>
> I'm planning to shoot hummers later this month.
>
> One of the ways to stop wing motion is to use very bright
> fast flash. I'm NOT going to use TTL (cost and
> nonpredictability). I have four optically slaved Vivitar
> 283's with VP1's. Each 283 is powerful flash (GN 120 feet),
> but the trick is to use all of them in manual mode at a
> fraction of its power (1/8th or 1/16th), because that yields
> a very short flash (on the order of 1/8000th second or
> faster).
Interesting approach. Although the 283 flash duration may be 1/8000
individually, what do you think the chance is that they will sync
"simultaneously" using an optical slave ? I look forward to seeing the
results.
...Wayne
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