In this episode Mark talks about sync speed and how to use a studio strobe to freeze action.
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Article Link: http://www.slrlounge.com/?p=196644 What is flash sync speed? How does it work and what are its limitations? The video takes you through a quick…
what if I want to freeze subject motion with my speedlite plus having some
background ambient present in the shot such as in wedding dance shot what
can I do in these situations please?
one question, are you shutting on ttl ? i have a 70-200mm and ttl works
fine and i can get good pictures with my flash but recently i bought a
rokinon 85mm and a 35mm both are excellent but ttl looks doesn’t work fine
and my pictures do not expose properly what do you recommend ?
I understand the difference between what is flash sync and high speed (or
focal plane) flash sync. However, nobody seems to be able to answer this
question, surprisingly. Will a camera that does not have HSS Flash Sync
mode be able to properly expose an image with a Flash that does offer HSS
Flash Sync? I was under the impression both camera body AND flash need to
have HSS capability, not just one or the other to have HSS Flash Sync. Can
you please give me an answer to this question? All the answer I have ever
received or read about has been rather half-assed and guess work, but no
definitive yes or no answer. Either a lot of people have no clue about
flash photography or they are keeping it a secret in hopes you will pay to
get the answer from them or somebody else. I mean I will pay for the gear
if it works, but I’m not about to invest in new equipment and hope it works
the way I want or need it to. It’s a pretty simple question, I think? Hope
you can help.
Where can we find specs on flash duration for speedlites?
ok my sets were: first attempt 30”, f/8, iso 100. My second attempt
were: 0.5″, f/8, iso 100. On my speedlight I had TTL mode. In complete
dark. I had a tripod. My lens is a 18-200mm. Camera: Canon 60D. 😀 No
blurry images at all.
“So Bella, look right at me…” *click* “Beautiful!” “Ok, I you look at
this picture you’ll se that it’s totally black”….. 😀 😀 Beautiful!…
Anyway… very nice tutorials! Thankyou…
Vannabie, go ahead and try it. I did. It works…Thank you Mark Wallace.
One more lesson that I learned from you… Great video! By the way I had
only my speedlight Canon 580. I shut off the light in my living room ( dark
room), and my hubby moving to me.
Hey can anyone tell me what af-mode was used here while taking the photos?
I don’t get get. I watched it three times and still don’t get it. In art
school we learned to use a fast shutter speed to freeze motion, but now
it’s 1/2 of a second! Won’t this blur everything?
amazing explanation mark … thanks
Thank you for explaining this so clearly. I’m a total novice and I
understood it perfectly. I’ll be looking forward to your vid on doing this
in a more high key situation with more ambient light.
i still cant get why i sometimes get black photos and the camera keeps
shooting at f0 by itself . i try to change the setting but it goes back to
f0 when i shoot ( that is at a studio )
Not all cameras use a narrow slit at high speeds so they don’t need to use
power wasting multiple flash fp modes or special flashguns, so they can be
used at all speeds with studio strobes too e.g. Nikon D40, D50
Mark. Thank you for the video. I was going to send you an email regarding
some additional questions regarding this studio setup like the one but
since we’re on the same topic, I decided to do so here. 1. How do you focus
when you’re in a pitch dark situation? 2. Could you show us how to set
flash duration on a studio lighting? (I’ve only used a speedlight and I am
really interested in the basic controls of studio lights)
1/250th of a second is too fast of a shutter speed for the available
ambient room light. At F/8 the apature is not really that open either.
Mark, this is the best explanation of this concept i have found anywhere.
suuper talking..understandable..clean..informative…and sometimes those
jokes are just cool..it makes me lough…but hey!!! TRUE TALKS… Thanx
I’ve watched several videos on sync speed and this is the only one that
makes it completely easy to understand. Great vid!
The Video is great. Thank you. Does this mean, that the first curtain
always needs about 1/200’th of a second to fully open? And the shutter
speed only tells the second curtain how long to wait to follow the first
curtain? This would mean, that every picture needs at 1/200’th of a second
in total. Thanks Chris
Mark, Great Vid! I guess not all strobes allow for control of the flash
speed. I have some photogenics strobes that don’t allow me to come close to
my canon’s 1/250 sync speed. If so, I will start to see the black bar.
hey…. I have some camera with curtains move horizontally.
Thank you Mark for this … I had the same problem and thought there was a
problem with my Flash or camera even lol … I bought the flash used so
maybe there was an issue there … After trying what you explained here my
flash is good lol … Again, thank you very much
Sad to see like a repetition before you were on Adorama. You alredy had
given this class””……..
Mark. Is this all based on the fact that the camera must be motionless? If
the camera moved during the dancing pics would it still freeze the action?
Thanks for the great video and your expertise!
A bit too basic, but good for beginners I suppose. It would have been more
complete if the lesson included how to use the on camera flash instead of
an accessory. Beginners often have only that to work with.
and this why i chose Nikon D7000 then upgrade to D800 because one of many
future i want that i can fire flash at 1/8000 remotely without any radio or
buying additional gear
Michelle I didnt understand how you came up with that formula when you
showed those 3 pictures. In the second picture, you exposed for the
background, but then in the 3rd picture, it shows that you adjusted the
f-stop? I just wasnt sure how all 3 were connected. Also you said 1000th of
a second, but it showed 100th. May have been a typo.
Where does Michelle Ford like to grab lunch?
Wow. I recently started shooting flash. This video was über helpful.
Thanks.
The last picture was to teach you how NOT to use HSS (If the setting shown
on that picture is correct of course). Camera set the aperture to 5.6
allowing shutter speed to be at 1/200 s witch is normal flash sync speed
for 5D mark II
“Understanding Flash Sync Speed and High Sync Speed”
explained by Michelle Ford.
thank you Michelle !
the “peace” when signing out was new – at least for me 😉
best regards from cologne,
andreas
Michel I have a Pocket Wizard Plus 3 and I want to use the HSS to control
the ambient light in the ceremony. When I set my flash only on HSS I get
the black band and If I try to put my 5d Mark 3 on HSS then Camera wouldnt
let change my settings to HSS unless I have flash on the hot shoe.
My question is how do I make Canon 5D mark3, 600EX and pocket wizard work
with HSS remotely ?
Thanks
Vig
i honestly only clicked on this video because the girl in the thumbnail was
cute.
i was not disapointed. wp slr lounge.
She explains stuff quite clearly, very attractive, and knows a lot about
photography– I’m in love!
Nice video as always. So many things in so little time. I think I would
understand better if I was shown less things and less terms but with more
focus =P
But fun to watch as always