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malcs
1st of March 2003 (Sat), 16:23
Does anyone have the same problem that I do? When in manual mode, I can set the shutter to 1/1000 or so, but the playback file info never shows greater than 250/sec. It seems like manual mode limits shutter speed to 250.

When I am in auto mode, the playback info for the same shot shows higher speeds, such as 1/1000 or greater.
bingocold
2nd of March 2003 (Sun), 11:35
I seem to have the same problem with mine. It seems that that is the default settig in Manual.
johnv
2nd of March 2003 (Sun), 12:29
On my s45 the 1/250 shutter speed limit is only active when flash is on; try shooting without flash.
bingocold
3rd of March 2003 (Mon), 02:16
johnv wrote:
On my s45 the 1/250 shutter speed limit is only active when flash is on; try shooting without flash.

I found that that actually works. Thanks for that.
malcs
3rd of March 2003 (Mon), 22:43
Hmmmm, that is a pretty anoying feature, since I was taking pictures outside in extremely bright light, and the flash did not activtate. Does canon have an explanation for this??
Chazs
4th of March 2003 (Tue), 00:48
That makes sense. In bright light, and in manual mode, the flash would be used as a fill flash (since it would flash if not specifically turned off). If the shutter and flash are only synced up to 1/250 of a second, then the fill flash would be ineffective at faster shutter speeds. This is all speculation on my part, though.