EOS-3: Second-curtain synch w/studio strobes?

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Is it possible to get second-curtain synch with an EOS-3 and studio strobes

-- Peter Hughes (leo948@yahoo.com), December 09, 1999

Answers

I don't know about the 3, but I believe I read that some other EOS body with a studio light connector (1 or 5) would diasable second curtain sync with studio lights. But...

You could use a shoemount speedlite with optical triggers on the studio strobes. The problem would be the duration of the flash on a high power unit. If it's too long the second curtain will probably start closing before the light cuts off. I understand that some big strobes stay lit for 1/500 sec. and more. Testing at different power settings would be in order to see what you could get away with.

-- Jim Strutz (jimstrutz@juno.com), December 10, 1999.


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