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How do speedlites keep up with 12fps?

MDJAK wrote in post #15883405
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How do speedlites keep up with 12fps?

Low power and using an external power pack would be my guess. Until it overheats and shuts itself off, at any rate.

dunno about this specific instance... but with PW flex stuff, there's a speed cycler option you can use.... setup multiple flashes, and they each take turns going off... say you set 3 flashes, and set off 12 quick shots, each flash took a turn, each getting every 3rd shot, 4 shots each...

maybe the 600EX series has something like that?

six speedlites at very lower power have short durations so you arent asking much of each light and that would allow you to to have very fast recycle rates.

what gonzo said.

at one point there were as many as 9 speedlites set up, that's a lot of juice.

The more Speedlite the less power=faster recycle time. I shoot with 8 speedlights. I used to do the same thing with ONLY 1 580exII attached to a power source at 10fps. for 2-3 seconds I burned 2 flashes that way.