SB900 capability?

M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
edited January 5, 2010 in Cameras
Is the SB900 capable of doing something like this stand-alone?

bouncing-ball.jpg

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited January 3, 2010
    M38A1 wrote:
    Is the SB900 capable of doing something like this stand-alone?

    bouncing-ball.jpg

    I think so. In Nikon speak that mode is called "Repeating Flash" mode, and it is just another term for stroboscopic action. You can vary the rate from 1 Hz through 100 Hz.

    See page D-17 of your user manual or look in here:

    http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/Speedlights/SB-900_en.pdf
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  • Art ScottArt Scott Registered Users Posts: 8,959 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2010
    1- where did that photo come from?

    2- what was used to create it?

    3- I am not sure if the SB 900 can do that........for a xenon strobe on the other hand...would be piece of cake....................
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,940 moderator
    edited January 3, 2010
    ziggy53 wrote:
    I think so. In Nikon speak that mode is called "Repeating Flash" mode, and it is just another term for stroboscopic action. You can vary the rate from 1 Hz through 100 Hz.

    See page D-17 of your user manual or look in here:

    http://www.nikonusa.com/pdf/manuals/Speedlights/SB-900_en.pdf


    That's pretty cool!
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  • M38A1M38A1 Registered Users Posts: 1,317 Major grins
    edited January 3, 2010
    Thanks Ziggy53 - I'll take a look at that next.

    Art Scott wrote:
    1- where did that photo come from?

    2- what was used to create it?

    3- I am not sure if the SB 900 can do that........for a xenon strobe on the other hand...would be piece of cake....................


    1. Stock photo grabbed from a consulting site on the interweb.
    2. I have no idea.
    3. Thanks for the try.



    After a bit of poking around, I found the following for this picture. Now I just have to figure out how to do something like it.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/pxlsnfr/1351719808/
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    Not an easy task to capture a ball that refuses to find the plane of focus. You would think that dropping the ball from the same point would yield the same bounce pattern. But NO ! All those cute dimples cause it to leap in many different directions. Ask any golfer. The repeating strobe light is from an SB-800. The power was reduced to 1/64. 24 exposures at 30Hz. (15 exposures captured in field of view).
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  • DsrtVWDsrtVW Registered Users Posts: 1,991 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2010
    I have to try this, I had read about it when I first purchased the flash. I have fired it when in that mode but have not tried it with a shot. I am thinking it could be interesting with a flying bird or animal movement. Something else to put on the list of things to try.
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