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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 633289" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>I was not aware that some people believe that HSS is full power over the entire frame, that would be a pretty hefty discharge capacitor the could supply that much energy for each pulse, maybe the size of studio strobe just for the capacitor. It is like any other reservoir, it has a total static capacity to which it can be filled. When releasing the energy, it does not matter in what size chucks the aggregate of the pulses whether 1 pulse or 1000 pulses, the maximum energy released is the same. ! pulse for full discharge or 1000 pulsed combined for the same full discharge. The difference in studio strobes is the rate the capacitor can be recharged, using AC mains, the charge rate can be hundreds of times faster to replenish. Pocket flashes are wonderfully efficient, cost effective and flexible but they have very practical limits of what 4 little AA cells can supply. That is easy to get around, use 10 of them with a cost somewhat less than a battery operated strobe, but at the cost of hassle supplying 40 cells, charging them for 2 hours and reinstalling.</p><p>It really comes down to need. If a shot NEEDS more light you have the option of supplying more light or telling the client you need to do it another way. There is ALWAYS another way to get a shot, it will not be the exact shot but it would be a creative solution to a technical problem the client does not need to know about. If creative solutions were so cut and dry, getting a book or watching Youtube video would put all the pro photographers out of business. The difference between pros who earn their keep and luck amateurs is consistently being about to solve these problems in novel ways that look simple only after it is done the first time.</p><p>For most cases however when an amateur runs into a limitation it is lack of experience that causes him to not think of a solution without spending money on equipment. </p><p>Amateurs to great work..sometimes.And probably in total produce more great images than pros because they, as a class of photographers totaling several billion people worldwide, it is save to say the best images come from amateurs. Pros do it often enough however on demand to make it worth using their services instead of combing the world for the shot that is no doubt better among amateurs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 633289, member: 43545"] I was not aware that some people believe that HSS is full power over the entire frame, that would be a pretty hefty discharge capacitor the could supply that much energy for each pulse, maybe the size of studio strobe just for the capacitor. It is like any other reservoir, it has a total static capacity to which it can be filled. When releasing the energy, it does not matter in what size chucks the aggregate of the pulses whether 1 pulse or 1000 pulses, the maximum energy released is the same. ! pulse for full discharge or 1000 pulsed combined for the same full discharge. The difference in studio strobes is the rate the capacitor can be recharged, using AC mains, the charge rate can be hundreds of times faster to replenish. Pocket flashes are wonderfully efficient, cost effective and flexible but they have very practical limits of what 4 little AA cells can supply. That is easy to get around, use 10 of them with a cost somewhat less than a battery operated strobe, but at the cost of hassle supplying 40 cells, charging them for 2 hours and reinstalling. It really comes down to need. If a shot NEEDS more light you have the option of supplying more light or telling the client you need to do it another way. There is ALWAYS another way to get a shot, it will not be the exact shot but it would be a creative solution to a technical problem the client does not need to know about. If creative solutions were so cut and dry, getting a book or watching Youtube video would put all the pro photographers out of business. The difference between pros who earn their keep and luck amateurs is consistently being about to solve these problems in novel ways that look simple only after it is done the first time. For most cases however when an amateur runs into a limitation it is lack of experience that causes him to not think of a solution without spending money on equipment. Amateurs to great work..sometimes.And probably in total produce more great images than pros because they, as a class of photographers totaling several billion people worldwide, it is save to say the best images come from amateurs. Pros do it often enough however on demand to make it worth using their services instead of combing the world for the shot that is no doubt better among amateurs. [/QUOTE]
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