From: Fred Greenspan <greenspan-AT-earthlink.net> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 22:33:28 -0500 Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Foot pedal flash? Thank you so much Joe. Now, I'm wondering if an LED strobe like that would give the same effect as a single flash of light. It's certainly worth considering and the price is reasonable. I mainly use the flash (flash cotton) for the entrance of the devil, genie, and magical transformations. I think I will set up my stage in the next couple of days and try the electronic flash units that I have to see how the effect compares to flash cotton. I think I went through this a number of years ago and decided to stick with the flash cotton at the time, but now I'm getting the itch to try alternatives again. BTW - FYI - Here is a link to a page of measured trigger voltages for different camera flash models. It's something I've been quite aware of since modern electronics dependent cameras can get fried with high voltages that didn't effect the old classic manual cameras. http://www.botzilla.com/photo/strobeVolts.html Thanks! Fred On Jan 21, 2010, at 10:11 PM, Joe Dunfee wrote: > You seem to have stirred my love for electronics, since I keep > thinking about this project. I recalled there was a battery powered > party strobe. I just found one online at > http://www.starmgc.com/strobe.html, their part #ST400DC . You might > just wire your foot pedal to apply the battery voltage to it (i.e. > wired parallel to its power switch). This way you don't have to > worry about the trigger voltage. > > Note that if you search for "battery powered strobe" on the Internet, > you don't want most of the hits, since most of them are for emergency > signals. Those flash far too slowly. > > > Joe Dunfee joe-AT-dunfee.com > Gordonville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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