Digital photography

Can you use much higher shutter speeds when using flash with mirrorless cameras?

One of my first digital cameras, a fixed lens "bridge" camera, it had an optical (non ttl) zoom viewfinder and I could use flash with any shutter speed, was great for action as I could pan without losing sight momentarily in the viewfinder.

Of course back then digital cameras were slow and frames per second rate poor.

If there was a modern camera like this but with up to date speed of use and high frames per second rate, I'd be all over it!...is there?

Can you use much higher shutter speeds when using flash with mirrorless cameras?

If there was a modern camera like this but with up to date speed of use and high frames per second rate, I'd be all over it!...is there?

Most mirrorless: no, I don't think so. Fuji X100/S: yes, as it has a leaf shutter. Can sync up to something like 1/1000, assuming your speedlight is fast enough to fire at close to full capacity in that time. But 1/500, certainly...

Sometimes you can get away with going beyond the flash sync speed without any problems but its best to stay below it. Bear in mind the flash will freeze the subject somewhat more than the shutter speed will anyway so for panning, 1/125 might be enough...

Well I gave that camera away a long time ago, I still have a kodak p880 bridge camera from 2005, I just tested it, you can use flash at 1/4000th either built in or with flashgun. This one has evf unfortunately.

Small sensor = small + fast shutter.

http://inmybag.net/ dies?

The stormchaser (lastest one) has a shitload of kit.

ah it's working again. It was just giving me timeouts when I tried before

http://inmybag.net/ dies?

The stormchaser (lastest one) has a shitload of kit.

photographer equivalent to pedalroom

much dick waving

Nikons have a way of cheating the sync, it's pretty clever, and works some of the time, depending on your situation. I've used it many times in a fix.

Details here:
http://nikonclspracticalguide.blogspot.co.uk/2008/03/10-auto-fp-high-speed-sync-explained.html

much dick waving

Can't get away from the fact that the camera is a phallic object... most photographers are male, I'd say about 80% at least.

Guess that's why these zoom lenses are so popular..

for ed

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Can you use much higher shutter speeds when using flash with mirrorless cameras?

The shutter operates in 2 ways, below flash sync speed the whole sensor is exposed at once. Above flash sync the sensor is exposed by a slit which moves across the sensor, obviously at high speed. If your flash doesn't have the capacity to pulse instead of flash above the sync speed then you get a small part of the frame exposed.

You need a camera and flash that support high speed sync.

TTL works well under sync speeds anyway.

What is the effect you are looking to achieve?

Excellent as ever

thanks bro, brighton beach west of the pier is inspiringly grim

Thousand yard stare.

ISO 400,000

http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/02/nikon-unveils-the-d4s-its-ultimate-imaging-machine/

ISO 400,000

http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/02/nikon-unveils-the-d4s-its-ultimate-imaging-machine/

It ain't a native iso though - its a digitally pushed iso 12,800 setting so will probably look horrible.

Shit, I was going to buy a couple for my new peeping-tom project but now I won't bother.

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/feb/25/london-paintings-google-street-view-canaletto-1

So went out with the Sony A7R today... it's nice BUT
got dust on the sensor (so easy, it's right there when you remove a lense)
then dropped a blower somehow and looks like i've scratched the sensor

ordered some stuff to wet clean it, but yay for being able to use the camera for 3 hours. guessing a replacement sensor is going to be fuck off expensive sigh

If you've scratched anything it won't be the sensor, it'll be the protective or anti aliasing filter.

It'll probably still be spendy to have fixed but not new sensor spendy.

You may even be able to do a diy removal and get a sharper camera.

http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3562141

Nikon acknowledges dust/oil problem with D600. Offers free clean and shutter mechanism replacement.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/02/26/nikon-to-offer-d600-shutter-replacement-to-address-dust-issue?utm_campaign=internal-link&utm_source=news-list&utm_medium=text&ref=title_0_1

Reminds me that I need to sort out the oil spots on my d7000. Humph