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07/17/2013 11:10:06 PM · #1 |
| I have a canon 1d mark4 and a 580exII flash. The camera shoots 10fps, but the speedlight with fresh batteries will only do about 1 shot every 3 seconds. I have heard of battery grips, but can't seem to find one for this camera. Is there a way to get higher flash rates? |
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07/17/2013 11:23:01 PM · #2 |
| Increase your ISO or widen your aperture. That will allow more of the light from the flash to hit your sensor, reducing the amount of power needed by the flash, and increase the refresh time. |
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07/17/2013 11:34:51 PM · #3 |
| Assuming your just after faster flash => You can get battery packs for the flash so they don't run off the 4xAA's in the flash itself.... from the cheaper Canon ones that use half dozen AA's thru to more exotic things like quantum or black box that has far more grunt...... You can also get higher mah rechargables as they are faster but some are not nice to the flash. |
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07/17/2013 11:37:58 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by cloudsme:
I have a canon 1d mark4 and a 580exII flash. The camera shoots 10fps, but the speedlight with fresh batteries will only do about 1 shot every 3 seconds. I have heard of battery grips, but can't seem to find one for this camera. Is there a way to get higher flash rates? |
Set the flash to manual and turn the flash power down. The lower the flash power, the more times it can flash without needing to recharge the capacitor.
If you need to use eTTL, use -FEC to force the flash to use a lower power than it wants to. |
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07/18/2013 12:48:59 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by alohadave:
Originally posted by cloudsme:
I have a canon 1d mark4 and a 580exII flash. The camera shoots 10fps, but the speedlight with fresh batteries will only do about 1 shot every 3 seconds. I have heard of battery grips, but can't seem to find one for this camera. Is there a way to get higher flash rates? |
Set the flash to manual and turn the flash power down. The lower the flash power, the more times it can flash without needing to recharge the capacitor.
If you need to use eTTL, use -FEC to force the flash to use a lower power than it wants to. |
Thanks for all the replies. What is FEC? |
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07/18/2013 03:32:04 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by cloudsme:
Originally posted by alohadave:
Originally posted by cloudsme:
I have a canon 1d mark4 and a 580exII flash. The camera shoots 10fps, but the speedlight with fresh batteries will only do about 1 shot every 3 seconds. I have heard of battery grips, but can't seem to find one for this camera. Is there a way to get higher flash rates? |
Set the flash to manual and turn the flash power down. The lower the flash power, the more times it can flash without needing to recharge the capacitor.
If you need to use eTTL, use -FEC to force the flash to use a lower power than it wants to. |
Thanks for all the replies. What is FEC? |
FEC = Flash Exposure Compensation. A setting on your 580exII. (I just learned that from watching a TTL workshop yesterday on CreativeLIVE) :)
Message edited by author 2013-07-18 03:33:29. |
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07/18/2013 12:18:16 PM · #7 |
| VELLO. they make great canon battery grips. |
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