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saygoodbyetosyncleadsforever
S
yncingflashhasalwaysbeen changed for the better, Inthisdayandageandlargelydueto
a big talking point and photographers these days don’t the digital camera, our syncing
photographers are always know how lucky they are. The only problems are virtually over. The key
happytotellyouabouttheperfect thingthatstilllingersonfromthepast reason,camerasynctriggervoltages.
shot they lost because the flash is the dreaded sync lead and thank
didn’t fire. Years ago when sync goodnesswenowdon’thavetorely
In the old days Bowens Monolites
leadsandslavecellsweretheonly onthemanymore.
were triggered by a massive 240V
triggering tools photographers
triggervoltage.Triggervoltageshave
had, much time was wasted It’salwaysamazedmejusthowmuch gone down over the years from
flashing and testing to see if
we relied on the sync lead, the one around 50V to around 30V, but still
everythingworked.
thattanglesitselfintoknots,thesync too much for your average DSLR to
lead that everyone trips over. And safelytriggeraflashheadwithalead.
If it did, fingers were kept firmly
then we’ve got those connection Two things had to happen, trigger
crossed,andifitdidn’t,muchcursing
problems,notthejackplugendthat voltagesinheadshadtocomedown,
andswearingcouldbeheardinand
goes into the flash, that was always and to be completely safe, a new
aroundthestudios.Iremembermany
fine,nothatterriblecoaxconnection cordless way of syncing had to be
years ago when I used to work in
thatjustaboutfittedontothecamera. found.
retail,assistantswouldrushintobuy
Thecoaxfittingthatsplits,thecoax
syncleads,extensionsyncleadsand
fitting that falls off the camera, the
golf ball slave cells, anything that
coaxfittingthatistheweakestlinkin
wouldmakesuretheflashwentoff.
thewholestudio!
Thankgoodnessthey’retheolddays;
I’m pleased to say that things have
SteveAveshasbeeninthephotographicindustryforover30yearsand
isanexpertonstudiolighting.Herunsalightingconsultancyadvising
onstudiodesign,runningtrainingprogrammesforbeginnersaswell
aswritingarticlesandreviewsaboutlightingequipment.
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