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I have made one of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUxKnNMW44today and been trying to pop balloons to no avail. Can anyone suggest a way round it? I even ended up taping 1 end of the pc sync cable to a dart and the other end to the tinfoil. I put the balloon right up against the foil so as soon as the dart connected with the foil pressing against the balloon it fired the flash, at the same time I had the camera on a 1 second exposure, I have gone through 40ish balloons and every shot is showing the balloon intact.
 
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LOOK HERE

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=211988




Actually it is easier than you think.

Get a sound activated camera trigger.

http://makezine.com/images/04/p102_109strobe.pdf
http://oneslidephotography.com/snap/sound-activated-camera-trigger/
http://www.hiviz.com/kits/assembly.htm
http://photo.net/nikon-camera-forum/00YU5z
you can make one
http://www.hiviz.com/tools/triggers/triggers2.htm


When I used to do it simply place the baloon in a dark room, set up the flash at say 1/8th power or high speed, and the whole thing goes off by sound, very easy.

Three minutes on google found this, have you tried google.
 
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Wheels said:
I have made one of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVUxKnNMW44today and been trying to pop balloons to no avail. Can anyone suggest a way round it? I even ended up taping 1 end of the pc sync cable to a dart and the other end to the tinfoil. I put the balloon right up against the foil so as soon as the dart connected with the foil pressing against the balloon it fired the flash, at the same time I had the camera on a 1 second exposure, I have gone through 40ish balloons and every shot is showing the balloon intact.
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Sounds as if your firing the flash too soon, you need to introduce a delay? have you tried a sound trigger?
 
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