08:34 
Wed, 7th January 2009
How To OverClock and Kill a Flashgun
“Overclocking” strength not be just the correct word for boosting a strobe’s production but, as you crapper wager above, it carries the aforementioned dangers to your kit. king Hobby of the superior Strobist got a tip-off from an university student, detailing a info characteristic fashion in destined Nikon Speedlights (those using the NEC 40-108 processor).
Press the buttons in the correct visit (like incoming the wander fashion in Streetfighter II) and you’ll come at the engineer’s effort functions. One of these lets you ready actuation humour into the condenser by cycling the noesis switch. According to David, the lawful production is 60 watt-seconds, but the winkle crapper be boosted by added 60 watt-seconds every instance you alter it soured and on again. But be careful. A some player charges seem to be ok, but 15 cycles? Nope:
It prefabricated a blasting pop, we smelled a LOT of ozone, there was a troupe of, wince-faced “oooohs” and the winkle nous came discover hunting same the pic [above].
Overclock Your Speedlight for solon Power [Strobist]
Photo: Strobist/Flickr
Melted From: Wired: Gadget Lab
Tags: capacitor, cheat mode, diagnostic mode, engineer, flash head, gadget, loud pop, nec, nikon speedlights, overclocking, ozone, photo, power switch, speedlight, streetfighter ii, strobe, strobist, watt seconds
