Re: [photo-3d] Re: Low-Tech Twin Synching

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Peter Redford wrote:
> >After struggling with a twin cable release for a few sessions,
> >I gave up and started doing it by hand. Hum a little rhythmic
> >tune and press both shutter releases on the downbeat. 
> 
> I've heard that Galileo timed falling objects by singing a
> tune. I've tried this out with my twin rig. Using the
> flash-on-one-camera-open-back-on-the-other method, I can see the
> flash about half the time. Out of deference to Dr. G. I sang in
> Italian, "O sole mio". Trigger on the MI.
> 

Many people use a metronome in the darkroom to time exposures when
printing.

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