Project Superstar, Wcon n Slave Flash on FZ5
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haha it's a diffuser. bought at CP for $7 i think.
there's the hard plastic type and there's this sock type.
I just call it a sock. i've a feeling if we get a good pair of non cotton sock, we can use it as a diffuser too.
wait till u see my home made bounce card. and my up and coming project of an 6XAA battery pack for the FZ camera, idea taken from don chua, in midst of doing..
there's the hard plastic type and there's this sock type.
I just call it a sock. i've a feeling if we get a good pair of non cotton sock, we can use it as a diffuser too.
wait till u see my home made bounce card. and my up and coming project of an 6XAA battery pack for the FZ camera, idea taken from don chua, in midst of doing..
I'm but a learner like you. I'm still experimenting. Only thing short on FZ5 is manual focus (which 95% of the DSLR users don't use anyway) and hotshoe. yeah slave can shoot in bright sunlight too. definitely. but i dunno how far can it detect.. generally i can move in a hemisphere radius of 1 arm length and still get flash..reiv said:
well don't make the camera be like an dSLR. make it work the way u want can le. dSLR or not, 75% of the reputable branded digital cameras cam produce superb images.Let's all learn together.
ok a bit technical.
camera flashes (or any other flashes) triggers the photosensor/diode/resistor.
the slave will follow and flash.
photo is taken.
for digital cameras, most of them fires 2 flashes. 1st flash helps the camera to take auto whitebalance, 2nd flash to take photo. most digital slaves will need to support the 2 flashes. for the FZ5, it's intelligent enough to flash once only if used as a fill flash. thus, your slave will need to support both 2 flashes and 1 flash
Why it works: Flash fires for 1/1000 of a second (if i don't remember wrongly), and usually shutter speed is fixed at 1/60 of a second (you can always use less). if u think about it, the shutter is open for a much longer time than the flash firing. thus, there's enough time to fire another burst of flash.
if there are 2 flashes and set to wait for 2 flashes, then it'll wait for 2 flashes, and fire on the 2nd.
if 1, then it'll burst straight away.
camera flashes (or any other flashes) triggers the photosensor/diode/resistor.
the slave will follow and flash.
photo is taken.
for digital cameras, most of them fires 2 flashes. 1st flash helps the camera to take auto whitebalance, 2nd flash to take photo. most digital slaves will need to support the 2 flashes. for the FZ5, it's intelligent enough to flash once only if used as a fill flash. thus, your slave will need to support both 2 flashes and 1 flash
Why it works: Flash fires for 1/1000 of a second (if i don't remember wrongly), and usually shutter speed is fixed at 1/60 of a second (you can always use less). if u think about it, the shutter is open for a much longer time than the flash firing. thus, there's enough time to fire another burst of flash.
if there are 2 flashes and set to wait for 2 flashes, then it'll wait for 2 flashes, and fire on the 2nd.
if 1, then it'll burst straight away.
hmm basically.. when the internal flash flashes, the external flash will follow.
that's all to it.. you're welcomed.
that's all to it.. you're welcomed.eh...
if your shutter speed is something like 1/400, then i don't think you'll be needing much of flash..
BUT.. at max power, the flash is on for a lil longer.. say 1/1000 of a second.
shutter speed of 1/100 - 1/1000, you still got ALOT of time for the photoresistor/diode to react.
if flash not firing at full blast, the speed is even faster.. heard/read that flash can fire as fast as 1/50000 when minimum power..
by comparison, shutter speed max is usually 1/4000 for the top of the line cameras. as
for high shutter speed it's assumed u haf alot alot alot alot of light, but need a bit of fill flash, so min power will do..
in theory, there shouldn't be such a case.
In practical, if your battery is running low... anything goes..
if your shutter speed is something like 1/400, then i don't think you'll be needing much of flash..
BUT.. at max power, the flash is on for a lil longer.. say 1/1000 of a second.
shutter speed of 1/100 - 1/1000, you still got ALOT of time for the photoresistor/diode to react.
if flash not firing at full blast, the speed is even faster.. heard/read that flash can fire as fast as 1/50000 when minimum power..
by comparison, shutter speed max is usually 1/4000 for the top of the line cameras. as
for high shutter speed it's assumed u haf alot alot alot alot of light, but need a bit of fill flash, so min power will do..
in theory, there shouldn't be such a case.
In practical, if your battery is running low... anything goes..
Thanks for the insight explaination! I'll get 1 to try out myself. Surprising the so called higher end models, like Suntax, does not allow the flash to swivel. For the "false trigger" problem with the slave flash, can I block the sensor so that it would not detect the flash from other cameras?
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