Burst mode with flash

[johnanthony]

I haven't used the burst mode much with flash.

Canon d10 with 550EX.

Is there any problem shooting 8 bursts consecutively at raw or Max Jpeg?

Anything I should consider?

Thanks.

[timmyquest]

i Use to wonder the same thing, in most situations the flash has no problems keeping up with the camera. If you are stopped all the way down in a dark room at ISO 100 then yes...but typically no you wont have an issue.

[Jim_T]

I just tried it with my 10D/420EX.. Night time in a room brightly lit with incandecent lamps.

ISO 200 28mm @ f/4.5

I shot the headboard of my bed.. Half the scene was white wall..

I did a burst of 9.. Fhe flash only fired 7 times..

[robertwgross]

If you had perfect AA batteries inside the 550EX, then it might be able to perfectly keep up with the camera. However, AA batteries that are perfect are hard to find. A compact flash battery will supplement the current available for the flash tube, but that is another thing to buy.

I wonder if lithium primary cells would work for that. Expensive, but good.

---Bob Gross---