Nikon 14-24 Lens: I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from...

Jayne Loc: Wisconsin

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

terry44 Loc: Tuolumne County California, Maui Hawaii

use an off camera flash takes care of it for me.

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

Take the flash off your camera! If its a buil-in flash, bounce it (there are devices for that)!

Bill_de Loc: US

Flash brackets:

https://www.google.com/search?q=off+camera+flash+bracket+for+nikon&oq=off+camera+flash+brackets&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0l8.4264j0j4&sourceid=silk&ie=UTF-8

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DMGill Loc: Colorado

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

I almost always use off camera flash controlled by Pocket Wizards for all of my out of studio flash photography regardless of what lens is on the camera. If I don't have the ability set up off camera strobes, I'll bounce the light off of a wall or ceiling, preferably using the flash's diffuser to broaden the area reflecting the light. If neither of these alternatives is available, I'll use natural light. this gives better modeling as well as avoiding a shadow from the lens.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

When using such a wide lens, I prefer not to use a built-in or camera mounted flash. The possibilities are endless. I am using Nikon's new Wireless flash system more and more as I acquire more gear compatible with that system. So far it's been very reliable. Best of luck. Happy New Year!

rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Like others have said, the on camera flash is not usable because of the lens' length. You have to use as Speedlite on the hot shoe.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

Leave the hood off and try at 24mm.

But the suggestions to use off-camera flash or bounce are better.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

Use a real flash in your hotshoe. The pop up flash is mostly useless anyway, but especially with such a wide diameter lens.

Oh, and DON'T try to take your hood off as suggested above, the respondent obviously knows nothing about this lens as the hood is NOT removeable.

Great lens, enjoy it.

Bill_de Loc: US

MT Shooter wrote:

Oh, and DON'T try to take your hood off as suggested above, the respondent obviously knows nothing about this lens as the hood is NOT removeable.

Of course it is ... once!

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

Jayne wrote:

I must have been good as Santa got me a new lens for my D810. My question is directed toward others who have this lens. What do you do to prevent a flash shadow from the lens in your picture with this lens?

Most flash heads cannot cover this field of view. So I will either use off camera flash with a large bounce card (10x14 or bigger), or just turn the head around and bounce off ceilings and walls.

IDguy Loc: Idaho

MT Shooter wrote:

Use a real flash in your hotshoe. The pop up flash is mostly useless anyway, but especially with such a wide diameter lens.

Oh, and DON'T try to take your hood off as suggested above, the respondent obviously knows nothing about this lens as the hood is NOT removeable.

Great lens, enjoy it.

Huh! Now I see the problem.

Fortunately I'm happy with my 16-35.

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Bill_de wrote:

Of course it is ... once!

Ha!

Bugfan Loc: Toronto, Canada

I have that lens and the way I work around shadows is simple. I only use off camera flashes. When I mount one on the camera I place a diffuser on it and aim it for the ceiling. That does the trick all the time except when the ceiling is dark and/or too high.

In the case of dark and/or high ceilings, I have a big Metz that sits beside the camera. That one also gets bounced with a diffuser and the flash has a small additional flash head that shoots straight ahead as a fill flash. That too works perfectly in combination.

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

FYI: Nikon's SB-5000 flash COVERS 14mm with the diffuser in place. As I recall, so does the SB-900, SB-910 and SB 800. Not sure about the others, but they may cover as well as the 14-24 is a popular lens, and so is/was the 14mm! Best of luck & Happy New Year! Removing the hood, if you could, would not be a good idea.