distance flash??

[DP86]

hello in the other day i saw one photog. taking pictures to the surfers.. i saw him from far away, but i have seen that when he took photos the flash reflected in the wather, and he was at some distance.. what kind of flash it that?? ..

tkx ;)

[chris clements]

If he was using flash (a big 'if'), then it was a powerful one. Could be any make, and you've not given us any clues. In any case, why does the make/model matter?

[DP86]

i just wanted to know if exists a flash for that use.
:-/

[chris clements]

No hot-shoe flash is going to do very much past 40 or 50 feet, especially in daylight. That's why I was sceptical.

[DP86]

No hot-shoe flash is going to do very much past 40 or 50 feet, especially in daylight. That's why I was sceptical.

i dont understand nothin about flashes!! :-/
can you tell me what´s an hot-shoe?
tks

[sboerup]

He could of been using a better beamer, but most likely a strobe (2400ws?). Maybe he just used his on-camera flash to make himself look cool?

[DP86]

lolol
so i guess it was some geek or something.. right?

[ToyTrains]

i dont understand nothin about flashes!! :-/
can you tell me what´s an hot-shoe?
tks
A hot shoe flash is a small flash that sits atop the camera in its "hot-shoe" (small metal connector: the flash slides into this and provides the signal to fire the flash-thus the "hot"-shoe). This type of flash usually produces much less light than a studio stobe.
hth,
Dan

[DP86]

tkx for the info ToyTrains ;)