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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Revet" data-source="post: 228589" data-attributes="member: 17612"><p>Woops, In my original thread I had said why would I need a faster shutter speed than 1/200th if I could freeze a hummingbirds wings.  Sorry, I had my flash on with that shot so it was the flash freezing the wings, not the shutter speed.  Now, if that was a mid-day shot and I wanted to open up my aperture to put everything out of focus except the bird, then using a fast shutter speed to cut back on the ambient light, and then use a flash to freeze him plus light him a bit, that is when the max sync speed is an issue, Correct?  You could, however, get the shot by using a longer shutter speed (1/200 or longer) with a higher f stop (whatever it takes to get your ambient correct).  This would allow you to freeze the bird without FP mode during the mid-day sunlight correct (with an increased depth of field of course)??</p></blockquote><p></p>