Egg Data Sheet for Flash Photography

9-24-00

Digital Camera: Sony DKC-FP3

Resolution: 640 by 480

Film speed (ISO):400

Flash unit: vivitar

Trigger: microphone, delayed sound trigger

Flash to subject distance: .3m   

Camera to subject distance: 1.5m

The following is a data table of all the pictures that we shot.

frame count aperture camera exp. (sec) flash mode(resistance) trigger dist.(m) subject description
1 5.2 2 0 5 bullet above clamp
2 5.2 2 0 5 no bullet
3 5.2 2 0 5 no bullet
4 5.2 2 0 5 no bullet
5 5.2 2 0 5 no bullet
6 5.2 2 0 5 camera to subject changed to 1.5m, bullet seen above clamp
7 5.2 2 0 5 bullet bottom of clamp
8 5.2 2 0 5 Egg splattered, resolution changed to 1344 by 1024 (first egg shot)
9 10 2 0 5 Egg splattered, not as dramatic
10 6.2 2 0 5 Egg splattered, yolk stayed in egg, film speed:200
11 6.2 2 0 5 Egg shattered evenly
12 6.2 2 0 5 Only bullet; resolution changed to 640 by 480
13 6.2 2 0 5 Bullet in middle of clamp
14 6.2 2 0 5 Delay not long enough, resolution changed to 1344 by 1044, double egg shoot
15 6.2 2 0 5 Double egg, no splatter
16 6.2 2 0 5 Only bullet, delay too long
17 6.2 2 0 5 Nothing
18 6.2 2 0 5 Bullet before entering egg
19 6.2 2 0 5 Mini type explosion effect
20 6.2 2 0 5 Bullet at top of egg

To the observations (The pictures)