Camera Recycle Time
Most sports photographers utilize expensive professional cameras that allow for fast sequential shooting. Sometimes, this is the only way to capture the decisive action shot.
Recycle Time. The time from one shot to the next also tends to be very slow particularly as the resolution gets higher. This is because the camera must move the picture to memory.
Recycle time. Because we have far greater capacity, we are more inclined to shoot quickly. We don't have to pace ourselves to make 36 shots last for a whole dive, and we are more inclined to try to capture behavioral series or action.
Recycle time. The time it takes to process and store a captured image.
Red-eye reduction mode. A mode that fires a preliminary flash to close the iris of the eye before firing the main flash to take the picture.
The recycle time varies from one flashgun to another. It can be as little as 1 second. Without a fast recycle time it is virtually impossible to take a series of photographs of the same fast moving subject.
Flash recycle times are usually a few seconds, however that's when they are used at full power in manual or at their maximum distance.
This test of recycle time shows an average of 3 seconds recycling between exposures. The shutter lag test showed an approximate 1 1/2 second delay for a spontaneous shot.
They not only extend your shooting time, they also shorten recycle times—the time it takes the flash to fully recharge for the next picture.
The 5th battery option is gone, but with 4 AA batteries, the SB-900 still has improved recycle time and the option to use an external high-voltage battery pack remains.
Burst rate is important in wildlife and sports photography where fast recycle time is essential. Digital cameras "write" the image file which can take a few seconds to do. Top end cameras solve this problem by adding RAM to the camera.
Other important considerations when evaluating different monolights are flash duration and recycle time.
This recycle time is only for a "full dump", which means the strobe fires for its maximum duration. Lower strobe powers will recycle faster. Remember, when comparing strobe recycle rates, you also have to compare them at the same power setting.
I have a front strobe [with an] extremely fast recycle time and a short flash duration. If you're shooting insects, you need both of those.
They also have a recycle time between each shot. This can be annoying if you need to react fast and shoot a number of frames quickly. Make sure you can live with a camera's picture taking speed by testing it out in the store before buying.
Q) When I'm photographing with a macro flash system, I find that the flash recycle times are too long. The critter has stopped doing what it was doing or left the flower. How do you deal with this problem?
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Normally weak batteries just result in long recycle times, but on the 430EZ at least low batteries can result in strange behaviour - the flash triggering randomly, the zoom motor buzzing at odd intervals, etc.
In this test the subject distance is only 3 feet (0.9 m) - the recycle time will increase at greater subject distances and after a few consecutive shots.
Because the lights are always on you are not limited to recycle times of strobes, you can easily see any shadows that need to be corrected, and there is no sudden flash of light to scare animals or young children.
The occurrence in the early universe when the temperature became sufficiently low that free electrons could no longer overcome the electrostatic attraction of the nuclei, and were captured to form atoms Recycle Time The time it takes to process ...
Of course if the player is further away the unit has to work harder which in turn uses more batteries, and slows recycle time. While good judgment should always be exercised, there are usually no restrictions on using a flash.
If you're used to the quick recycle time of a film camera this can be very frustrating. But for now that's life with point and shoot digitals, so learn your cameras modes and then get used to working with them.
 See also: Camera, Flash, Light, Time, Image
  
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