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A quick and dirty solution to your problem is to just use the flash. What
many people do is use a reflective card or board on the flash with it's head turned up so it acts as a bounce flash, bouncing off the card. Sto-Fen make a diffuser to do the same thing or, in a fix I've been known to resort to using a white paper bag over the flash head! Some transparent material used in window drapes is also useful as a softener. Raw flash, no matter how reduced is not kind to highlights. Diffused flash is the way to go. Doug ----------- "Jerry Shaw" wrote in message ... I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. |
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A quick and dirty solution to your problem is to just use the flash. What
many people do is use a reflective card or board on the flash with it's head turned up so it acts as a bounce flash, bouncing off the card. Sto-Fen make a diffuser to do the same thing or, in a fix I've been known to resort to using a white paper bag over the flash head! Some transparent material used in window drapes is also useful as a softener. Raw flash, no matter how reduced is not kind to highlights. Diffused flash is the way to go. Doug ----------- "Jerry Shaw" wrote in message ... I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. |
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A quick and dirty solution to your problem is to just use the flash. What
many people do is use a reflective card or board on the flash with it's head turned up so it acts as a bounce flash, bouncing off the card. Sto-Fen make a diffuser to do the same thing or, in a fix I've been known to resort to using a white paper bag over the flash head! Some transparent material used in window drapes is also useful as a softener. Raw flash, no matter how reduced is not kind to highlights. Diffused flash is the way to go. Doug ----------- "Jerry Shaw" wrote in message ... I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. |
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Ryadia wrote:
A quick and dirty solution to your problem is to just use the flash. What many people do is use a reflective card or board on the flash with it's head turned up so it acts as a bounce flash, bouncing off the card. Sto-Fen make a diffuser to do the same thing or, in a fix I've been known to resort to using a white paper bag over the flash head! Some transparent material used in window drapes is also useful as a softener. Raw flash, no matter how reduced is not kind to highlights. Diffused flash is the way to go. Doug ----------- "Jerry Shaw" wrote in message ... I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. Acting on a tip from someone here, and my experience on an excursion train with a failed lighting system (put a paper cup over the lens of a flashlight to see the effect in a darkened room), I found a nice gallon fruit juice plastic jug and cut slits in the flat end so that when folded out they accepted the business end of my Vivitar 285. A sturdy rubber band keeps it in place. Pointed straight up it represents a light source of about 8 by 10 inches. I haven't tried it in public, but it works good at home, and increases the likelihood of genuine smiles in person photos. -- Frank ess |
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Ryadia wrote:
A quick and dirty solution to your problem is to just use the flash. What many people do is use a reflective card or board on the flash with it's head turned up so it acts as a bounce flash, bouncing off the card. Sto-Fen make a diffuser to do the same thing or, in a fix I've been known to resort to using a white paper bag over the flash head! Some transparent material used in window drapes is also useful as a softener. Raw flash, no matter how reduced is not kind to highlights. Diffused flash is the way to go. Doug ----------- "Jerry Shaw" wrote in message ... I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. Acting on a tip from someone here, and my experience on an excursion train with a failed lighting system (put a paper cup over the lens of a flashlight to see the effect in a darkened room), I found a nice gallon fruit juice plastic jug and cut slits in the flat end so that when folded out they accepted the business end of my Vivitar 285. A sturdy rubber band keeps it in place. Pointed straight up it represents a light source of about 8 by 10 inches. I haven't tried it in public, but it works good at home, and increases the likelihood of genuine smiles in person photos. -- Frank ess |
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Fill Flash with the Canon 20D?
"Charles Schuler" wrote in message
... Your equipment is a generation newer than mine but I'll offer that program mode and Av mode will both provide what you want. Program mode will assume the flash is the only source of light for the subject and adjust aperture, shutter speed, and flash output accordingly. Av will assume flash will light the subject, but adjust shutter speed for background ambient light. So I'd say they could be very different depending on ambient light conditions. Mark |
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"Charles Schuler" wrote in message
... Your equipment is a generation newer than mine but I'll offer that program mode and Av mode will both provide what you want. Program mode will assume the flash is the only source of light for the subject and adjust aperture, shutter speed, and flash output accordingly. Av will assume flash will light the subject, but adjust shutter speed for background ambient light. So I'd say they could be very different depending on ambient light conditions. Mark |
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"Charles Schuler" wrote in message
... Your equipment is a generation newer than mine but I'll offer that program mode and Av mode will both provide what you want. Program mode will assume the flash is the only source of light for the subject and adjust aperture, shutter speed, and flash output accordingly. Av will assume flash will light the subject, but adjust shutter speed for background ambient light. So I'd say they could be very different depending on ambient light conditions. Mark |
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"Mark B." wrote in message
... "Charles Schuler" wrote in message ... Your equipment is a generation newer than mine but I'll offer that program mode and Av mode will both provide what you want. Program mode will assume the flash is the only source of light for the subject and adjust aperture, shutter speed, and flash output accordingly. Av will assume flash will light the subject, but adjust shutter speed for background ambient light. So I'd say they could be very different depending on ambient light conditions. Mark Actually, ETTL does that in program mode, too... -- Skip Middleton http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com |
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Jerry Shaw writes:
I have a new Canon 20D and 580 EX flash. I'm looking for information on using this combination for fill flash. Anyone done any flash fill, and have any suggested settings for the Canon 20D? Howdy Jerry, The definition of fill flash varies based on lighting condition and ISO. Really, what we're talking about is playing with the mixture of flash light to ambient light, and in a fill flash situation, the desire is to have mostly ambient light, and just a taste of flash to punch in the shadows. One way to guarantee a given amount of ambient light with just a taste of fill flash is to use Tv modes. Pick a shutterspeed that gives you the level of ambient light that looks right, and let the camera fill in the rest for proper expsoure. Warning though, your max flash sync speed can get in the way here on the top end. Another way is to use P mode and vary the ISO setting. Higher ISOs should give you more of an available light mix, lower isos will call in more flash to make the exposure. Yet another way is to play with exposure compensation. An old trick to get more available light and less flash is to go +1 stop on the main exposure compensation, and -1 stop on the flash exposure compensation. I'm not sure there's any one setting that'll work best regardless of the situation. Try P mode on ISO 200 for starters, and tweak from there. Best Regards, -- Todd H. http://www.toddh.net/ |
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