Hi everyone,
I'm about to upgrade my underwater camera setup and was looking at the different sync methods. There are a few things I really don't understand:
- Why is there nothing wireless in 2019? Surely it can't be that hard to make and won't drastically increase battery usage, right?
- As a consolation lot, I checked those new flash triggers that came out. But I never see the max shutter speed we can use them at. I'm using an A6500 and to me, using fiber optic cable means max shutter speed is at 1/160 (due to limitation of the internal flash) and 1/250 if using sync cords. I assume those limitations are irrelevant with a flash trigger, so what would be the max possible with a fiber optic cable? 1/4000 ?
- Still on flash triggers, how does it cost so much? It's a piece of non-waterproof plastic that gets an electrical signal and lights up a cheap LED, no? I feel like its a 20usd kind of accessory, not a 200-600usd accessory (which is the price range of a real non-underwater flash).
Any help is welcomed
Thanks!
I'm about to upgrade my underwater camera setup and was looking at the different sync methods. There are a few things I really don't understand:
- Why is there nothing wireless in 2019? Surely it can't be that hard to make and won't drastically increase battery usage, right?
- As a consolation lot, I checked those new flash triggers that came out. But I never see the max shutter speed we can use them at. I'm using an A6500 and to me, using fiber optic cable means max shutter speed is at 1/160 (due to limitation of the internal flash) and 1/250 if using sync cords. I assume those limitations are irrelevant with a flash trigger, so what would be the max possible with a fiber optic cable? 1/4000 ?
- Still on flash triggers, how does it cost so much? It's a piece of non-waterproof plastic that gets an electrical signal and lights up a cheap LED, no? I feel like its a 20usd kind of accessory, not a 200-600usd accessory (which is the price range of a real non-underwater flash).
Any help is welcomed
Thanks!