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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 182482" data-attributes="member: 12496">The sun makes dark harsh shadows, or silhouette views. That's just how it is.&nbsp; We learn to adapt, to work around it.The focal plane shutter has maximum limits of when it is fully open to allow flash.&nbsp; That's just how it is.&nbsp; We learn to adapt, to work around it.Better cameras do use focal plane shutters, however this focal plane sync speed is greater now than at any time in past history (i.e., it has always been that way).Any camera model can still benefit from the extreme motion stopping speed of speedlghts (at lower power levels).&nbsp; This also needs to underexpose the ambient a couple of stops, to keep the sun from continuing to blur it.&nbsp; But the D3200/D5200 models do not do FP flash mode, even if flashes like SB-700 can do it.One partial solution is the D7100 type of camera which has a little faster shutter.&nbsp; &nbsp; Its faster shutter can sync flash at 1/250 second formally, and it allows 1/320 second (in Auto FP mode, but without switching to FP flash mode).And it also has Auto FP, which may handle adding fill at the closer distance. FP flash mode can allow any camera shutter speed, if you have enough wide aperture to compensate it (Sunny 16, bright sun, 1/6400 second at f/2.8, etc).&nbsp;&nbsp; FP levels may need more than one flash unit combined for power and range, but fill as such does not need as much level.Not seriously suggesting it for action, but a large white reflector also adds more fill light on the shaded side, without adding shutter speed considerations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 182482, member: 12496"] The sun makes dark harsh shadows, or silhouette views. That's just how it is. We learn to adapt, to work around it. The focal plane shutter has maximum limits of when it is fully open to allow flash. That's just how it is. We learn to adapt, to work around it. Better cameras do use focal plane shutters, however this focal plane sync speed is greater now than at any time in past history (i.e., it has always been that way). Any camera model can still benefit from the extreme motion stopping speed of speedlghts (at lower power levels). This also needs to underexpose the ambient a couple of stops, to keep the sun from continuing to blur it. But the D3200/D5200 models do not do FP flash mode, even if flashes like SB-700 can do it. One partial solution is the D7100 type of camera which has a little faster shutter. Its faster shutter can sync flash at 1/250 second formally, and it allows 1/320 second (in Auto FP mode, but without switching to FP flash mode). And it also has Auto FP, which may handle adding fill at the closer distance. FP flash mode can allow any camera shutter speed, if you have enough wide aperture to compensate it (Sunny 16, bright sun, 1/6400 second at f/2.8, etc). FP levels may need more than one flash unit combined for power and range, but fill as such does not need as much level. Not seriously suggesting it for action, but a large white reflector also adds more fill light on the shaded side, without adding shutter speed considerations. [/QUOTE]

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