Recent content by Steve-T

The OP did say that he wasn't too bothered about TTL

What about the Godox RS600p? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Godox-8000aAh-Portable-Monolight-Photography/dp/B00USRFGCC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1462447171&sr=8-1&keywords=godox+rs600p

Except for occasional use in TTL I work in M exclusively (when using flash) so this is perhaps why I have had difficulty getting my head round this, but your explanation makes a lot of sense. Cheers

Thanks Richard

OK but let us say I decide I can hand hold steady at 1/60, why would I set my sync speed to 1/60, what is the point when I can just leave at 1/250 allowing me to alter my shutter speed at will without having to adjust sync speed every time I adjust shutter speed?

Thank you Steven a very concise explanation and easy to understand

Ok On my Nikon I go into the Custom Setting Menu>Bracketing/Flash>Flash Sync Speed and I have the following choices: 1/250 s (Auto FP) (This is HSS) 1/250 s (Max Sync Speed) 1/200 s 1/160 s 1/125 s 1/100 s 1/80 s 1/60 s So why would I choose anything but either the top one if I want HSS or the...

I think you are mis-interpreting my question Nick, I was not asking about shutter speed/ambient light relationship, I undestand this. I was purely asking why have so many sync settings and what do they actually do? This I think has now been answered or at least partially so. Thanks for going to...

Sounds a likely reason to me, thanks Andy

In my case, and sorry if I have detracted from the OP. it is simply to understand why we have so many sync speed settings in camera? I dont understand the need for any other than max sync speed, hss is not relevant to my question nor (I think is ambient light) So, if I set my camera at max...