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04/13/2006 09:12:11 PM · #1 |
| I know that my Canon has an aperture priority sync of 1/250 but in shutter priority it will sync as high as possible. A friend of mine told me that the Nikons he uses for professional work only sync up to 1/200, period. Is this true? |
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04/13/2006 09:29:21 PM · #2 |
There are portrait photographers who still stand by a 1/60th rule because that was the fastest older cameras could handle. Obviously it's improved since then but it is still growing with each generation.
My D100 syncs at 1/160 maximum. The D200 syncs at 1/500. It all depends on how old the camera is (usually... some models might be a bit behind). |
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04/13/2006 09:40:19 PM · #3 |
| I believe it's a little more complicated than that. There is a difference between the mechanical sync speed and the electronic sink speed. I believe that the Nikon D200 still has a mechanical sync of 1/200. Sync speeds above that are obtained by turning on and off the sensor. |
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04/13/2006 09:44:10 PM · #4 |
| Good to know! I forgot to prepend my previous post with the appropriate "I think". |
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04/13/2006 10:21:44 PM · #5 |
So...the D70 Nikon can do sync at 1/500. Is this some kind of "fake sync"? I use it lots.
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04/13/2006 11:28:50 PM · #6 |
Its probably important to note the difference in flash sync speeds where you use a flash either by the camera manufacturer or one made with special functionality in it so that it can sync with the camera as opposed to the x-sync speed which denotes the fastest shutter speed at which the camera will sync its shutter with external strobes. For some Canon cameras you can achieve sync speeds of much high than the x-sync. For instance, on my 20D the x-sync is 1/200" which means that if I turn the shutter speed higher than 1/200th" and use monolight strobes I will get a dark band on one edge of every photo. If, however, I set the same camera to a faster shutter speed than 1/200th" and then put the Canon 580EX flash on it and set the flash to "Hi-Speed Sync" (by holding two buttons on the back of the flash) then the flash will sync with the camera at a higher than x-sync speed and function (again, I cannot use this method to fire my monolights via light trigger as they will fire an instant behind the pulsed light from my camera-mounted flash and thus not expose evenly when compared with the faster sync of the 580EX).
I don't know what the Nikons do but I'd be surprised to find out that they don't have 2 sync speed levels: one for x-sync and use with external strobes and one for Nikon-mfgd (or compatible) flash units.
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