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faster flash sync with Sony APSC

Started Jun 24, 2021 | Discussions thread
Barmaglot_07 Contributing Member • Posts: 633
Re: one trick to help with battery life

PHXAZCRAIG wrote:

Forgot to mention in my first reply. I don't know that your camera can do this, but I assume it can set flash power manually. To save battery (and might possibly speed up the flash response a hair), set the pop-up flash to 1/16th power, or whatever is the least amount of power to reliably trigger the strobes. Saves a lot of battery.

The A6300, and to the best of my knowledge, all Sony cameras with an internal flash do not allow operating it in manual mode. Same as on your RX100, you can use flash compensation to dial it up or down a bit, but you can't force a specific power setting, and it will always pre-flash.

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