Re: Using Flash w/Twin camera

[erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Greg Erker)]

>Actually, one flash on each camera should give an interesting effect:
>A 3D shadow on a flat wall.  It's tough to get them to synch so you'll
>have only one shadow on each of the two views, most likely.

  My brother has a pair of Pentax Super Programs that he uses
for twin 3d. He has rigged up a twin electrical shutter release.

  The wierd thing with his set up is that if he tries to shoot
with only one flash (both cameras set to the same shutter speed)
the flash one fires first than the other one about 1/4 second
later.

  With a Pentax TTL flash in each they fire simultaneously. He
usually aims one flash up at the ceiling for bounce and the other
forward so twin shadows aren't a problem.

  Now that I think about what I wrote, it may be that the non-
flash one is delayed because it first takes a meter reading.
The flash one knows it is in TTL flash so it fires right away
because the metering is done during the flash. I'll have to
tell him this and get him to experiment.

Greg



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