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Re: Lighting trap (was Re: [OM] Screwmount adapter (and other gadgets))

Subject: Re: Lighting trap (was Re: [OM] Screwmount adapter (and other gadgets))
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 10:02:46 +1000
Now this occured to me but, I told myself, surely the lightning flash would
be long over by the time the slave triggered the shutter? I know slaves are
pretty quick but there must be a fair time lag in the winder firing the
shutter? How long is a lightning flash anyway?
AndrewF


>Good for lightning capture, too
>
>Tom
>
>On 26 Mar 2001, at 14:17, sayeth Andrew Fildes <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>...
>> Incidentally - came up with a neat remote trigger. I got a Nissin flash
>> slave trigger in a box of bits. one of those transparent types. In with it
>> was a short  flash cord - PC on one end and mini-jack on t'other. So, I
>> thort, is there any reason why the slave couldn't fire an Oly Winder?  It
>> can. I can use a small flash with a manual test button as a trigger and the
>> slave sits on top of the OM with its finger in the hole. Brilliant! The
>> possibilities are legion. (Apologies if this has been suggested before -
>> I'm creative but rarely original).






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