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<blockquote data-quote="friedmud" data-source="post: 170711" data-attributes="member: 11427">Wow - I'm really surprised that no one has posted the real solution to his initial question!What you need is &quot;Auto FP&quot; mode (also known as &quot;high speed sync&quot; on other camera systems).The D600 can only &quot;sync&quot; with a flash up to 1/250.&nbsp; That means that you can only get full flash output up to 1/250... and with the default setting the camera won't go beyond that.&nbsp; If the camera were to try to move the shutter faster than that the flash would be blocked by the moving curtains and provide uneven lighting.What &quot;Auto FP&quot; allows the flash to do is fire a bunch of times extremely rapidly (essentially providing a constant output for a moment) this gives the camera the chance to blow through a fast shutter speed in the middle of that rapid firing to get the subject evenly illuminated.&nbsp; This allows you to have high shutter speeds (over 1/250) for large aperture shooting in daylight.Note that this does reduce flash output power... and the faster your shutter is the more the flash power is reduced.&nbsp; When in this mode the flash actually tells you the maximum effective distance right on the LCD... very cool!I always shoot outdoor portraits this way.&nbsp; Depending on the situation I might tone down the flash a bit so that it looks more natural, but it's a great way to get a bit of fill light to soften facial shadows.On the D600 you set this up using custom setting e1... just set it to either of the &quot;Auto FP&quot; settings at the top (but why not choose 1/250??).&nbsp; Look around page 234 in the manual.In addition, I highly recommend decoupling background exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation.&nbsp; Set e4 to &quot;Background Only&quot;. This will allow you to adjust the brightness of the &quot;background&quot; using the normal exposure compensation button... and modify the exposure of your &quot;subject&quot; using the flash exposure compensation on your flash... giving you total control.I'll post a few examples of shooting like this in a bit (I'm on my iPad right now)(oh - one more note: Auto FP only really works with hotshoe mounted flashes like the SB-700, 900, etc.).&nbsp; The built in flash can't do it.Enjoy!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="friedmud, post: 170711, member: 11427"] Wow - I'm really surprised that no one has posted the real solution to his initial question! What you need is "Auto FP" mode (also known as "high speed sync" on other camera systems). The D600 can only "sync" with a flash up to 1/250. That means that you can only get full flash output up to 1/250... and with the default setting the camera won't go beyond that. If the camera were to try to move the shutter faster than that the flash would be blocked by the moving curtains and provide uneven lighting. What "Auto FP" allows the flash to do is fire a bunch of times extremely rapidly (essentially providing a constant output for a moment) this gives the camera the chance to blow through a fast shutter speed in the middle of that rapid firing to get the subject evenly illuminated. This allows you to have high shutter speeds (over 1/250) for large aperture shooting in daylight. Note that this does reduce flash output power... and the faster your shutter is the more the flash power is reduced. When in this mode the flash actually tells you the maximum effective distance right on the LCD... very cool! I always shoot outdoor portraits this way. Depending on the situation I might tone down the flash a bit so that it looks more natural, but it's a great way to get a bit of fill light to soften facial shadows. On the D600 you set this up using custom setting e1... just set it to either of the "Auto FP" settings at the top (but why not choose 1/250??). Look around page 234 in the manual. In addition, I highly recommend decoupling background exposure compensation and flash exposure compensation. Set e4 to "Background Only". This will allow you to adjust the brightness of the "background" using the normal exposure compensation button... and modify the exposure of your "subject" using the flash exposure compensation on your flash... giving you total control. I'll post a few examples of shooting like this in a bit (I'm on my iPad right now) (oh - one more note: Auto FP only really works with hotshoe mounted flashes like the SB-700, 900, etc.). The built in flash can't do it. Enjoy! [/QUOTE]

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