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Maximum camera's shutter speed possible when using a flash

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What exactly is flash sync speed, and should it be a factor in a buying decision?

A higher flash sync speed is useful if you wish to shoot with flash at large appeture (because you want low DoF) but are shooting at a subject that has bright backlight. A typical instance where this …
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Why is my camera limited to a shutter speed of 1/250th when the flash is up?

After Jristas excelent answer I was interested to learn more as the exlaination was more complicated that I had anticipated. Both these articles give very detailed explainations: tutorial: high-speed …
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Why is my camera limited to a shutter speed of 1/250th when the flash is up?

Sometimes in bright backlight and with large aperture (f2.8) I want flash at high shutter speeds. But when I pop the flash up on D7000 it caps the shutter speed to 1/250th, which overexposes the shot …
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