Sync Porblem 5D

[snedigity]

I have a 5D and Hensel lighting. I see a distinct black edge on the right at 200, it is a little less at 160 and totally gone at 125. What am I doning wrong or is my camera a little out of sync?

[wdesign1]

I was just checking my sync speed with my new 5D and a monolight.
At 250, the second curtain shadow was coming up from the bottom of the picture. The sync speed for the 5D is, I think, 200 but I still detected a slight shadow at 200. It was completely gone at 160.
You say your shadow was on the right side? Did you shoot vertical on that shot?

[Curtis N]

If you read the fine print in the 5D manual, you'll see they suggest a slower shutter speed for studio strobes.

Strobes have a longer flash duration at low power so this problem is more prevalent at low strobe power settings.

What method are you using to trigger the lights?

[pparker]

5 D sync speed with studio lights is 1/125 th of a second. Kind of hard to find in the manual, but it's there.
Page 102 under Sync Speed.

[Az2Africa]

I shoot with a 5D and Hensels and have found the same thing. I use 125th as stated above and have no problems.

[snedigity]

Thank you all for the feed back. I almost sold my 5D because of this. Now I know it isn't just me i feel a heck of a lot better. This is why I am addicted to this forum. Thanks

[Wilt]

I have a 5D and Hensel lighting. I see a distinct black edge on the right at 200, it is a little less at 160 and totally gone at 125. What am I doning wrong or is my camera a little out of sync?

..."black edge on the right" ??? Sounds like an old cloth focal plane shutter that moves horizontally, rather than a modern bladed metal focal plane shutter in dSLR!!! Are you describing 'on the right' when the camera is in Portrait position?, then that description makes more sense!

[snedigity]

It would be the bottom up because I shoot verticle alot. Here is a example and I have done no editing just converted the raw image.


http://www.sneddonphotography.com/Storage/IMG_5949.jpg