1/500th flash syn - give some examples

As the title says. My camera has flash sync speeds up to 1/500th of a second which a lot of people seem to see as a selling feature for the D70 and and D40 series. So, can people post some examples of where 1/500th flash would be useful. I'm thinking of maybe outdoors to where the subject is lit and the sky/backgound is darker, but would like some idea's so I can get creative with it.

I have an SB-600 + Stofen by the way.

 

I think it's more advantageous when you have bright sunlight and you want to add fill flash to eliminate harsh shadows...but I have yet to practice with this myself so don't hold me to that.

 

Dunno I'm not that sold. 1/250th does the job for me:

 

I'm with Marcus. If you are shooting in bright sunlight and want/need to use a fast shutter speed but need the flash as well then 1/500 would be nice to have. My D200 is 1/250 and that's always been more than enough when I need both speed & a flash ....

 

Hi-speed sync can be invaluable in bright sun... Ask any wedding photog. But, for the full benefit you need FP syncing.

Here's a great article I just stumbled across:
http://www.rpphoto.com/howto/view.asp?articleID=1026

 

A couple of weeks ago I shot a wedding on a beach in California at about 2PM on a cloudless day...I would've killed for a 1/500th sync speed.

 

1/500th makes it easier to block out the sun without using more flash power and it's easier for freezing fast action without halos.


this is about 3 in the afternoon, outside.



Good example of action, strobe is at camera right.


Another action example, this guy was going past me pretty quick, and I was only a few feet from him, so there's alot of camera movement. 1/500th blocked out the sun (for the most part, you can see ambient in the background) and was fast enough to freeze him. 1/250th at ISO 100 would mean the strobes would need to have twice as much power and as for the image above, there could be a black halo around him from motion blur.


2 strobes, one at camera left, another at camera right for fill.



oh, and these were done using SB-600's with Nikon's CLS

 

Thanks for the tips and awesome examples Sw1tchFX. I'm going to definitely play around with the useful feature of my camera.

 

This was 1000th sec flash sync with a window as a background in daylight.....

 

I love the 1/500th sync speed on my d1h. Great for action sports.

 

I agree, for freezing stuff thats moving fast you need it, especially if you cant get an angle thats away from the sun.

For slower stuff you can always use a ND, or stack with a polarizer if the mood dictates.

They have to do some amazing tricks to shoot some of those high speed shots of things breaking and stuff...amazing stuff

 

Sw1tch gots the sweet pix.... nice flickr man...