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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
Hack the flash so you synch at 1/4000 !!!
I did it with the D40. Normal synch is already good at 1/500, but I want the camera to do what I want, not what he wants. So yesterday I got my new SB 800 flash, very nice and fantastic features, like max. distance of over 50 meters! Everything automatic, even the zoom up to 105 mm works together with the lens and if the camera goes standby or you turn it of, so does the flash. I had just finished the book (125 pages) and tried everything out. OK it works as a slave and everything you can want in a flash: it has got it! But I stay bothered by the max flash synch at 1/500. Why the heck is that? I remember when I had the D80, it flashed at any speed I choose, with the internal flash. So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. But itīs digital, so you can fool around as much as necesary. I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Also: show some pictures with what you can freeze here. |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
On Sep 12, 9:45 am, "Sosumi" wrote:
Hack the flash so you synch at 1/4000 !!! I did it with the D40. Normal synch is already good at 1/500, but I want the camera to do what I want, not what he wants. So yesterday I got my new SB 800 flash, very nice and fantastic features, like max. distance of over 50 meters! Everything automatic, even the zoom up to 105 mm works together with the lens and if the camera goes standby or you turn it of, so does the flash. I had just finished the book (125 pages) and tried everything out. OK it works as a slave and everything you can want in a flash: it has got it! But I stay bothered by the max flash synch at 1/500. Why the heck is that? I remember when I had the D80, it flashed at any speed I choose, with the internal flash. So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. But itīs digital, so you can fool around as much as necesary. I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Also: show some pictures with what you can freeze here. You mean like this? Done at 1/4000th of a second with flash by a P&S, the Olympus C-8080 DSLR LUDDITES would not understand this. http://www.pbase.com/andersonrm/image/52119776 |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
"Sosumi" wrote in message ... Hack the flash so you synch at 1/4000 !!! I did it with the D40. Normal synch is already good at 1/500, but I want the camera to do what I want, not what he wants. So yesterday I got my new SB 800 flash, very nice and fantastic features, like max. distance of over 50 meters! Everything automatic, even the zoom up to 105 mm works together with the lens and if the camera goes standby or you turn it of, so does the flash. I had just finished the book (125 pages) and tried everything out. OK it works as a slave and everything you can want in a flash: it has got it! But I stay bothered by the max flash synch at 1/500. Why the heck is that? I remember when I had the D80, it flashed at any speed I choose, with the internal flash. So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. But itīs digital, so you can fool around as much as necesary. I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Also: show some pictures with what you can freeze here. Well that is a load of BULL****!!! The flash synch speed is the maximum shutter speed that doesn't cause the shutter curtains to be fully open. Any faster than the design synch speed will cause a shutter shadow on the image. What you are seeing is the flash duration, not synch speed. I can do the same effect on bulb. The shortest duration of the SB-800 is 1/41600 sec, that can freeze pretty much anything. |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
On Sep 12, 9:45 am, "Sosumi" wrote:
I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Hi-speed synch says hi. http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/26416596 |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
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/dev/null nntp.server.net wrote: Well that is a load of BULL****!!! The flash synch speed is the maximum shutter speed that doesn't cause the shutter curtains to be fully open. Any faster than the design synch speed will cause a shutter shadow on the image. What you are seeing is the flash duration, not synch speed. Unless, the camera has an electronic shutter in addition to the mechanical one... -- That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make. -- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
Sosumi wrote:
So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Any camera with hotshoe will do that with any hotshoe flash. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! No ****, Sherlock! Check out any non-dedicated generic flash and any older camera that doesn't support dedicated flash - ALL they use is the center contact! Wow! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! Neat, you've just re-discovered one of the first things ever done with the invention of the camera flash. You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. Pick up a cheap non-dedicated flash... they have this little chart on the back that tells you what aperture to use at what distance for any given ISO speed. Wow, you're right on top of things with this radical new technique! I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. You read wrong. Just shot this with my 300D and 420EX flash. No contacts taped up, flash set to high-speed sync, camera set to 1/4000, f/11, ISO200. http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/1-4000_flash.jpg Exif Sub IFD * Exposure Time (1 / Shutter Speed) = 1/4000 second = 0.00025 second * Lens F-Number/F-Stop = 11/1 = F11.00 * ISO Speed Ratings = 200 * Exif Version = 0221 * Original Date/Time = 2007:09:12 09:13:35 * Digitization Date/Time = 2007:09:12 09:13:35 |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
"Matt Ion" wrote in message news:WlUFi.160024$fJ5.5622@pd7urf1no... Sosumi wrote: So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Any camera with hotshoe will do that with any hotshoe flash. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! No ****, Sherlock! Check out any non-dedicated generic flash and any older camera that doesn't support dedicated flash - ALL they use is the center contact! Wow! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! Neat, you've just re-discovered one of the first things ever done with the invention of the camera flash. You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. Pick up a cheap non-dedicated flash... they have this little chart on the back that tells you what aperture to use at what distance for any given ISO speed. Wow, you're right on top of things with this radical new technique! I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. You read wrong. Just shot this with my 300D and 420EX flash. No contacts taped up, flash set to high-speed sync, camera set to 1/4000, f/11, ISO200. http://www2.moltenimage.com/photos/1-4000_flash.jpg Unsharp, outta focus and too dark. What else, genius? You quote and read wrong: I wrote "except for the older ones" What do you call a 300D? New model? Practically a dinosaur. Try it with a "modern" Canon like the D400. |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
"Philip Homburg" wrote in message .phicoh.net... In article , /dev/null nntp.server.net wrote: Well that is a load of BULL****!!! The flash synch speed is the maximum shutter speed that doesn't cause the shutter curtains to be fully open. Any faster than the design synch speed will cause a shutter shadow on the image. What you are seeing is the flash duration, not synch speed. Unless, the camera has an electronic shutter in addition to the mechanical one... Exactly: the manual reads: combined mechanical and electronical CCD shutter. So the bull****ter kan apologize ;-))) Even at 1/4000 I have no shadow of a doubt.. |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
"/dev/null" nntp.server.net wrote in message . com... "Sosumi" wrote in message ... Hack the flash so you synch at 1/4000 !!! I did it with the D40. Normal synch is already good at 1/500, but I want the camera to do what I want, not what he wants. So yesterday I got my new SB 800 flash, very nice and fantastic features, like max. distance of over 50 meters! Everything automatic, even the zoom up to 105 mm works together with the lens and if the camera goes standby or you turn it of, so does the flash. I had just finished the book (125 pages) and tried everything out. OK it works as a slave and everything you can want in a flash: it has got it! But I stay bothered by the max flash synch at 1/500. Why the heck is that? I remember when I had the D80, it flashed at any speed I choose, with the internal flash. So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. But itīs digital, so you can fool around as much as necesary. I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Also: show some pictures with what you can freeze here. Well that is a load of BULL****!!! The flash synch speed is the maximum shutter speed that doesn't cause the shutter curtains to be fully open. Any faster than the design synch speed will cause a shutter shadow on the image. What you are seeing is the flash duration, not synch speed. I can do the same effect on bulb. The shortest duration of the SB-800 is 1/41600 sec, that can freeze pretty much anything. According to your nick: dev or deaf? Null in many languages means zero or nothing. So youīre a deaf nothing, right? Read some books, dipstick.. |
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You can with a Nikon, not with a Canon ;-))
/dev/null wrote:
Sosumi wrote Hack the flash so you synch at 1/4000 !!! I did it with the D40. Normal synch is already good at 1/500, but I want the camera to do what I want, not what he wants. So yesterday I got my new SB 800 flash, very nice and fantastic features, like max. distance of over 50 meters! Everything automatic, even the zoom up to 105 mm works together with the lens and if the camera goes standby or you turn it of, so does the flash. I had just finished the book (125 pages) and tried everything out. OK it works as a slave and everything you can want in a flash: it has got it! But I stay bothered by the max flash synch at 1/500. Why the heck is that? I remember when I had the D80, it flashed at any speed I choose, with the internal flash. So I found something on the net: tape all contacts of the camera or flash with paper or tape, except the middle one. Thatīs all. The camera thinks it has no flash and all automatic stuff is gone, but the flash DOES fire!! So I was able to FREEZE falling water from the tap in the kitchen. Very cool!! You just have to play with the aperture and the amount of flash a little. But itīs digital, so you can fool around as much as necesary. I did read most Canon cameraīs canīt do this trick. Except maybe the older ones or more/most expensive. But lemme know if itīs not true! Also: show some pictures with what you can freeze here. Well that is a load of BULL****!!! The flash synch speed is the maximum shutter speed that doesn't cause the shutter curtains to be fully open. Any faster than the design synch speed will cause a shutter shadow on the image. What you are seeing is the flash duration, not synch speed. I can do the same effect on bulb. The shortest duration of the SB-800 is 1/41600 sec, that can freeze pretty much anything. The advantage of high speed synch is fill flash is bright sun, not freezing objects with only flash lighting. The SB800 should be able to do this by emitting a series of flashes in high synch mode. http://www.rpphoto.com/howto/view.asp?articleID=1026 -- Paul Furman Photography http://edgehill.net Bay Natives Nursery http://www.baynatives.com |
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