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2. Strobe light - Wikipedia

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   A strobe light or stroboscopic lamp, commonly called a strobe, is a device used to produce regular flashes of light. It is one of a number of devices that can be used as a stroboscope . The word originated from the Ancient Greek στρόβος ( stróbos ), meaning "act of whirling".

3. Nikon Speedlight - Wikipedia

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   The Nikon SB-500 is a lightweight and very compact shoe-mount flash unit with coverage for a 24 mm lens on an FX camera or a 16 mm lens on DX camera and combined with 100 lux LED for video light, powered by only two AA-size batteries. SB-500 is a very capable flash with a variable angle 'bounce' head (up to 90°) and rotates 180° for soft ...

4. Holiday lighting technology - Wikipedia

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   Screw-base C7 and C9 light sets use line voltage (120 volt) bulbs and are wired in parallel. LED-based sets use a current-limiting resistor to reduce the current supplied to each LED. Neon-lamp-based sets have lamps connected in parallel, each with its own current-limiting resistor. Battery-powered sets are also wired in parallel. [citation needed]

5. Carbide lamp - Wikipedia

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   They were once favoured for their relative illumination per mass of fuel compared to battery-powered devices. [citation needed] Before the advent of high-intensity light-emitting diode (LED) illumination with lithium-ion batteries, carbide also had two important advantages over the alternative of miners electric lamps. Miner's lamps were ...

6. Train lights - Wikipedia

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   The discovery of electricity soon led to experiments with using it to power locomotive lights, with the first-known example, a battery operated light, being tested in Russia in 1874. In 1883, a railroad company in France also experimented with electrical lights, but the first example to go into production was designed by an American inventor in ...

7. Monolight - Wikipedia

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   Power connector — The receptacle for the power cord. Power switch — A switch to turn the monolight on and off. Slave sensor — A sensor that detects the flashes of other strobes and triggers the strobe of which it is a part. A mounting for light modifiers, including a simple reflector, Umbrella socket, soft box etc. The Bowens' S-Mount is ...