Sample pictures taken with a
Nikon D200, SB-600 in FP mode
I do have plenty of pictures
taken in high speed FP mode using my Nikon speedlight flashes but I
can't post them here. Fortunately I can post a few samples taken with
a Nikon SB-600 on a D200 using my very own son for the following
pictures. You need to set the FP mode on your camera, don't go
crazy looking for the setting on the flash because you wont find it.
If you are using a Nikon D200, check on page #160 from your En
manual. FP photography is as easy as regular flash photography. You
must be careful however not to push your flash unit to the limit,
flash output is limited and most likely the flash will work almost as
double to produce a balanced exposure.
Actually, my camera is in FP mode
full time. In that case if I come accross a situation where the
shutter speed goes beyond the top 1/250 of a second, I can
concentrate on the picture taking rather than the technical stuff.
Don't be afraid of boosting your ISO for pictures like these. The
pictures below were taken in ISO 800 and I used a Nikon
105 F/2 DC lens to capture the images. I had shutter
speeds of up to 1/4000 and it was a breeze using the Nikon SB600 for
the pictures, this flash works in tandem with my SB-800 and although
it has some limitations compared to the top-of-the-line SB800, it is
equally capable. The reason why I used the SB-600 for these pictures
is exactly to demostrate that @ $229 (approx street price) is as
capable as the over $110 more expensive SB-800.
FP stands for Focal Plane
and spreads the exposure over the transit time from the curtains in
order tu use very short exposure times, in this case @ 1/4000. The
higher the shutter speed, the weaker the output starting with a loss
of around 1 stop at around 1/2000 sec. These pulses of light coming
from your flash are much weaker than a single pulse of light at
regular/normal syncronizable shutter speeds.
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