Shift-Focusing

[Boudewijn van der Drift]

These are high-end strobes with plenty of battery power. I have to keep the Aperture pretty closed, f8 to f10, Don't want any natural light, I'm in a studio with No windows anyhow.

Yes, but the missed flashes can only be, because the high voltage capacitor of the strobe is emptied faster than the HV charge circuit can replenish it. That is why the strobe skips a flash now and then. Try it out with the test button, and listen to the charging whine.

You need to spend less flashes/second and/or less power/flash.

Less f/s can be,
- setting a longer shuttertime (this leaves you free with the aperture and no other light.

Less p/f can be,
- higher iso
- wider aperture
- more light, natural, artificial, more strobes

The whole thing about shift-focusing is, that more steps allow you to open your aperture. Because the DoF problem is solved in another way than closing aperture. Allowing to use the sharpest f-number.

Something has to give

 

[Boudewijn van der Drift]

Well, The Video tutorials on Shift Focus from Backcountry Gallery, were awesome! What I found out is the understanding of Nikons terms to Lamens Terms, Lol.
Also, I think Nikon needs to improve on how they have it implemented in the menu and maybe even add or change the way you start the sequence, from the menu, rather than from pressing the shutter button, which Panasonic does.
With Nikon they have you start from the menu because with their setup, if you were able to start from the Shutter Button, being in Autofocus, it might refocus the start position.
So, I got it to work, and all is good, but could be better! Lol!

Highly Recommend the Shift-Focus tutorials, worth every penny of $18.00!

Thanks, everyone for your input and help, Appreciated.

Yes, this part of the Nikon menu is pretty terse. But all you need to define is there.
Allowing the user more frredom to fix variables, creates the problem of overdefinition.
Like a home heating system. If you want your thermostat to work, you need to let it adjust the amount of heat, not choke the radiator valve, or limit the water circulation temperature too low.