Hi Ken,
Or somehow connect a winder into a flash slave?
Tom
At 2000 June 15 - Thursday 8:36, Ken Norton <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
spoke about *[OM] Lightining...* saying
> First of all, there really isn't anything called heat lightining. It is a
> misnomer lightining from a distant storm that is hidden by the haze in the
> atmosphere. The haze will light up, but because of the distance to the
> storm there isn't any thunder. Heat doesn't cause lightining.
>
> There is a company selling a "lightining trigger" for cameras. Best as
> I've been able to ascertain, it is a couple flash-slave sensors tied to an
> amplification circuit which then completes a circuit closure. I'd buy one,
> but at $250 is seems a bit pricey when I think I could build one for $20.
>
> The lightining trigger is designed to trigger the camera's shutter upon the
> flash of lightining. They recommend a shutter speed of around 1/2 second
> with appropriate lens opening for the scene. This is great for daytime
> lightining shots.
>
> If I ever get around to building up a prototype that works I might have a
> buddy manufacture a few and sell them for a more reasonable price. It
> would connect to the winder or motor drive remote.
>
> But first there is this small thing called money...
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