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Originally Posted by ValleyFan

Yeah, its a big flash with lots of power, which is really really nice. Glad you like it! The pics look fantastic. There are some great captures there. The one comment I would make, and this is purely personal preference, but for action shots I might switch from front curtain sync (which is the default, the flash fires as soon as the shutter opens) to rear curtain sync (flash fires right before shutter closes). The only reason I would say that is that way you have motion blur leading up to the clear, frozen flashed image instead of a clear image with the blur following (if that horrible description makes any sense), you can see this clearly in the shot of the single red shirted skater's helmet and the shot of a couple of the ladies falling. Again, that is only personal preference, but I find that with action shots it feels a little better, as it feels like the subject is blurring into the image instead of blurring out, so it is more of a crescendo into the capture.

Good call! Since it was the first time with the unit, I mostly shot with it on auto mode to be sure everything came out ok. I'll check the setting for the curtain because I would like to blur some on purpose but need to experiment and the championship game was not the place to do that.