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D810 not honoring minimum shutter speed in commander mode
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<blockquote data-quote="Foo Fighters" data-source="post: 341565" data-attributes="member: 29609"><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">Hi, thanks for the replies. I had actually read that before, but it still leaves me somewhat confused. Here's a line from that same page 113, when discussing minimum shutter speed only without the mention of flash.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #b22222">"...Shutter speeds may drop below the selected minimum if optimum exposure can not be achieved at the ISO sensitivity chosen for <strong>Maximum sensitivity</strong>."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">From the same page they start discussing the flash's relationship while using auto ISO sensitivity control they state the following</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #b22222">"...When a flash is used, minimum shutter speed will be set to the value selected for <strong>Minimum shutter speed</strong> unless this value is faster than Custom Setting e1 (<strong>Flash sync speed</strong>, 0 329) or slower than Custom Setting e2 (<strong>Flash shutter speed</strong>,</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"><span style="color: #b22222">0 331), in which case the value selected for Custom Setting e2 will be used instead. Note that ISO sensitivity may be raised automatically when auto ISO sensitivity control is used in combination with slow sync flash modes (available with the built-in flash and the optional flash units listed on page 428), possibly preventing the camera from selecting slow shutter speeds."</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'">If I plug in my values into the quote above: My minimum shutter speed is 1/80, which is NOT faster than the e1 setting of 1/250, and it's not slower than the e2 setting of flash shutter speed 1/60. Therefore I'm speculating whether this is a bug, or the first quote within this post trumps the second quote. It's perplexing to me, because if my flash is present, then theoretically it should have no issues obtaining correct exposure using the specified minimum shutter speed. Note: there are times, using the same settings, will give me faster shutter speed in commander mode, with the built-in flash. Additionally, just to clarify, the built-in flash's commander mode, is set to remote only "_ _" </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'tahoma'"></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Foo Fighters, post: 341565, member: 29609"] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma]Hi, thanks for the replies. I had actually read that before, but it still leaves me somewhat confused. Here's a line from that same page 113, when discussing minimum shutter speed only without the mention of flash. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=#b22222]"...Shutter speeds may drop below the selected minimum if optimum exposure can not be achieved at the ISO sensitivity chosen for [B]Maximum sensitivity[/B]."[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma]From the same page they start discussing the flash's relationship while using auto ISO sensitivity control they state the following [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=#b22222]"...When a flash is used, minimum shutter speed will be set to the value selected for [B]Minimum shutter speed[/B] unless this value is faster than Custom Setting e1 ([B]Flash sync speed[/B], 0 329) or slower than Custom Setting e2 ([B]Flash shutter speed[/B],[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma][COLOR=#b22222]0 331), in which case the value selected for Custom Setting e2 will be used instead. Note that ISO sensitivity may be raised automatically when auto ISO sensitivity control is used in combination with slow sync flash modes (available with the built-in flash and the optional flash units listed on page 428), possibly preventing the camera from selecting slow shutter speeds."[/COLOR] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=tahoma]If I plug in my values into the quote above: My minimum shutter speed is 1/80, which is NOT faster than the e1 setting of 1/250, and it's not slower than the e2 setting of flash shutter speed 1/60. Therefore I'm speculating whether this is a bug, or the first quote within this post trumps the second quote. It's perplexing to me, because if my flash is present, then theoretically it should have no issues obtaining correct exposure using the specified minimum shutter speed. Note: there are times, using the same settings, will give me faster shutter speed in commander mode, with the built-in flash. Additionally, just to clarify, the built-in flash's commander mode, is set to remote only "_ _" [/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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