{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/sunpack_digital_flash","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n \"date\": \"2006-10-22T07:00:00.000Z\",\n \"updated\": \"2006-10-22T07:00:00.000Z\",\n \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n \"title\": \"Better Indoor Lighting: Sunpak digital flash\",\n \"entityId\": \"030d8660-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n \"revisionId\": \"030d8661-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n \"revisionNum\": 1,\n \"tags\": {\n \"arts.meta.lights\": [{\n \"@id\": \"arts.meta.lights.sunpak_digital_flash\",\n \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n }],\n \"arts.meta.techniques\": [{\n \"@id\": \"arts.meta.techniques.strobist\",\n \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n }],\n \"arts.meta.serials\": [{\n \"@id\": \"arts.meta.serials.better_lighting_through_high_voltage\",\n \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n }],\n \"arts.meta.review_compensation\": [{\n \"@id\": \"arts.meta.review_compensation.uncompensated\",\n \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n }]\n },\n \"sidebar\": \"## About this series:\\n\\nThis series is a time-lagged chronological journey through my off-camera lighting. 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This series is a time-lagged chronological journey through my off-camera lighting. I write about stuff that happens months after it really happens so I can get it organized, to make sure that I don't writing a glowing review of something that turns out to be a piece of crap later on, and also so that I have time to digest what I just learned.

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