Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] sync at 1/500 sec (was bulb flash or something)
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 10:15:04 -0700
References: <200006231520.LAA22411@unix3.netaxs.com>

Kyle Cassidy wrote:
> 
> Famed Leicapornographer Michael Berube suggested:
> 
> >One of you electronics engineers should make (or alter) and market an
> >electronic flash that emulates the intensity fall off timing of a classic
> >flash bulb ... Wouldn't it be nice to be able to use your M 4 or older
> >Leica with fill flash upto 1/500 without having to mess with costly hot
> >bulbs in between each shot?
> 
> the cheap alternative (aren't i always the one with the cheap
> alternative?) is to buy yourselves a canon ql17 for $20 and flash sync all
> day and night at any speed that pleases you.
><Snip> 
They make those now!, I think Olympus was the first and then some one else.
So their camera was sync able at it's highest shutter speeds.
The strobes put out a kind of a pulse.
But I'm sure the intensity or pulse rate does not fall off at the end like a
flash bulb does.
Mark Rabiner

In reply to: Message from Kyle Cassidy <cassidy@netaxs.com> ([Leica] sync at 1/500 sec (was bulb flash or something))