"SteveB" wrote in message
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"Ed Huntress" wrote


Do you have an old electronic ("strobe") flash for a camera? If you do,
setting it for it's lowest power setting will also give you the shortest
flash. If it's a small flash unit, that will be very short and it may
stop action. Older flash units and smaller flash units give shorter
flashes than larger and newer ones.

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Ed Huntress


Can you please explain to me what the use of only one flash of a strobe
would be?

"Strobe" is the misnomer applied to electronic camera flashes, based on the
fact that they use a xenon flash tube like a strobe light. Many people know
them by that name. One flash is...one flash.

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Ed Huntress