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450D for wedding: Am I overly worried?

Started Nov 12, 2011 | Discussions thread
Lemming51
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Re: long flash cycling times

Storitella wrote:

So it's done and dusted. One area that I did not expect is flash recycle time (am using 420ex and Di866). I started with ISO800 and dialed flash compensation of +1.7 and experienced a slowish flash recycle time that took lifetime to be ready for next photo. ...

What type of batteries did you use in the speedlites? Alkalines are very slow to cycle a flash. Rechargeable NiMH, or NiMH "hybrid" that has long shelf-life, will cycle the flash very quickly.

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