I was looking at another post HERE and a Sony shooter mentions shooting 1/8000s shutter speed with manual flash at 1/1.How do you get flash to sync at 1/8000 sec? Is that just a Sony thing?
I know my old Nikon D50 has an electronic shutter and will flash sync fine out to 1/4000s with a manual flash like the sunpak 383 (as long as the camera doesn't know the flash is there). None of my other cameras will flash sync faster than 1/250 sec. I could use FP mode but then the flash intensity is so low it's useless beyond about 3 ft.. Maybe 10ft with a beamer.
Seems some fill flash would be great for BIF shots but on most of my nikons (d70/90/200) I can't shoot with a flash attached at more than 1/200-250/sec. FP mode is useless for much more than macro. Currently I never use the beamer for fill because of the slow shutter issue (only shoot the 500mm off hand). I guess I need to break the D50 out of the closet just for a proof of concept attempt. One thing a D50 and an old sunpak flash can do that a D90 and an SB-800 can't.. )-;}