When I was looking for a new camera, before I bought the D40x, or even before I knew there was an upgrade to the D40, one of the features that I was looking for, which is extremely handy when taking photographer the require fill in flash on bright days a camera with a flash sync speed of 1/500 of a sec. The D40 had this so this camera was on my shortlist.
When I visited a local camera store to take a proper look and to get a feel of the camera I discovered the upgrade. Everywhere you turned the key improvements of the D40x that were being talked about was the higher megapixel count and a faster drive mode. Most digital camera owners and buyers are looking for a bigger one - megapixel count that is. That's why I bought the newer D40x over the D40 even though I could get a D40 at a good price. However nothing was said about the huge reduction in the flash sync speed from the D40 to the D40x, and sadly this was one of the key selling points for me and I never thought for a moment that Nikon would reduce the flash sync speed on an upgrade.
It wasn't until I was reading a debate in a forum at www.dpreview.com about they two Nikon cameras the I suddenly realised that I had bought a camera with a flash sync of 1/200 - even though I had been using the flash trying my camera out.
I really do believe that the higher the flash sync speed the more freedom you have when using the flash outside. It is especially useful when using fill-in on harsh sunny days where you may have a shutter speed of say 1/500 sec at f11 but at 1/200 sec you would need to go to f16 or f18. I know it doesn't sound like much but what if you're trying to take a portrait shot and you are also trying to throw the background out of focus too. It's harder to do with a higher f-stop.
Anyway, that's me had my little moan about my lack of sync speed. I'm sure you enjoyed reading about it.
PS the weather is not looking good for my Snowdon weekend at all. Plenty of rain forecasted. Don't be surprised if I don't post any photos. But I hope do.
I think I might buy myself a portable dvd player and take a few dvds down with me in case I'm sitting in a guest houses bedroom with nothing to do because of the rain.
If you are interested in buying a Nikon D40x you can get one thourgh this digital camera site.
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