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Raiztlin  2 stars
Title: Dick Tracy
Posts: 397
Registered: 2002-1-23 08:10:37
Just got finished builing a delay trigger for my flash. Tested it, and it seems to be working nicely!

I won't post any of the images yet, I'll wait untill I get a decent one


The Kit is a Photogate delay kit, which is a small port with a led in each end triggering the flash when something passes inbetween, and a circut to delay the triggering of the flash.


my setup looks like this:




The idea is to set the camera on a long exposure (or bulb) and let a drop through the photogate, thus triggering the flash as the drop hits the water in the bottom of the bottle.

 

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Raiztlin  2 stars
Title: Dick Tracy
Posts: 397
Registered: 2002-1-23 08:10:37
Meant to include the link to the guy I bought it from as well: http://www.hiviz.com/


I bought the photogate delay kit and the sound trigger delay kit. both with breadboards. Took me about an hour to assemble each.

 

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Shriva_al-Destroyer
Posts: 37
Registered: 2001-7-3 10:47:00
nice! i thought about getting a sound trigger for some high speed shots..


camera in bulb and pop a balloon to trigger, saw some cool shots of half popped balloons and even a breaking lightbulb that was dropped and triggered the sound trigger.

 

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kashani  1 star
Title: A Country Boy Can Survive
Posts: 162
Registered: 2003-11-12 09:36:30
I'll just stick to anticipating the shot without all those fancy gadgets, easier on my wallet

 

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deadcactus  3 stars
Posts: 669
Registered: 2001-12-27 09:17:08
kashani posted:

I'll just stick to anticipating the shot without all those fancy gadgets, easier on my wallet



That's probably like a $5 set-up if you already have the flash.

 

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Raiztlin  2 stars
Title: Dick Tracy
Posts: 397
Registered: 2002-1-23 08:10:37
one delay kit with everything you need except a pc sync cord and 9v battery costs $18 + postage.

 

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kashani  1 star
Title: A Country Boy Can Survive
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Registered: 2003-11-12 09:36:30
Thats not so bad then.

 

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