Can I fire two off-camera flashes at different sync times, such as one on first-curtain and one on second-curtain?

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Is it possible to use two flashes on triggers but have them sync differently in the same exposure—for example, one firing on first-curtain sync and the other on second-curtain sync? This would be useful for some creative work I do.

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The camera could trigger some external timer (StopShot for example), which could then trigger whatever sequence it wanted, whenever it wanted, with whatever timing you program into it. But using only the camera, I don't see any way the camera could issue two triggers.

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Not with normal camera flash triggering alone. The camera generally sends a single flash-sync event for the exposure, so it can’t independently tell one flash to fire at first curtain and another at second curtain.

If you need that effect, you’d typically need an external timing or trigger controller that can take the camera’s signal and then fire each flash at programmed times during the exposure. In other words, the camera triggers the controller, and the controller handles the custom sequence.

So: with standard triggers, no; with a programmable external trigger/timer system, potentially yes.

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