12-24-2013 10:13 PM
Hello all. I wanted to know if there is a way to turn down the brightness of the flash. Say if I am in a dark setting and I just want a little bit of light to fill in the subject.
Also what does the setting that change the flashes 50mm to 100mm do? That's not the power level is it?
Also if you have a diffuser on the flash is it still better to take the diffuser off and bounce the flash instead?
03-20-2014 08:27 PM
Ok ok thanks. I got to work on it.
03-21-2014 11:19 AM
If you do, I guarantee that it will all become second nature soon enough. It just takes playing with it, and being thoroughly confused by it, a few times and eventually it starts to just make sense. Suddenly instead of having one more thing to worry about, you have one more thing to help you get the results you want. Flash photography is a wonderful thing.
03-20-2014 11:17 AM
@Kolourl3lind wrote:Yes I kind of have a grip on the the 3 wisemen but 4th old guy seems to bring all the boos that makes the other 3 act weird. Thanks for the link. I will study up.
Lol. Well put.
The 4th guy is a bit of an odditity, because he's affected by 2 of the 3, whereas the 3 are independent of each other.
I recommend trying to shoot in full manual for a little bit. Ettl flash provides a terrific learning opportunity since it pretty much takes care of the exposure for you. If you’re in a darkened venue, or just a ‘romantically lit’ room, set your camera to full manual, open up the aperture as far as you’re comfortable with, set your shutter speed to 1/focal length (e.g. for a 100 mm lens use 1/100), and bump up the ISO until you’re about 2 stops under exposed. Then put your flash on, turn on eTTL, and start firing away using the flash to light the subjects. If you have a 50mm lens use that, as it’ll give you a lot of room to bump up the shutter speed and observe the change to the ratio between flash and ambient light. I think that understanding this relationship has a lot to do with understanding how to use flash (well).
01-13-2014 11:46 PM
01-14-2014 06:09 AM
Yes I agree. For my last shoot I had to go down to 1/30 on the shutter to get decent pictures that were true to the subject and setting. Hoever, because this was a rock concert, the subjects were moving to fast. The pictures came out blurry. It looks like I have to find some compromise between flash and shutter. Something got to give for either one. I hopping if I upgrade to a full frame I can get some better results. But I just have to practice what you guys have beem suggesting.
Most of my photography has been in low light settings. What a way to start things off right?
01-14-2014 09:19 AM
04-21-2014 07:36 PM
Controlling flash output is done on the back of the flash or on the camera menu under External Speedlight control > Flash function settings. You really must read the both manual for your 600EX and the manual for your camera. Have the flash on-camera as you do so.
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