Slow strobe fires with rx100?

[jf3193]

I’ve been reading into the rx100 series to purchase and one of the “ cons” Im reading is that it has a slow flash recharge time (up to 4 seconds).
Is there anyway to trick that into firing faster , if I had one and external strobes?
( new to photography, so I apologize if this is an easy question).
Thanks!

 

[Barmaglot]

Dialing flash compensation down to -3 is the only adjustment that you can make. Sony onboard flashes don't have a manual mode, so you can't set it to minimum power manually. A separate trigger board would solve this problem, but it requires a hot shoe to attach to, and the only RX100 cameras with one are the old M2 model, and, oddly, the ZV-1.

 

[jf3193]

Dialing flash compensation down to -3 is the only adjustment that you can make. Sony onboard flashes don't have a manual mode, so you can't set it to minimum power manually. A separate trigger board would solve this problem, but it requires a hot shoe to attach to, and the only RX100 cameras with one are the old M2 model, and, oddly, the ZV-1.

Thanks! Does this tend to be an issue with underwater photography, or not a big deal?

 

[Barmaglot]

I have a Sony A6300 rather than an RX100, and I do have an LED trigger, but I only got it recently and most of my diving with strobes was done using the pop-up flash as trigger. Honestly, I did not find it limiting at all - I have automatic review turned on anyway, so the typical workflow is compose, shoot, review, recompose, shoot again, etc., leaving plenty of time for both the pop-up flash and the strobes to recycle. That said, I haven't had many opportunities to shoot fast-moving fish where rapid-firing strobes would give an advantage.

 

[Caolino]

Does this tend to be an issue with underwater photography, or not a big deal?

For me is a big limitation when you want to capture big moving animals and for battery lifetime.