bryguy_ASU
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Hi,
I'm relatively new to photography and I like to challenge myself to new aspects of this hobby. I'd like to learn some techniques with off-camera flash.
I've been reading a little on strobist sites. Reading and watching stuff on modifiers, balancing light (i.e. ambient, key, fill, rim light, etc.), and trying to understand sync speed.
Currently I have a Samsung NX300 and I'm going to get a couple of manual speedlights. Thinking of getting two Neewer TT850's, a lumiquest softbox or beauty dish, and a light stand kit that has shoot through umbrellas.
I just learned, however, that the max sync speed is only 1/160th. Without high speed sync (HSS), what are my limitations? Would I just have blown out backgrounds in outdoor portrait photos in midday sun?
Could i still achieve creative portrait shots in home studio conditions? Or outdoors when the sun is dimming? How about when it's a little bright outside?
I just don't understand what I can and can't achieve with a 1/160 or slower sync speed. Is it even worth buying the flashes and modifiers for that speed or less?
I'm relatively new to photography and I like to challenge myself to new aspects of this hobby. I'd like to learn some techniques with off-camera flash.
I've been reading a little on strobist sites. Reading and watching stuff on modifiers, balancing light (i.e. ambient, key, fill, rim light, etc.), and trying to understand sync speed.
Currently I have a Samsung NX300 and I'm going to get a couple of manual speedlights. Thinking of getting two Neewer TT850's, a lumiquest softbox or beauty dish, and a light stand kit that has shoot through umbrellas.
I just learned, however, that the max sync speed is only 1/160th. Without high speed sync (HSS), what are my limitations? Would I just have blown out backgrounds in outdoor portrait photos in midday sun?
Could i still achieve creative portrait shots in home studio conditions? Or outdoors when the sun is dimming? How about when it's a little bright outside?
I just don't understand what I can and can't achieve with a 1/160 or slower sync speed. Is it even worth buying the flashes and modifiers for that speed or less?