bowens and Elinchrom units i have used are.

And the old Courtney units at a previous job were capacitor switched.

 

Theres a good bit of info about flash duration here

https://www.paulcbuff.com/sfe-flashduration.php

Edited May 23, 2016 by Echo63

[TMorita]

Yah, I'm already knowledgeable about t.1 and t.5 times because I do a lot of shooting at high shutter speeds

The main problem with shooting outdoors is not the t.1/t.5 time based on my experience. The main problem is the radio trigger latency.

 

Some radio triggers have very high latency, on the order of 1 msec or more. The better ones have a fairly low latency, around 300 usec or so.

 

Toshi

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[Echo63]

when you are working right on the edge - nothing beats a wire

 

i haven't had any issues with my Pocket Wizards up the highest shutter speeds i have tested -  1/1000 on my X100, and 1/2000 on my 1Dmk1 (which has a neat trick, the mechanical shutter stops at 1/500th and shutter speeds are generated electronically from there, a trick i wish they had continued on the newer models) using a mix of TT1 and Multimax transmitters, and TT5 and Multimax Receivers with Canon 580EX and 580EX2 speedlights