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Anonymous
i have a cheap bridge camera, i want to perform multiple flashes over the one exposure. it can't hack it and wont do it.

recommend me a cheap ext. flash that will almost strobe or have a very fast recycle time.

thanks, pic related
>> Anonymous
If you have a lot of money or high requirements, then go for a top speedlight type flash or as a cheaper option, the modern digital safe version of the Sunpaks and Vivitars and put that on the hotshoe with good batteries (recycle time will improve with good batteries).

I'm guessing you just want to experiment and don't want high power (and expensive) solutions? Anything really will work for that to some extent if you just hold it in your hand or prop it up somewhere, set it up and push the button as often as you like. I've got ones from the 70s that work fine for that sort of thing and can be fun to use.

If you're using them manually you can buy dirt cheap ones and fire them all off as fast as your hands can move.

If you just want to experiment then you have the pick of the pack. If you aren't using them on the hotshoe then you don't even need to care about trigger voltages. You could get them for about $5 tops if you go for the cheap ones. Some of them even have still working internal battery packs. Play with them for a while and you'll be out of a little pocket change, learn a little or a lot and then maybe know more what you're after.
>> Anonymous
Why not just buy a set of genuine flashing strobe lights and set them up in the room?
>> Anonymous
>>90812

word on this. get a decent strobe light from any head shop or spencers. they're bright enough to get the job done, and they only run what? 30 bucks? 40?
>> Anonymous
>>90814
>>90812
its not always convenient/possible to set up a strobe light like that.
>> Anonymous
how well does flicking a light on and off do for things like this?
>> Anonymous
>>90817
All you need is the unit and a plug, and if you don't have a plug, a battery.

Not much more than a normal flash and a stand.

>>90818
It would be too slow, almost certainly.
>> Anonymous
>>90832
theyre made to take AC power, much more than a battery will give. camera strobes use capacitors to store up charge then release it. theres no reason a strobe light would do this since it has the continuous power of the outlet.
>> Anonymous
op here.

thanks for the help.

i have to have something portable and simple, this is for some club photography..

ideally it could be triggered by the camera through either flash recog or the hotshoe. i just know nothing about external flashes so i don't know what im looking at.

i dont think power is an issue since the pop-up flash on this cam is adequate, and its tiny. all i need is a fast recycle time, ultimately good would be a mode that just makes it flash a few times in a row without fucking with it.
>> Anonymous
>>91060

Flashes powered by mains are the fastest charging, but can be pricey. Vivitars and Sunpaks are good value for cheap studio work.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
I know someone who made a UPS into a portable flash battery which provides mains power to them.

Something like this will help you portabalise your strobing.
>> Anonymous
>>91061

Sorry, i don't think you read my post. this needs to be portable. i can't push my way across a rave while tethered to the wall. and i can't set up any kind of situ lighting system because..well...it's a club.

thanks for the help everyone.
>> Anonymous
>>91068
see
>>91360.

People manage portable power all the time. It might be a bit hard to handle, but it'll be nothing compared to those sports photographers that walk around with three or four camera bodies with telephotos hooked on.
>> Butterfly !xlgRMYva6s
>>91371
Its about the size of a large laptop bag, and since I know a bunch of club photographers who drag that sort of size bag around with them with no problem so can you.
>> Anonymous
>>91376

i'm afraid i may have made a mistake because i dont know how this reply system works properly yet.. i was responding to the guy who suggested i was doing studio work..

UPS? i am confused and scared!

halp? perhaps just a link?
>> Anonymous
>>91462
uninterrupted power supply. its essentially a battery backup type thing. you plug things into it, and you plug the ups into the wall. then if your power goes out, the ups can power whatever for some time.