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    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 1:45 PM
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    Ok Here we go, I'm self-taught and loving it, I try to have a go at any subject if it works fine if not no probs, this morning I was shooting some starlings" with my camera" from the back seat of the car, Sony A 580, minolta 75-300mm iso 400/800 with my Sigma EF-530 DG ST set ttl, low and full power settings to see what effect in real world time. The sony will only allow me a max shutter speed of 1/160 Sad But today in the display I wound the shutter speed up to 1/1,200sec and it fired every time, at last here is the question I can't get it to do it again please help a 50 yr old man who is miffed Thanks Ian Wink

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    strawman
    22 Feb 2012 - 1:52 PM
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    In Canons the camera's and flashes can work together in a high speed synch flash mode HSS (almost certainly Sony has the same but different name). In this the gun fires a few times in quick succession to create a burst of flash pulses so you have a faster than flash synch shutter speed.

    So do you need to put the flash into a special mode? You do on my camera.

    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 3:01 PM
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    Feel so stupid I will up load a photo with settings, I've tried them second time around but no joy time to hunt down the cd, Thanks for your help cheers ian.

    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 3:37 PM
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    I have uploaded an image "1/500 of a second with flashgun?" it did fire you can see the catchlight...Ian

    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 3:59 PM
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    You know how it is I'm still playing with settings and its gone in to hss mode result! I can't find out how to turn that of no more than I can't switch it on again, does somone know?

    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 4:09 PM
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    Found it! Is the flash in a bounce mode? up, down, left, right? I dont think sonys can HSS in bounce. That is correct it will go above 1/160 in bounce mode!


    The first sign of madness is talking to yourself and the second is answering yourself back, that’s me Mad!

    Thank you Strawman

    strawman
    22 Feb 2012 - 4:48 PM
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    Err no problem Smile

    IFIMAGE
    22 Feb 2012 - 7:24 PM
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    * That is correct it will NOT
    Wink go above 1/160 in bounce mode!

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