M Mode Flash; Flash Sync Speed - Minolta 5600HS (D) Instruction Manual

EXPOSURE MODES

M Mode Flash

1. Select the M mode on the camera.
2. Press the flash on/off button to display
• Fill flash is selected.
3. Set the aperture and shutter speed, and focus the sub-
ject.
• Reduce the aperture (ie increase the f-stop) to reduce the flash
range, or open the aperture (ie reduce the f-stop) to increase the
flash range.
• A shutter speed faster than the sync speed cannot be selected with
the Maxxum STsi, 400si, and Dynax 500si, 500siSuper, and 404si.
4. Press the shutter-release button when charging is com-
plete.
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FLASH SYNC SPEED

Flash photography is generally associated with a maximum
.
shutter speed referred to as the flash sync speed. This restric-
tion does not apply to cameras designed for high-speed sync
(HSS) photography, since they allow flash photography at the
maximum shutter speed of the camera. Sync speeds and
high-speed sync for each camera are as follows.
• Maxxum/Dynax 9:
1/300 sec, high-speed sync photography possible
• Maxxum/Dynax 7, 800si, 700si, 600si:
1/200 sec, high-speed sync photography possible
• Maxxum XTsi, HTsi, and Dynax 505si, 505siSuper:
1/125 sec, high-speed sync photography possible
• Maxxum STsi, QTsi, 400si, 300si, and Dynax 500si, 500siSuper,
404si, 303si, 300si:
1/90 sec, high-speed sync photography impossible
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