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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
I have a Canon digital rebel, Sunpak 5000af Zoom Flash, Tamron SP
AF28-75, 2.8 Lens. How do I go about taking good indoor flash pictures this Christmas? In the past I've always been disappointed with how they come out. I've tried a variety of settings, but I guess not the correct one. What settings on the camera will give the best? AV, TV, Automatic White Balance? |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
Ken wrote:
I have a Canon digital rebel, Sunpak 5000af Zoom Flash, Tamron SP AF28-75, 2.8 Lens. How do I go about taking good indoor flash pictures this Christmas? In the past I've always been disappointed with how they come out. I've tried a variety of settings, but I guess not the correct one. What settings on the camera will give the best? AV, TV, Automatic White Balance? Manual exposure. Set your aperture (f/5.6 to f/8 for the family snapshot thing) and shuter speed to 1/125 (or 1/200 or whatever highest flash sync you have). Set white balance to 5500K (or equivalent "daylight" mode on your camera). Flash in TTL mode (or E-TTL or whatever it's called on your camera). Take a test shot or two and adjust flash comp according to the monitor display / histogram. Bounce the light off of ceilings or walls make it less harsh and to subdue BG shaddows. If these are "family snapshots" then f/5.6 to f/8 and ISO 400 will give pretty good and consistent results while not using the flash power too quickly. G'luck. -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
Alan Browne wrote:
Ken wrote: I have a Canon digital rebel, Sunpak 5000af Zoom Flash, Tamron SP AF28-75, 2.8 Lens. How do I go about taking good indoor flash pictures this Christmas? In the past I've always been disappointed with how they come out. I've tried a variety of settings, but I guess not the correct one. What settings on the camera will give the best? AV, TV, Automatic White Balance? Manual exposure. Set your aperture (f/5.6 to f/8 for the family snapshot thing) and shuter speed to 1/125 (or 1/200 or whatever highest flash sync you have). Set white balance to 5500K (or equivalent "daylight" mode on your camera). Flash in TTL mode (or E-TTL or whatever it's called on your camera). Take a test shot or two and adjust flash comp according to the monitor display / histogram. Bounce the light off of ceilings or walls make it less harsh and to subdue BG shaddows. If these are "family snapshots" then f/5.6 to f/8 and ISO 400 will give pretty good and consistent results while not using the flash power too quickly. G'luck. Thanks... I tried, got so-so pics. I asked question too late and had not enough time to practice. Guess it's like how to get to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
Ken wrote:
Thanks... I tried, got so-so pics. I asked question too late and had not enough time to practice. Guess it's like how to get to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. Depends on what you want to do at Carnegie Hall. Easiest way is call the box office for tickets, then take a taxi. |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:37:15 GMT, no_name
wrote: Ken wrote: Thanks... I tried, got so-so pics. I asked question too late and had not enough time to practice. Guess it's like how to get to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. Depends on what you want to do at Carnegie Hall. Easiest way is call the box office for tickets, then take a taxi. Well, instead of a taxi, you could even take the subway. Q, N, R, and W trains, on what used to be called the BMT, all stop at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, right outside the main entrance to Carnegie Hall. Lots of other lines nearby, with a few blocks walk. I'll defer to someone else about bus service except to note that the M104 stops nearby. Father Kodak |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
"Father Kodak" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:37:15 GMT, no_name wrote: Ken wrote: Thanks... I tried, got so-so pics. I asked question too late and had not enough time to practice. Guess it's like how to get to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. Depends on what you want to do at Carnegie Hall. Easiest way is call the box office for tickets, then take a taxi. Well, instead of a taxi, you could even take the subway. Q, N, R, and W trains, on what used to be called the BMT, all stop at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, right outside the main entrance to Carnegie Hall. Lots of other lines nearby, with a few blocks walk. I'll defer to someone else about bus service except to note that the M104 stops nearby. Father Kodak I'd avoid practicing on the subway, due to the fact that these mutts all have ticket quotas, and you are sure to get one, right or wrong. Outside you can stand a measured 10 ft. from a busy bus and bracket a half a roll on a truly filthy bus and know the answer. Just stand up-wind from the exhaust. Bob Hickey |
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Flash Photography - How to get the best out of it?
Father Kodak wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:37:15 GMT, no_name wrote: Ken wrote: Thanks... I tried, got so-so pics. I asked question too late and had not enough time to practice. Guess it's like how to get to Carnegie Hall - practice, practice, practice. Depends on what you want to do at Carnegie Hall. Easiest way is call the box office for tickets, then take a taxi. Well, instead of a taxi, you could even take the subway. Q, N, R, and W trains, on what used to be called the BMT, all stop at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, right outside the main entrance to Carnegie Hall. Lots of other lines nearby, with a few blocks walk. I'll defer to someone else about bus service except to note that the M104 stops nearby. Father Kodak I don't live in NYC. Don't know the ins & outs of the subway system ... |
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