Stroboscopic Flash - Canon 550ex Full Manual

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6. Stroboscopic Flash
With stroboscopic flash, a rapid series of flashes is fired. lt can be used to
record multiple images of a moving subject in a single photograph for later
study.
You can set the firing frequency (the number of flashes per sec. expressed as
Hz) from 1Hz to 199 Hz. The firing frequency can be set in 1-Hz increments
from 1 Hz to 20 Hz, in S-Hz increments f rom 25 Hz to 50 Hz, and in 1O-Hz
increments from 60 Hz to 199 Hz.
. Stroboscopic flash cannot be used with the EOS 750 and EOS 850 cameras.
U p t o 1 0 0 f l a s h e s c a n b e f i r e d
c o n t i n u o u s l y . T h i s m a x i m u m v a r i e s
depending on the flash output and firing
f r e q u e n c y . S e e " M a x i m u m C o n t i n u o u s
Flashes" on page 122.
O Setting the Firing Frequehcy, Flash Count, and
Flash Output
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flash mode in the following loop:
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