marcin 0 #1 September 15, 2005 I want to start jumping with 550EX flash. 20D allows only 1/250 flash sync. Do you have any recommendations (settings etc ) to enable shooting quality pics? thx, m. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #2 September 15, 2005 QuoteI want to start jumping with 550EX flash. 20D allows only 1/250 flash sync. Do you have any recommendations (settings etc ) to enable shooting quality pics? thx, m. I usually set my flash to high speed sync (hold the + and - button in at the same time if I remember well) Then it will sync up to any shutterspeed ( i usually shoot 1/500th under normal lighting conditions) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pcalandra 0 #3 September 16, 2005 I've been doing th exact smae thig with pretty good results. I keep meaning to try and play around with the 2nd shutter curtain syncronization but haven't got around to it. I don't mean to "thread jack" but has anyone tried reading this tried that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
linestretch 0 #4 September 16, 2005 QuoteI've been doing th exact smae thig with pretty good results. I keep meaning to try and play around with the 2nd shutter curtain syncronization but haven't got around to it. I don't mean to "thread jack" but has anyone tried reading this tried that? Yes, and it rocks. As for skydiving, not sure how it would be of any use. You need a slower shutter speed to get the effect cuz the flash fires at the end of the shutter closing. I took these of my kid with a shutter speed of around 1/20th and he was spazzing like kids do. Pretty cool effect.my pics & stuff! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jont 0 #5 September 20, 2005 These were taken this weekend in Texel when we got weathered out and went gokarting instead. It was an indoor track, with poor lighting. I was using a 20D. I set the camera to meter for ambient lighting, giving shutter times varying from 1/30th up to over a second. I tracked with the subjects as best I could (remember, the eyepiece goes blank while the shutter is open). I then used the built in flash (don't have an external yet) set to second-curtain sync. Lots of shots were just a mess of light and movement (yay digital! delete delete delete) But some came out good - I quite like the arty speedy effect. Jon T Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pcalandra 0 #6 September 21, 2005 Those are great! Here's a tandem exit using 2nd curtain that fired at F16 and 1/200 of a second. I kind of like the effect. Aside from the exit you really can't see any difference on the rest of them, apparently there's not enough motion difference to notice. Pat Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
