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Old May 14th 04, 08:04 AM
Lassi Hippeläinen
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Default Focal plane vs. leaf shutters in MF SLRs

Jim-Ed Browne wrote:

At the risk of flogging a long-embalmed horse-hey, thirty million
Elvis and MM fans can't be wrong!-I think flash sync for daylight is
an issue best solved by longer-duration flashes, such as perhaps an
updated variant of the old Polaroid Wink-Light, which pulsed an
incandescent bulb with a cap and high-voltage battery. I can't believe
it would be that hard to build one today, perhaps using a triac to
limit the current to the triggering camera. Doesn't anyone have basic
electronic skills anymore?


Now that phone cameras with built in flashes made of LEDs start
appearing, it might be interesting to experiment with a LED-based
winklight...

-- Lassi