Riddle

6 Responses to Riddle

1. Ron says:

   January 29, 2013 at 15:01

   Studio strobes don’t do high speed sync. The shutter is already closing. Try it again at 1/160th or 1/125th.

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2. Michael Willems says:

   January 29, 2013 at 17:38

   That’s right, Ron, spot on. Obviously I accidentally moved the shutter to a speed that exceeds the flash sync speed of 1/250th sec. So the curtain isn’t all the way open when the flash goes.

   When using Pocketwizards you lose a few more ms, so you use 1/125th sec just in case. Which at f/5.6 and low ISO leads to ambient going away, as you see.

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3. Ray says:

   January 29, 2013 at 18:11

   I have done that many times. So I know what went wrong. My learning curve of lighting.

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4. Matt Marsh says:

   January 29, 2013 at 21:46

   I suppose there’s something to be said for electronic “shutters” that don’t have a sync speed limit. (I’m always a bit amazed how my 10-year-old Olympus can sync perfectly at 1/1000, while every modern SLR I’ve tried tops out at 1/250 or worse.)

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5. Jeremy Walpole says:

   January 30, 2013 at 08:31

   I had that happen to me not too long ago. Luckly I clued in right away to what it was, having done it before by accident.

   Also wanted to say I love your site Michael. A great resource, thanks for sharing all this great information.

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   • Michael Willems says:

     January 30, 2013 at 11:48

     Thanks for the kind comment, Jeremy!

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