D3000 vs D5100 in flash sync speed

[ccting]

Practical flash sync :

D5100 : 1/160s
D3000: 1/320s

What happens here?

[IABoomer]

I'm not sure where you've read those numbers, as both the D3000 and D5100 have a max sync speed of 1/200.

The pro-level bodies will do 1/250, and for some strange reason, the older D40 could do 1/500, but otherwise, 1/200 is pretty standard.

[ccting]

Well, My brother owns D3000 while i own D5100.
That is the practical sync speed i have tested.. for many times

D3000 1/320s with only very little fall off at the bottom edge.
D5100 1/160s.

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by ccting

Well, My brother owns D3000 while i own D5100.
That is the practical sync speed i have tested.. for many times

D3000 1/320s with only very little fall off at the bottom edge.
D5100 1/160s.

Your test != actual results. Both cameras are rated to 1/200s and, with either the pop-up or NIkon flash, will be limited to 1/200s unless you enable the HSS function. If you find that your D5100, which you clearly have issues with, can't get better than 1/160th, then thats your issue.

If you're so unhappy with your D5100, ccting, get a different camera and stop whining.

[dakwegmo]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Both cameras ... with either the pop-up or NIkon flash, will be limited to 1/200s...

And once you start adding radio triggers into the mix or use non-Nikon flashes, you're going to slow down the actual sync speed.

[TheMoons678]

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

If you're so unhappy with your D5100, ccting, get a different camera and stop whining.

amen. Amen. Amen.

[homank76]

If the D5100 only has the flash syn of 1/160 I would get it repaired while it's still under warrenty. It's not shooting to the specs specified.

[sk66]

Originally Posted by dakwegmo

And once you start adding radio triggers into the mix or use non-Nikon flashes, you're going to slow down the actual sync speed.

This could easily be the issue. Was everything except the camera bodies identical in the tests?