Help with speedlights
Apr 1, 2016 09:22:09 #
I watch YouTube on this subject & an cannot understand what settings to use even when they go into detail. I am thinking of getting one with TTL for my Nikon. Do I just put it on Auto or others ways? Basic shooting.
Apr 1, 2016 09:35:08 #
I use mine a lot for outdoors fill flash, so I adjust it to get just the light I want. Outside the flash is competing with natural light so I use the flash compensation to adjust how much power the flash fires with. TTL is going to adjust the flash for all light available and considering a bright scene it will fire with very little power. So if you have a backlighted subject and you want to fill, you will have to manually increase the power of the flash.
By the same token, you might be lighting something in dim light and the flash will fire too hard for what you are wanting to do leaving glare and bright spots on your subject. Using compensation you can lower the power.
Hope some of this makes sense.
Bill
By the same token, you might be lighting something in dim light and the flash will fire too hard for what you are wanting to do leaving glare and bright spots on your subject. Using compensation you can lower the power.
Hope some of this makes sense.
Bill
Apr 1, 2016 09:37:11 #
There is a lot more to using a flash then just setting speedlight. You might want to pick up Understanding Flash Photography by Bryan Peterson. This will give you a good basic understanding of how and when to use a flash. Setting your flash to auto will work but there is a lot more to it than that.
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Flash-Photography-Photographs-Electronic/dp/0817439560/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459517650&sr=1-2&keywords=understanding+flash+photography+bryan+peterson
http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Flash-Photography-Photographs-Electronic/dp/0817439560/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459517650&sr=1-2&keywords=understanding+flash+photography+bryan+peterson
Apr 1, 2016 18:14:34 #
Google Gary Fong. He has a wealth of tutorials regarding using speedlights.
Apr 1, 2016 18:24:49 #
avemal wrote:
I watch YouTube on this subject & an cannot understand what settings to use even when they go into detail. I am thinking of getting one with TTL for my Nikon. Do I just put it on Auto or others ways? Basic shooting.
Avemal, if you are indoors or out at night, yes, get the best flash you can afford and then just stick it on ettl, especially if your subject is constantly moving as in shooting people at events etc. Use it either direct or preferably bounced if you have anything to bounce from.
You don't need to be a flash Guru, just know how to press the shutter button!!
As you get more confidant you can use power levels and even manual.
But don't start there. And keep reading and watching those uTubes, soon you will be really good with it. Flash is like anything else, once you learn it, it's pretty easy stuff!! Good luck. ;-)
SS
Apr 2, 2016 05:49:43 #
Apr 2, 2016 06:02:21 #
avemal wrote:
I watch YouTube on this subject & an cannot understand what settings to use even when they go into detail. I am thinking of getting one with TTL for my Nikon. Do I just put it on Auto or others ways? Basic shooting.
Here are a couple of You Tube videos that should help. ETTL is definitely the way to go for most situations. I know there are tens of thousands of them out there . . . but these are short and very easy to understand.
http://youtu.be/S3IQFayyyoU
http://youtu.be/wLeaX_WXUJ8
Apr 2, 2016 06:51:38 #
Apr 2, 2016 08:24:17 #
FWIW: ETTL is a Canon thing.
Nikon uses iTTL.
I use iTTL flash with my Nikon a lot and manual exposure on my camera in situations where the lighting doesn't change.
Nikon uses iTTL.
I use iTTL flash with my Nikon a lot and manual exposure on my camera in situations where the lighting doesn't change.
Apr 2, 2016 08:36:16 #
GoofyNewfie wrote:
FWIW: ETTL is a Canon thing.
Nikon uses iTTL.
I use iTTL flash with my Nikon a lot and manual exposure on my camera in situations where the lighting doesn't change.
Nikon uses iTTL.
I use iTTL flash with my Nikon a lot and manual exposure on my camera in situations where the lighting doesn't change.
The OP said for his Nikon....
Apr 2, 2016 08:47:08 #
avemal wrote:
I watch YouTube on this subject & an cannot understand what settings to use even when they go into detail. I am thinking of getting one with TTL for my Nikon. Do I just put it on Auto or others ways? Basic shooting.
Try the Strobist website. A good place to start.
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html
Apr 2, 2016 08:59:03 #
AlMac wrote:
Try the Strobist website. A good place to start.
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html
http://strobist.blogspot.co.uk/2006/02/welcome-to-strobist.html
Very Good....
Apr 2, 2016 09:06:42 #
Download the manual of the flashes for your camera. Download the manuals for several popular Nikon flashes and study them. They tell you more than books like the one from Peterson and of course free.
Apr 2, 2016 09:36:02 #
OnDSnap wrote:
The OP said for his Nikon....
Yep, that's my point.
Others have mentioned ETTL and though similar, the OP won't find that for his Nikon if he does a search.
Apr 2, 2016 09:53:52 #
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