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BayAreaPhotog
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 02:54
Forgive me if I am answering my own question here . . . or am I not understanding this. I seems a bit surprising to me.

On page 96 of the Canon D60 manual it says:

"The EOS D60 can synchronize with compact, non-Canon flash
units at shutterspeeds of 1/200 second or slower. With l
larger studio flash units, the flash speed is 1/60 second or
slower.

Does this mean that if I am using a Monolite or powerpack system that the fastest it will sync with is 1/60 ? Anybody use Monolite or powerpack systems with their D60? I would love to have more range than that. Any thoughts on this? Thanks.
evilenglishman
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 04:49
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ruby
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 14:28
I plan on renting lights for my D60 this weekend from the SF calumet. I will see what they have to say on the matter!
ruby
ruby
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 14:30
Love your glamor images Evil Englishman! The one where she is drinking water is great!

ruby
evilenglishman
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 15:03
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Mark_Cohran
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 15:48
This question has been asked several times in various online forums, but the quick answer is that the D60 will synch with studio strobes up to about 1/200th of a second with no problem. I do this all the time with my D60 and my White Lightning Strobes. The only time you'll run into problems is when you're running the strobes at very low power settings (the strobes fire for a shorter period of time), then you may need to reduce shutter speed to 1/160th, but I've never run into that problem.
robertwgross
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 16:36
When you use studio strobes, Canon has no control over how quickly they operate or what the *optimal* shutter speed will be to sync. So, to play safe, Canon probably recommends 1/60, because that is slow enough to almost guarantee that every studio strobe will sync, even if the strobe duration is cut down by power decrease.

I would start with 1/60 and then speed it up until sync fails, then back off one or two notches. You know how to tell if sync fails. You will have one portion of your image that is not illuminated.

---Bob Gross---
BayAreaPhotog
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 16:41
I really appreciate everyone's input on this. Thanks again.
ruby
2nd of February 2004 (Mon), 17:18
Me too! I was wondering has anyone used Bowens Monolites X200 with their cameras? Or Norman200B's? Someone is selling them used on craigslist in SF?

Ruby