[dropcap]N[\/dropcap]ow… right out of the gate, if you are not a photographer or someone who has a passionate drive to learn about the Elinchrom Quada High Speed Sync<\/a> and all of its abilities.. along with\u00a0the technical aspects of advanced flash photography.. then this post will put you to sleep very quickly. \u00a0If this is the case, or you are a client or someone “shopping” my site for my work.. then you can skip below and watch\u00a0my video<\/a> (to get a good idea on my working dynamic) and of course enjoy all the beautiful images that I create with my abilities. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n For the record.. this was a “Production Shoot” of a Sweet 16 that took place here in Miami, FL at the beautiful Vizcaya Gardens<\/a>, and it just happened to make an excellent example of the points I wanted to make when thinking about using High Speed Sync with flash.<\/p>\n Assuming your a fellow photographer, or even someone who is excited to learn new things.. this blog post is for you, as I am going to share my simple thoughts on this system.<\/p>\n First, and foremost.. I fully understand that when I say “High Speed Sync” many of you techies will jump on me, and say.. \u00a0“wait a second.. that stands for HSS, and thats NOT what Elinchrom uses in their systems.” \u00a0Yeah.. I totally get that..(it’s called Hi-Sync) and I will speak about that in a second.. \u00a0I just am referring to what –most– people understand when they hear “High Speed Sync” and that is the simple (or not so simple) ability to use shutter speeds on their camera beyond that of the built in limit (generally 1\/250 or so). \u00a0So, when I say High Speed Sync, I am not referring to the technology methods per se.. I am referring to this ability in general terms. \u00a0The Elinchrom Quadra High Speed Sync (Hi Sync), is a pretty new system relative to the old ways of other manufactures doing all of this.. and if we said.. 1000 people in the world represented ALL the people that either are, or are interested in being photographers.. then, I would venture to say about 100 (10%) of them may already understand the technical differences.. while the other 90% don’t.. and only understand traditional HSS (High Speed Sync) systems… and this is why I say it the way that I do. \u00a0i.e. \u00a0ONLY the people that are already actively researching Elinchrom systems will understand the differences.. and thats the point.<\/p>\n High Speed Sync (HSS) is a technology that has been around for a long time already, and is in most every flash system you can think of. \u00a0All it does (at a glance) is pulsate the flash strobe many times so that some of it can be caught by the small slit in the shutter as it passes over the cameras image sensor. \u00a0The problem with this.. is.. LOL.. its not very effective (for me) in outdoor, bright sun situations.. as it limits the power of the light to about nothing… and lets face it.. thats really the whole point (for me) to use any type of High Speed Sync system!<\/p>\n On the other hand.. the Elinchrom Quadra High Speed Sync system (Hi Sync) is MUCH different, and rather then typing it all out.. just visit this link<\/a> to read about how it all works, and how it is different. \u00a0This is the best illustration I have ever seen to describe the technical differences, and abilities.<\/p>\n Rather then regurgitating what Elinchrom has very nicely already covered.. \u00a0I am going to speak in simple terms, and tell you all that I love this system. \u00a0It’s not perfect, but it’s defiantly the best when the best is defined by getting the most light on the cameras sensor at very high speeds. \u00a0I don’t think any other system even remotely compares. \u00a0To be specific, if you watch the video.. \u00a0you will see me at one point shoot at 1\/8000 @ f\/2 through a beauty dish, and at several feet away to maintain the composition in bright, mid day sun.. and this was done with exactly 300ws of power from the Quadra pack.<\/p>\n Okay.. THATS unreal.<\/p>\n