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Toby Lang · 02-20-2013, 04:13 PM

Like I said, I don't know much about external flashes. Cameras also use infrared for autofocusing. The DeFrank red light could be a case of the camera autofocusing before taking the photo. I don't know if it would take that long to fire an external flash.

As for the Mason red light, there are also three other photographers on that side of the rail. Maybe one of their cameras caused it by autofocusing.

It looks the photographer has to be in the right spot and take the picture at the right time for this to happen. It sure looks like there is some infrared coming from somewhere that is causing this. There definitely needs to be some testing to see what is going on so it doesn't happen again. They need to to get all the photographers together at some point during an event and have them take pictures at different angles to see if they can consistently cause this. Maybe there needs to be a car in the beams for it to happen. If they can't get it to happen then it must be the timing equipment.

As for the Brand red light, the footage doesn't show if there is a photographer on the rail or not. It could be caused by autofocusing as well.

02-20-2013, 04:13 PM	#7
Toby Lang VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 2,133 Likes: 2 Liked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Question for Jeff Foster and Dave Kommel Like I said, I don't know much about external flashes. Cameras also use infrared for autofocusing. The DeFrank red light could be a case of the camera autofocusing before taking the photo. I don't know if it would take that long to fire an external flash. As for the Mason red light, there are also three other photographers on that side of the rail. Maybe one of their cameras caused it by autofocusing. It looks the photographer has to be in the right spot and take the picture at the right time for this to happen. It sure looks like there is some infrared coming from somewhere that is causing this. There definitely needs to be some testing to see what is going on so it doesn't happen again. They need to to get all the photographers together at some point during an event and have them take pictures at different angles to see if they can consistently cause this. Maybe there needs to be a car in the beams for it to happen. If they can't get it to happen then it must be the timing equipment. As for the Brand red light, the footage doesn't show if there is a photographer on the rail or not. It could be caused by autofocusing as well.