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by Steve Cirone on Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:39 am
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I was unable to set  a Nikon D 800 camera yesterday to a flash synch speed over 1/320th FP.  I believe I have had success getting some Nikon cameras over this speed all the way out to 1/8000th sec.  Are some Nikon camera models capable of very high speed synch, while others are not, or am I doing something wrong?
 
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by SantaFeJoe on Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:15 pm
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You can synch it up to 1/8000 second with an external flash unit like the SB 900 or 910. The built-in flash will only go to 1/320 second. If you have an iPod, iPad or iPhone, there is an app called "Nikon Manual Viewer" that you can get for free and download any available manual for cameras and flashes. They will help to understand how to accomplish what you want to do.

http://www.nphotomag.com/2012/08/28/set ... peed-sync/

This page shows that the D800(E) is capable of AutoFP High Speed Sync with several flash units:

https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answer ... l/a_id/886

On page 299, section e1 of the owners manual, there is info on high speed sync. It can be downloaded here:

https://support.nikonusa.com/app/answer ... a_id/17722


Looks like the indicator on the camera will only show 1/320 sec., but if the shutter speed is faster than that, high speed sync kicks in.

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by Blck-shouldered Kite on Fri Jul 18, 2014 10:16 pm
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Joe is right.  I do it with the D610 and SB600 all the time.  Removes any ghosting on the little tweetie birds at the feeder :).  My little chickadees are notorious for "jumping the flash".  In their liitte minds, they think they own the feeder and they scold me when I am close.  Well, in a way, they do own the feeder. :?  But chickadees especially, do not like me photographing therm, and will turn their backs to me while they chisel pieces off the sunflower seed they have clamped to the twig, between their feet.  I have no problem with it.  It's mutualism: We both get what we want.

What flash are you using Steve ?  As I believe Joe already pointed out, for high-speed synch you are obligated to use one of the flashes that nikon lists in your D800 manual.  

Well, I should say that that is how it works with my D610; i.e. in the D610 manual there is a list of flashes that will work to achieve high-speed synch…..and my SB600 is one of them.  So I can synch up to 1/4000 (with the D610), and I love having that capability.  And you already know that with the D800 you can sync out to 1/8000! I most often end up with one of shutter sync speeds from 1/1000 to 1/3200.  And I guess this is another plus of the clean sensor at higher ISO's; i.e. I often increase the ISO just to gain a high synch speed.  I don't know all the details on how it works.  But it does.

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by SantaFeJoe on Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:19 am
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Here's another link I just found:

http://www.naturescapes.net/articles/te ... ter-speed/

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by E.J. Peiker on Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:53 pm
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Simply go into Custom Function e1 and set it to 1/320 Auto FP.
 

by Steve Cirone on Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:17 pm
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Thanks for all the help.  The problem was we were trying to use the ON CAMERA FLASH in high speed synch on the Nikon D 800.  Turns out this isn’t possible.

I always set the Nikons to 1/320 Auto FP to start.  Clients normally use their own flash on the hotshoe, but this person did not want the weight, so we opted to use the tiny on camera flash which is where I got stumped.
 
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by Blck-shouldered Kite on Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:59 am
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