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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 405150" data-attributes="member: 12496">What flash are you using?&nbsp; What flash mode?&nbsp;&nbsp; What is the approximate subject distance? What is the ISO and f/stop?&nbsp; Are these the pictures in the hockey or basketball games?&nbsp;&nbsp; Where are you situated there (how close)?We can assume the lens is wide open, if camera S mode in a dim setting.There are always two exposures involved, the ambient light which you say is black, and the flash exposure which you say is insufficient.Flash exposure is not affected by shutter speed.&nbsp; The flash is faster than the shutter speed, fast enough to stop motion (maximum power level may be the exception), and the shutter merely has to be open to pass the fast flash.&nbsp;&nbsp; Flash exposure is affected by the aperture and ISO and subject distance (and the flash power level).If it is the camera internal flash, it is a tiny weak unit.&nbsp; It has a guide number of about 40 at ISO 100, which means maximum power is f/4 at 10 feet, or f/2 at 20 feet, etc.&nbsp; Your sports court is likely farther.&nbsp;&nbsp; ISO 1600 would make guide number be x4 or about GN 160.&nbsp; That means f/4 at 40 feet (which is probably of major help).The camera shutter is limited to the 1/200 second sync speed, but that is not the problem.&nbsp; The flash is much faster, and the shutter speed is not a factor of flash.&nbsp; The tiny little flash is just a weak unit.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; You need a bigger hot shoe flash unit, which will have more power (a bigger guide number),&nbsp; which depends on zoom, but at about 70 mm, might be say GN 160 ISO 100, or GN 640 at ISO 1600, which is vastly more range.Normally we use camera A or M mode for flash, so that we can set the aperture for the flash.&nbsp;&nbsp; The aperture matters to flash exposure, but the shutter speed does not.&nbsp; Shutter speed only matters when the ambient light level becomes strong enough to blur the motion, but when the ambient is black, it simply does not matter.Sports mode is for outdoor sports, for fast shutter speed in daylight ambient, and it will turn the internal flash off.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 405150, member: 12496"] What flash are you using? What flash mode? What is the approximate subject distance? What is the ISO and f/stop? Are these the pictures in the hockey or basketball games? Where are you situated there (how close)? We can assume the lens is wide open, if camera S mode in a dim setting. There are always two exposures involved, the ambient light which you say is black, and the flash exposure which you say is insufficient. Flash exposure is not affected by shutter speed. The flash is faster than the shutter speed, fast enough to stop motion (maximum power level may be the exception), and the shutter merely has to be open to pass the fast flash. Flash exposure is affected by the aperture and ISO and subject distance (and the flash power level). If it is the camera internal flash, it is a tiny weak unit. It has a guide number of about 40 at ISO 100, which means maximum power is f/4 at 10 feet, or f/2 at 20 feet, etc. Your sports court is likely farther. ISO 1600 would make guide number be x4 or about GN 160. That means f/4 at 40 feet (which is probably of major help). The camera shutter is limited to the 1/200 second sync speed, but that is not the problem. The flash is much faster, and the shutter speed is not a factor of flash. The tiny little flash is just a weak unit. You need a bigger hot shoe flash unit, which will have more power (a bigger guide number), which depends on zoom, but at about 70 mm, might be say GN 160 ISO 100, or GN 640 at ISO 1600, which is vastly more range. Normally we use camera A or M mode for flash, so that we can set the aperture for the flash. The aperture matters to flash exposure, but the shutter speed does not. Shutter speed only matters when the ambient light level becomes strong enough to blur the motion, but when the ambient is black, it simply does not matter. Sports mode is for outdoor sports, for fast shutter speed in daylight ambient, and it will turn the internal flash off. [/QUOTE]

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