Strobe Synchronization ?

Recently came back from Fiji where I was trying my new Nikon D700, Aquatica housing, and using Sea and Sea YS-110 / YS-90 strobes.

Upgraded from Nikon D-70 and never had this issue.

I usually shoot manual and adjust fstop/exposure myself...better control. Have gotten some great shots with old camera and existing strobes. However, exposure settings anything above 320 resulted in partial exposure on the D-700...ie... top of images was exposed to strobe and bottom was not. Adjusting exposure faster resulted in less of image exposed to strobe and visa versa.

Convinced it was not the sync cables as they have been great in the past. Storbes work fine on other cameras, so it has to be a setting on the Nikon 700 I haven't understood quite as much as I thought.

I was able to get around it by shooting in A mode but was limited in the scope of images obtained.

Anyone have a suggestion? Prob something silly I've forgotten but it's driving me crazy.

Thanks

Howdy,

I think your issue is that the max sync speed on the D700 is 1/250th.

Cheers,

Steve

Howdy,

I think your issue is that the max sync speed on the D700 is 1/250th.

 

Cheers,

Steve

Steve is correct. Your old D70 had 1/500 for the max sync speed. It's amazing to me Nikon hasn't produced a camera with faster than 1/320 sync in at least 5 years.

take care,

John

Steve is correct. Your old D70 had 1/500 for the max sync speed. It's amazing to me Nikon hasn't produced a camera with faster than 1/320 sync in at least 5 years.

 

take care,

John

Yeah, why is that so?

Yeah, why is that so?

Don't know, but it is common across the board with most SLRs- many of us users have been complaining just as long. Being relatively new to UW photography, not sure how it affects that world, but I definitely miss it while shooting events outdoors. Much easier to fill flash in bright light at 1/500. I could go an entire event without changing batteries. At 1/250, the flash has to work much harder.

Recently came back from Fiji where I was trying my new Nikon D700, Aquatica housing, and using Sea and Sea YS-110 / YS-90 strobes.

Upgraded from Nikon D-70 and never had this issue.

 

I usually shoot manual and adjust fstop/exposure myself...better control. Have gotten some great shots with old camera and existing strobes. However, exposure settings anything above 320 resulted in partial exposure on the D-700...ie... top of images was exposed to strobe and bottom was not. Adjusting exposure faster resulted in less of image exposed to strobe and visa versa.

 

Convinced it was not the sync cables as they have been great in the past. Storbes work fine on other cameras, so it has to be a setting on the Nikon 700 I haven't understood quite as much as I thought.

 

I was able to get around it by shooting in A mode but was limited in the scope of images obtained.

 

Anyone have a suggestion? Prob something silly I've forgotten but it's driving me crazy.

 

Thanks

Thanks all. Figured as much...just didn't remember! I found some notes in an old box I'd put together when I had the D70 and sure enough, the information was there...kind of one of those DOH moments. When I set up my custom shooting menus, I never transferred that knowledge. Had convinced myself it was something else. Moving on!