drebel flash questions

Crystal clear. Thanks.

Thanks for all you help. However I am still just a bit confused. When you say that the flash stops action does that mean that the action is stopped at 1/10,000? Thus no matter what the shutter speed is you wont get blurry pictures due to subject movement?

Thanks.
Alex

Let me take a shot at this.

As Scott suggested, a flash image is a result of two exposures that happen at about the same time. The flash pop is relatively bright, but it is extremely short in duration. If you measure the amount of movement of the subject in 1/10,000th of a second, it should be next to nil. However, your shutter may be open for 1/200th of a second, or slower. It is likely to be gathering ambient light, which is much dimmer than the flash pop. So, ambient exposure is a normal result of the shutter and aperture. You may get a certain deal more movement of the subject during the 1/200th, but that movement is likely to be lit up much less than the flash pop. So, you'll likely get a very crisp image (due to the pop) and just a tiny bit of ambient light and very little ambient light movement visible.

---Bob Gross---

Thanks Bob!!

Had to read it twice but now I get it!!!!