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High Speed Flash Sync explained… With stop-motion animation!

Feb 22, 2016 by Haje Jan Kamps 4 Comments

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A few years ago, the Strobist movement went crazy, and that was when a lot of people discovered high-speed flash sync for the first time. To those of us who are used to seeing a ‘sync speed’ of a maximum of 1/60 on a camera, high-speed syncing was absolutely magical… But have you ever stopped to think how the flash manufacturers tackled that challenge? Read on to find out…

In the world of photography, high flash synchronisation is one of the most geeky things you can imagine, but it’s actually sort of hard to explain. A few years ago, I found myself explaining it to a friend of mine with some pieces of paper. It turns out that that was actually a pretty good way of explaining things, so I turned it into a stop-motion video to help explain. Take a look, and memorise it; knowing how this stuff really works is a fantastic way to impress your friends in the pub!

This article was originally created for Gizmodo UK… They did publish the article, but then never used the video! Scoundrels. But now you get to enjoy it, so that’s lovely. 

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About Haje Jan Kamps

Haje Jan Kamps is a guest writer on DIYPhotography. He runs LifeFolder a company that's encouraging people to think and talk about what they want at the end of life.

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