>yeah, John Shaw talks about using the action-freezing capability of
>a strobe to get sharp macro shots handheld. of course this places
>a big deamnd on fast sync so that it can be done in bright sunlight,
>damping down th ambient exposure to avoid ghosting. it is even more
>demanding than fill-in flash in bright sunlight. this is why i have
>an FE2 for macro work in fact. a 1/250 sync is the only thing
>I have ever needed that Olympus could not supply.
>regards,
>Joseph jalbert@nyx.net (Joseph Albert)

Hi-- My working apertures, with the lens at f16, a tube, and a converter
were often down in the f32-45 area, so synch. speed with 50-100ASA wasn't
much of a problem, and made me regret selling off the F3 flash cords, etc.,
since the sports finder/F3 rig is ideal for shoving the camera forward
toward the shy bug in an awkward location while staying back at arms length.
(I used to do this with an 8008, but, while I could focus, the only framing I
could do was to roughly center the bug.) David Ruether