Monolight flash duration

[ImageMaker]

I was probably in ES, so flash sync is 1/160. But with mechanical shutter it's only 1/200, not 1/250. I think only APS-C bodies can do 1/250. Still, you're right I had no reason to be less than 1/160 and could have been at 1/200 just as easily.

Here's a 100% crop of the hand. The rim light has a very narrow blur band, so I think it's pretty safe to say that it had a very short duration. The skin blur, harder to say. You have a point that it could be ambient, but I think it's very consistent with the hand moving downward as the flash dies out.

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How it going with this..? Progress..?

 

[Anton Largiader]

Thus far I have only tested a few things. I can get HS with the Photogenics but they actually have a fairly short flash duration. Too long for stopping action, but on the short side for HS. It works, though, and may be fine in real life.

I am trying to collect a few Einsteins, but ran into a problem where the one I bought was DOA and I just got that resolved. Tennis season has started and that is the team that I want to try some action photos with, so hopefully I will get some real-world shooting in pretty soon. For now I will just use the Photogenics in HS. Sending the Einsein off for repair on Monday.