Sanjay Chakravarty wrote:
> One of my friends wants to buy the F100 over F80 because the former has a
> 1/250 flash-sync speed. In the case of Canon, I would have to
> pass over the
> Elan 7, if that's the case, and select the EOS 3 or EOS 5 instead.
>
> How important is a higher flash-sync speed? To my mind, the only
> advantage a
> faster flash-sync has, is in case of fill-in flash, where one can use a
> faster lens. With a slower flash-sync, I must either slow down the shutter
> by using an appropriate aperture, in which case the DOF is affected. Or, I
> must use a filter to decrease the amount of light so that the
> camera uses a
> 1/125. If that's the only issue, I don't see why I should make a fuss over
> flash-sync.
A higher flash sync also works well for sports (stopping action at night).
Sure, you can stop down to make the flash the only light (stops action), but
then the background is gone. I prefer to use fill flash, which requires a
faster shutter, sync speed.
Dave Buyens
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