 ANDRAY STROUD |
Why ISO will not go above 1/200 Darn Patriots..... Anyway photo business. I own a Nikon D40x. The aperature range on my 55-200mm lens is 3.5 - 5.6. When lens is fully extend to 200mm max aperature is F5.6...that part I understand, however not the case with Shutter speed. Im shooting youth basketball league and need to capture the fast moment. I have my speedlight SB600 mounted on camera the max shutter speed I can use is 1/200. With 400 ISO the picts are dark. If I jump up to ISO 800 pictures are lighter but a lot of noise. However once I remove the flash at the same setter I can move up my shutter speed to 1/4000 if I wanted to..... Why is that? Shooting at faster shutter my picts look great.
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- Gregory LaGrange Contact Gregory LaGrange Gregory LaGrange's Gallery |
When using flash, your camera has a shutter speed that's synchronized with when the flash goes off. Your's is 1/200. Other models have higher sync speeds, but the price is higher. Some flashes allow a camera to have a high speed sync, which will let you use a sync speed higher than normal, but only with a particular flash head. When using a flash with action, the flash is the main thing you use to stop the action. A higher sync speed will cut down on the ghosting you may see with moving things. Especially around the hands or feet. Easier to see if they are wearing white shoes.
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ANDRAY STROUD |
Gregory thank you. That helps somewhat. I don't understand how my build in flash is able to work at a higher shutter speed than my SB600 that I used. But what you said is good information.
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Jon Close |
The SB-600 supports Nikon's Auto FP High Speed Sync mode when it is set on the camera. Unfortunately it's not a feature included on the D40x. Auto FP is on the D80 and higher level Nikon DSLRs.
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