Yongnuo 622 and Lencarta safari lion

[digitalfailure]

I'm a little out of the loop with the use of speedlites etc and have got no experience with the 622, but was wondering if and how to make my safari li on battery light set work above 1/200th with my 5d2's by using the 622 system.

Would someone with experience be able to throw some light on the situation?

 

[Garry Edwards]

The limitations are with the camera and the trigger, the flash is almost irrelevant - the flash only becomes relevant if the flash duration is too short to allow the use of tail end synch, that problem doesn't exist with the Lencarta Safari Li-on but it does with some other makes.

You need a trigger designed to allow the use of shutter speeds that are generated by a moving slit, and on your camera that's any speed shorter than 1/200th. Other cameras vary. The Godox Cells 2, some Pocket Wizards, some Pixel Kings and a host of other triggers will do that. It's easy with Canon cameras, almost impossible with the more complex shutters of Nikon cameras

 

[HoppyUK]

I'm a little out of the loop with the use of speedlites etc and have got no experience with the 622, but was wondering if and how to make my safari li on battery light set work above 1/200th with my 5d2's by using the 622 system.

Would someone with experience be able to throw some light on the situation?

I've done it with 5D2, YN622 and Safari Li-ion, but it was borrowed kit and can't remember exactly. Does YN call it SuperSync or something?

The Li-on's fairly long flash duration makes it a good candidate, but the 5D2's relatively sluggish shutter doesn't make the most of it and as I recall the 622s have a slightly tardy trigger moment in this mode, missing the brightest part of the flash. And the YNs are not adjustable, unlike Pocket Wizards. However, it does work

 

[digitalfailure]

Thanks for the replies guys, the cost of a set of pw flex against the number if times I'd use a super quick shutter is prohibitive. The yn set could prove useful even when taking their foibles in to account.

The ability to shoot at wide apertures and fast shutters for outdoor portraits while pumping in light to make the subject pop is my aim rather than action stopping.