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HOW TO - Make a "Slave Strobe"

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Design News shows you how to make a "slave strobe" for your camera -

"Photography enthusiast Nick Pagazani was hindered by the range and fixed location of his camera's flash. Since his camera has no connector for an external flash, he needed a light-activated slave trigger to fire a remote strobe. It had to ignore the pre-flashes used for red-eye correction and fire only on the main flash. His solution: Use a microcontroller to count pulses from a phototransistor and trigger the strobe at a switch-selectable count. Brighten up your shadowy background with this flashy accessory." - Link.

Related:

Homemade Strobe Photography - Link.
DIY Lightning strobe for Halloween projects - Link.
HOW TO - Make a small portable strobe light - Link.
Phonograph turntable strobe zootrope - Link.
HOW TO - Make a Strobe Out of a Monitor... - Link.

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Posted by: stshores24 on January 9, 2007 at 9:45 AM

Cool stuff, but I wish he'd mentioned how much the parts cost.

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Posted by: Pekar on January 10, 2007 at 7:41 AM

Here are some similar projects i've collected-

http://www.xs4all.nl/~jjbrouwe/flash/1.html
http://www.fancon.cz/
http://home.rochester.rr.com/carlvogt/Strobe.htm
http://www.srelectronics.com/sa10.html
http://www.eio.com/repairfaq/sam/strbfaq.htm

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Posted by: adolph on January 10, 2007 at 9:03 AM

To fix the range and location issues, an easy way to slave other flashes is through IR. You can turn your built-in flash into an IR signaller by putting an undeveloped piece of slide film in front of it.

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Posted by: Pekar on January 30, 2007 at 5:06 AM

two more-
http://www.rebeccahinden.com/hacks.html
http://www.diylive.net/index.php/2006/03/16/diy-disposable-camera-flash-slave/

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