Mere Mortal
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I love this type of photography. I have had limited success using a Vivitar 283. The flash pulse is simply to long. I can't get it to less than 1/50,000 second. I have looked at commercial microsecond stop action flash units but they run into the thousands of dollars.
I am trying to design a microsecond flash unit of my own but I can't figure out how to deliver a fast, powerful pulse to the xenon tube. I am using a FT-R90 800 w/s circular flash tube and quality capacitors. Is this tube even capable of microsecond flashes? Any ideas?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/2898585363/
I am trying to design a microsecond flash unit of my own but I can't figure out how to deliver a fast, powerful pulse to the xenon tube. I am using a FT-R90 800 w/s circular flash tube and quality capacitors. Is this tube even capable of microsecond flashes? Any ideas?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8763834@N02/2898585363/