>> I think they use IGBTs to control the flash current (interrupt it
>> before the photoflash cap is discharged too much). IGBTs are
>> generally a more appropriate choice than MOSFETs in this kind
>> of application.

I think inductors/chokes come into it somewhere too. Not as the
primary switch (if I can invent such a term) but to limit current
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