I think I am struggling with semantics more than anything on this one hence a lot of Googling hasn't turned up very much by way of examples. In the UK we call them "flashguns" in the US they seem to be called "strobes" or "speedlights", I am referring to the the bright, short duration lighting devices that are used in photography. I would like to build a number of these and I am not looking for anything special or exotic, my reason for wanting to build rather than buy comes down to size, I would like them to be fairly small but beyond that no special requirements. My thoughts are that I can just build as many as it takes to get a reasonable amount of light for taking photos, in terms of flash duration they only need to be fast enough to freeze the motion of a person at about walking speed so I guess tens of milliseconds would be OK.
I have found one online article with a circuit and I would be interested in your thoughts on that circuit and if anyone has any other circuit ideas or can find links to such things on the web.
I have found one online article with a circuit and I would be interested in your thoughts on that circuit and if anyone has any other circuit ideas or can find links to such things on the web.