In a message dated 7/24/99 2:41:52 PM Eastern Daylight Time, solstice@xxxxxxx
writes:
> Then I thought I would get clever and use a strobe on the main body
> that would trigger directly the slave on the second body. My theory
> was that would open the second shutter at the same time the main
> strobe would fire. Then I started worrying about that too. Since
> light moves much faster than mechanics, I think this too will yield
> black pictures, since the shutter will still open too late.
>
> Am I right? Is there a way to do this simply?
I suspect there will be too much mechanical lag in the winder for this to
work. If you can get the room completely dark, why not just open the shutter
on the second camera, make the exposure, then close it?
Paul Schings
Coventry, Rhode Island USA
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