Why on earth do I need 1/8000 shutter speed?

[edgreene]

<i><b>For those times when your viewfinder goes haywire with overexposure warnings.</b></i><p> My Canon T-90, feature and quality-wise the absolute best manual focus SLR ever made (<i>though its shutter speed is only 1/4000th sec.</i>) has features no modern SLR has or can dream of (<i>many more than and of my EOS "1" body Robocameras or any F-model Nikon-etc.</i>), goes nuts with such a limited shutter speed.<br> Even with its 1/250sec. flash sync, my T-90 often has been stretched to it limits by bright venues.

[jorge_garcia1]

"Tons of discussions were conducted on this subject in the past 1 year or so..."

 

Can you point to some Nikon info about that electronic shutter?

TIA

[kaj_lydestad]

I have two shooters I commonly use. An old Pentax ME Super, with what at the time was the fastest shutter in an Amatuer camera: 1/2000 sec. I have found that I have only needed that speed when I was using ASA 400, 800, or 1600, with a mirror lens, so I couldn't stop it down (And had no ND filters handy). The other camera is an old 50s Soviet Rangefinder with a top speed of 1/500sec. Funny enough, I think I enjoy that camera more.

[brian_baugh]

I take pictures for the yearbook at my university, and high shutter speeds (1/3200+) are required for certain sporting events, such as tennis. Anything slower results in the strings on the rackets being blurred. Hope this helps!