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I tried a SB 800 Speedlight today for the first time in the store...I found that the fastest shutter was 500

I dont want to shell out $800 and find out that my pictures will still be blurry

Can I speed it up somehow??

You can but you are talking about the shutter speed and not the flash speed - you will find that you can take perfect pics at very slow shutter speeds.

The flash speed itself is in the order of milliseconds

I take alot of BMX pictures...and the light is not always the best here in Melbourne

If I use a speedlight will that freeze my subject or will there be some blurr at these lower shutter speeds???

There will be no blur at 1/500s. In fact, one of the advantages of the D70 is its fast flash synch speed of 1/500. Competing models from the xerox company have 1/200 or 1/250s max shutter speed.

Steve - the flash output is a complex equation related to aperture and speed. If using the manual flash mode the speed of the flash output varies between 1/1050 sec at 1/1 thro 1/41600 sec at 1/128 output.

The main problem you will have is the actual useage of flash to capture the kind of activity you wish to photograph. The flash output can be quite blinding and could cause an acident

sirhc55 wrote: The flash output can be quite blinding and could cause an acident

I thought of that...at 1/1 the flash is VERY bright

I found that at 1/32, in the store i was getting a fast rate of shots with not too much exposure from the flash

that shouldnt blind em

anything wrong with this???Much cheaper than Teds they quoted me $849

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nikon-SB-800-SB8 ... dZViewItem

Steve75 wrote:Much cheaper than Teds they quoted me $849

So tell me, who isn't?

I GOT IT!!!! I GOT IT!!!

Delivered to the door for $480

Had a quick play......its a bit confusing....the maual doesnt really help much

Steve75 wrote:I GOT IT!!!! I GOT IT!!!

Delivered to the door for $480

Had a quick play......its a bit confusing....the maual doesnt really help much

Steve

3 things:

1. Ignore the manual
2. Add your location to your profile
3. Ignore the manual

Just go out and use the thing

Steve75 wrote: Had a quick play......its a bit confusing....the maual doesnt really help much

Lucky, you've just now found it out

Steve,

Congrats on the purchase

There's nothing wrong with the flash sync BMXs don't go that quick

If you want a sample of bike pics, have a look at the downhill MTB race I went to photograph on Sunday

http://www.d70users.com/viewtopic.php?t=8514

Steve,

You could always buy a D2X to go with your SB-800, that way you can use Auto FP High-Speed Sync to set shutter speed values between 1/60 to 1/8,000 sec.

smac wrote:Steve,

You could always buy a D2X to go with your SB-800, that way you can use Auto FP High-Speed Sync to set shutter speed values between 1/60 to 1/8,000 sec.

Hi stuart

is this a setting on the d2x or the the sb800? i want flash sync with a shutterspeed of 1/4000

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VK4CP wrote:

Steve75 wrote:I GOT IT!!!! I GOT IT!!!

Delivered to the door for $480

Had a quick play......its a bit confusing....the maual doesnt really help much

Steve, if it's ok to ask, where did you get it from at this price?
I'm looking for one myself.

He posted the link of the trader couple posts before your post.

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wendellt wrote:

smac wrote:Steve,

You could always buy a D2X to go with your SB-800, that way you can use Auto FP High-Speed Sync to set shutter speed values between 1/60 to 1/8,000 sec.

Hi stuart

is this a setting on the d2x or the the sb800? i want flash sync with a shutterspeed of 1/4000

Wendell,

It is a setting on the D2X....go to custom setting e1 and change the flash speed sync to "1/250(Auto FP)". Your upper limit is now 1/8000s

Stuart

Here is the link

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Nikon-SB-800-SB8 ... dZViewItem

Get it from this guy, he sent it to me within a week

and I WISH I could upgrade to a D2x!!!!!!!

one day........one day

and PiroStitch those pictures look unreal!!