hedonist222

It's much easier and more accurate using a tablet. Also, your wrist will thank you.

I am comparing the Sony A7R V to the Sony A1. Wren shooting in macro, using the back scatter MF1 strobe, I always try to use the fastest shutter speed and this is always capped at 1/200 (Canon 5d mkii). The Sony A1 flash sync is 1/400. I'm trying to wrap my head around the concept. The benefit of 1/400 means I can use a greater shutter speed to eliminate blurriness - blurriness from me through poor stability and/or blurriness of fast moving subjects like a crustacean feeding itself or soft coral or polyps swaying from a current. Obviously this would mean I would need to compensate by raising ISO, widening aperture, or increasing flash output. After several years of using the DSLR, Canon 100L lens, and Backscatter MF1, I rarely go beyond 4 clicks (out of a total of 6 clicks). I am usually able to get good shots using: 1/200 Aperture between 18 and 25 ISO 100 or 150 MF1 between 3 and 4 Therefore, if I used 1/400, I'd need to increase flash output to 4 or 5. Another question, does increasing flash output (while increasing shutter speed) affect the photo? As in increased luminosity from upping power - or is that culled due to the higher shutter speed? Is the net outcome the same? I ask because I'm considering an upgrade to the A7R V but there's a relatively unused A1 that's about $1,100 more. This will be my second and last major diving-hobby photography great procurement. 🙂 Thank you.

Hi Tim! Every grateful for all the help you've provided over the years on the forums and to me on WP.

Long time member of scuba board and wet pixels. Been diving since 2006 when I was 24. Those two years really flew by. Used everything from Go Pros to point and shoots to FF DSLRs. Currently settled on the TG6 and a 2009 Canon 5DMK II in an Aquatica housing. I prefer macro because I'm a muck afficionado - ironically though, completely indifferent to nudibranchii. I need to actually point this out to dive guides when traveling. The puzzled looks I get from the guide and divers in Anilao & Lembeh give me a chuckle. My lusts are cephalopods, crustaceans, and anything pygmy. Considering a move to the Sony A7R V.