Originally Posted by Mark Elberson
Was this using your PocketWizard FlexTT5? Did you use HyperSync or Optimized High Speed Sync? How are you liking them? To me, the max sync speed of 1/200th on the 5D is reason enough to seriously consider the PocketWizard Flex system.
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Good observation--yes, this was using the PocketWizards (TT5). What I basically did was set out a piece of regular copy paper on a table, took the spider and placed it on the paper, got my (mostly useless) gorillapod and mounted my flash+PW on it, and pointed it at a low angle at the spider. Turned on high-speed sync in the flash unit, calibrated, and shot away. I wasn't getting as much flash power as I liked--couldn't get shutter speed above 1/50s since ambient light was low--so I turned off ETTL and cranked the flash up to full power, but for some reason my camera didn't figure out I was no longer in ETTL. Manually calculated my exposure. As I was literally inches away from both the spider and the speedlite, I was not prepared for the intensely blinding power of full flash right beside my face....
Good times, good times.
Anyway, high-speed sync works well. I can confirm that. Remote triggering works well too. Would not try this with a more...active subject. I don't know what was going on with mr. spider. Even with eight eyes exposed to that kind of flash intensity, he barely made a move. But as soon as I released him in the backyard, he went scurrying off. Lucky for him I found him photogenic--I usually squash spiders. [:P]
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