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I just tried 1/8000 in full, clear, noon sun and it's not even close for the hummingbirds. I think I was at 1/64 power on the speedlights to freeze the motion, so effectively about 1/35000 shutter speed.
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Ryan 3mo ago

Yeah hummingbirds are notoriously difficult, they flap their wings at up to 80Hz, which is far higher than any other bird.

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Ryan 3mo ago

The blackbird is like 5hz. Larger bird like gulls will be 1-2 hz.

Any shot I've ever taken of a hummingbird is a body & blurred wings 😂