What is there to write about shutter speed ? If the speed is say 1/500sec it simply means shutter gets opened for 1/500sec and then closes – right ? Wrong !
I recently bought a SB-800 speedlight for my camera and was trying to go through sync speed related information. I wondered what is the limitation for supporting shorter sync speeds. This resulted in some reading. I read lots of articles about front and rear syncs – no where science part of it is clear till I came across this link which beautifully explained how the shutter works. With this explanation of how shutter works the limitation of flash sync speed made all the sense. This may be a useful information for you too !
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- Ganesh H Shankar
