I'll often go 1/8000 at ISO 50 and f/1.2 during outdoor portraits when using flash. Especially if I want the sun in the background. This is even the case near sundown. However, I could always throw on an ND filter or stop down a little to overcome a 1/6000 sec limit. It allows me to shoot in full sun and things don't look harsh. It's just what I like to do, but not something I have to do. I wouldn't not buy a camera because of 1/6000.This out of camera image would be a typical 1/16,000 exposure from me, because the light changed rapidly as the surfers came into shade from a hillside I tried auto exposure in Av mode. The camera chose 1/16,000 and obviously was thrown by the white water, this is full Caribbean sun at 10 in the morning.
Now if I was still shooting surfers in the Caribbean I'd want a camera that shoots 1/8,000 though back then I was limited to 200 iso and I could go at least two stops lower on that and I need at least one stop more exposure anyway.
Like I say, yes there are case uses for needing, not wanting, actually needing 1/8,000, I just wondered what ryebread's were.
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