anybody can explain whats the difference between slow, rear, and slow rear flash please?

Senario: You know how those fancy pictures are taken in night clubs where the photographer shoots at a group of ppl and then swirl the camera around so that the picture comes out with the people still looking sharp with a twirl of background colorful lights across the picture?

thanks!

The slow shutter speed & full opening night shots, that is held for the quite a long duration exposures cannot be achieved with 100% effect.

Those who have nervous problems, heavy breathing with heavy body structure will have some difficulty in releasing the shutter even though the camera is mounted on a solid heavy Tri Pod. As per your comments what is the use of using the Tri Pod for the essential requirements with quality, less than the 100% with the above said draw backs. Thank U. Have a Nice day

Kumaresan Vibhakar [Southern India]

Thanks for the good job of explaining slow and rear synch. Earlier today I became frustrated when reading someone else’s article on these. So I went back to the computer and searched more. I came up with your article and decided to give it a go. With your article I grasped the message you were conveying to the reader the very first time through the article. So you have done a very good job simplifying and explaining this.

I have the D300 and I familiarized myself with it over the last year now. It has not been easy. With such a complex camera I think the best strategy is to “find yourself” inside the camera and then stick with this set of personal “default” settings most of the time. But even then one needs to understand and practice certain highly valuable techniques that are not used all the time and will require changing settings, and then changing back to the personal defaults. Slow and rear sych are perfect examples. I need to become proficient with these. You have given me a basic beginning understanding. Now it is going to take practice. One beauty of digital is that unlike film, it costs nothing to practice. With this D300 once I find the correct exposure settings I can choose to let the camera take over automatically (and I do choose that), i.e. I have no intentions of going manual. Been there done that. Thanks again and happy shooting!

Robert King