Re: Weddings & IR flash

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 17 Aug 96 at 23:53, Robert Long wrote:

> On Sat, 17 Aug 1996 15:55:03 +0100, Edward Meyers wrote:
> 
> |Weegee was a famous IR flasher. Remember the flash IR shots that
> |he made inside a theatre? Ed
> 
> Frankly, I for one did not remember that.  Of course he was working
> with old-fashioned flashbulbs, not with modern strobe equipment.  I
> still wonder whether the latter can be relied on to supply predictable
> output in the near IR.  (Flash bulbs certainly generated energy all
> the way to the far IR--heat.)

Modern camera flashes are not free of heat either. Put it to the
inside of  your arm or cheek, and fire it: you can feel the heat!

A problem might be that flash meters are not particular sensitive to
IR. And there also might be a difference between onboard TTL meters
and hand held meters. 
--
Bye,

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