hot-show flash question; brightness

"Destin_FL" wrote in message
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OK, obvious newbie question... I have a digital camera, and bought a $115
external hot-shoe flash for it, thinking that I would end up with a much
more
powerful illumination in big rooms for example. But incredibly the little
built
in flash on the camera is MUCH brighter than that behemoth $115 external
flash
sitting atop the camera! I must be missing something.

Tim




You just posted this about 10 hours ago. The answer is the same, nobody can
help you w/o the camera & flash model you're talking about.

Mark

"Mark B." wrote in message
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"Destin_FL" wrote in message
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OK, obvious newbie question... I have a digital camera, and bought a
$115
external hot-shoe flash for it, thinking that I would end up with a much
more
powerful illumination in big rooms for example. But incredibly the
little
built
in flash on the camera is MUCH brighter than that behemoth $115 external
flash
sitting atop the camera! I must be missing something.

Tim




You just posted this about 10 hours ago. The answer is the same, nobody
can
help you w/o the camera & flash model you're talking about.

Mark



Correction, it was only just over 2 hours ago. Going for that 2nd cup of
coffee now.

Mark

Mark and Matt...
Hey, I sincerely apologize for posting twice. Normally when I post, it shows up
immediately in the groups, and always has in this group, in my Outlook Express.
I waited, like you said, about two hours, and was just sure something had gone
wrong, so I posted again. I do apologize for that.

I appreciate the help.... the camera is a Minolta Z2, and the flash was a
specific Minolta flash made for the Z1 and Z2. But when I would take pictures,
I could easily see the room get really bright with the built in flash, and the
room would not get nearly as bright with the big hot-shoe flash. And sure
enough, upon downloading them to my computer and actually viewing them, the
difference is huge. I'm just wondering if you have to tell the camera something
to make an external flash really flash. I guess I thought in buying the big
external flash, that I would have the ability to really light up larger rooms,
i.e. the flash ability would extend for many more feet than just the built-in
flash. But the opposite seems to be true.

Any ideas?

T




You just posted this about 10 hours ago. The answer is the same, nobody
can
help you w/o the camera & flash model you're talking about.

Mark



Correction, it was only just over 2 hours ago. Going for that 2nd cup of
coffee now.

Mark

"Destin_FL" wrote in message
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I appreciate the help.... the camera is a Minolta Z2, and the flash was a
specific Minolta flash made for the Z1 and Z2. But when I would take
pictures,
I could easily see the room get really bright with the built in flash, and
the
room would not get nearly as bright with the big hot-shoe flash. And sure
enough, upon downloading them to my computer and actually viewing them,
the
difference is huge. I'm just wondering if you have to tell the camera
something
to make an external flash really flash. I guess I thought in buying the
big
external flash, that I would have the ability to really light up larger
rooms,
i.e. the flash ability would extend for many more feet than just the
built-in
flash. But the opposite seems to be true.

Any ideas?

T





Your camera may be reading ambient light and reducing the flash level to
keep it from being overexposed.

--
Skip Middleton
http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com