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Another radio control advantage became obvious. When I mounted the SB-5000s onto the FourSquare bracket, I didn’t have to worry which way the sensor was oriented. These flashes were going to fire no matter what their position in the softbox. Previously, using optical controlled speedlights, I had to use special brackets to ensure the sensor was aimed at the transmitter.
I took the front diffusion panel off the softbox to increase the power of the speedlights. I didn’t need soft light as much as focused light. The FourSquare does a great job of creating a beam of edgy light that can be aimed where you want it in your image. Skyler jumped off the dune for the first shot, and I fired my D500 at 7 frames per second (FPS). To my surprise not only was the first shot nicely lit, but so was the second image. This really shocked me. It’s hard to imagine these small flashes recycling quickly enough to shoot two consecutive frames at fast frame rates, but they did. I’ve never seen speedlight perfor- mance like this before. I shot numerous fast sequences where two or more of the images were nicely lit.
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