Stoboscopic: what is is?

KevinCarter · #1 10-03-2008, 09:37 PM

I've heard about this for studio sports etc. What is it? Do you rent it? thanks

michaelnotar · #2 10-03-2008, 11:07 PM

most flashes do it, it turns your flash into a strobe, like a dance hall strobe that flickers. do a long exposure against a black background with your subject moving who is wearing white or bright colors. you have to calculate the exposure by # of flashes. if one flash=F8 alone 2= F11 4=F16

any current canon flash, 540, 550., 580 I/II have stroboscopic mode.

KevinCarter · #3 10-04-2008, 04:18 PM

I have a couple of 580 exs, but what about a more pro power pack sytem? and what does it does in contrat to just shooting fast with a power pack?

michaelnotar · #4 10-04-2008, 04:23 PM

usually the strobe fires (hotshoe flash) once a sec or faster, usually 3-20 times a sec (htz) something a studio strobe pack isnt made to do. read up in the flash manual. if registers multiple images of the same subject, stopping the action of each image as any flash will do, but recording multiples.

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