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brittonphotography wrote:Would it be possible to have a microprocessor capable of higher end functions ... if we are picking a board to use ... lets get the one with the capability to upgrade
Micros need not be slow. Even cheap stuff can react to an input and put a pin high in microseconds.anton.tagunov wrote:This makes my ideal true Stobist style version 1 remote extremely spartan. It can do only one thing. But do it well. Trigger the flash. Any flash on the planet.
Other requirements are: reliable, legal, reasonably-ranged, extremely low latency, doable. Doable and reliable may imply simple.
What does it spell? To me - no microprocessor. Those who share my vision please express your opinions in this thread.
Sure, that's extremely easy to do.brittonphotography wrote:Would it be possible to have a microprocessor capable of higher end functions like ETTL, with a designed pass through for simple "just trigger flash as quickly as possible" function?
if we are picking a board to use, if it can do both lets get the one with the capability to upgrade, but still sync as quickly as possible with flash.
Micros are really simple. They make circuit design massively easier. Look at http://snowcat.de/flashcontroller/ for example. Quite easy. Basic triggering with a micro can be implemented in hours if not minutes if the part is on-hand.anton.tagunov wrote:The post above is just my vision. I've written it solely to find out how many people agree that
upgradability is not a core requirement and can be offset by doability and simplicity
P.S. If people in the know argue that microprocessor achieves the best balance of simplicity doability and reliability I'll definitely agree that it's a good design.
The original way of doing TTL was a signal to start and a signal to stop flashing. Trivial to implement (although you have to profile your flash). Much easier than hacking TTL.brittonphotography wrote:as far as Bill's progression goes,
Does 2 come after 3?
Is it possible to change just the manual power of a flash from its hotshoe connection??
I do not know of that being possible.
I figured for Remote manual adjustment we would need to figure out TTL functionality and then hack that somehow to give us adjustable manual control instead of letting camera dictate ttl controls.
I saw progression as
1. Trigger Only
2. Full TTL automatic.
3. Remote manual adjustment. after hack of ttl.
so while most strobists would be fine with trigger only and manual adj. to get to manual adj we need TTL so why not add it anyways.
I see using the same setup for stage 1 and stage 2 so that we only have one product.
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