Burst shooting with Canon 10D

[lesrhar]

Hi all,

Apologies if this is in the wrong forum.

Earlier today I had occasion to use burst mode on my 10D for the first time. It performed well, and I was quite pleased with the capture rate.

However, when the light started to go and I needed to use flash, the camera took only one shot, despite being set to continuous shooting. That happened with the camera flash, and with an external Speedlite 420EX.

Is it not possible to shoot in continuous mode when using flash, or is there some sort of fault? Or perhaps a setting buried deep in the camera somewhere that needs to be changed?

Thanks,
Les

[donoreo]

The flash would have to recharge I would think.

[lesrhar]

Originally Posted by donoreo

The flash would have to recharge I would think.

Ah, thanks... I'd forgotten that the flashgun and the camera talk to each other!

I still remember the old days of film... had a Canon T70 and generic flashgun that didn't communicate that well. All I had to do was keep the shutter button depressed and the camera kept shooting till the film ran out! Sometimes the flash fired, sometimes it didn't.

Les

[Cathus]

some flashguns have a high speed setting which you can do in burst mode, but they are likely to use much less than full power as the flashgun has to recharge. using standard batteries takes longer to recharge than a battery pack.

If you set up your shots so you can use your flashgun on 1/16 1/32 1/64 or 1/128 power you will find you can take shots much quicker than 1/1

[OldBoy]

As Cathus says, reduce the power of the flash but be careful, as too many shots can burnout the flash bulb. Three or four should be OK.

[lesrhar]

Thanks, Cathus and OldBoy.

Unfortunately my flashgun isn't that sophisticated; as far as I know it does not have high speed settings, and there is definitely no dial to adjust power.

I need to upgrade

But there is so much kit I want.... better glass, better body... And far too much discrepancy between the cost of the kit and the coloured paper in the wallet. That seems to be a common difficulty among photographers

Thanks again for the advice.

Les