Is there a way to tell?

[ababysean]

If you used flash in the RAW file or EXIF data?

 

[benlonghair]

On flickr, it's the 8th line down, right under exposure bias.

 

[Josh66]

If you used the pop-up flash the exif will show it, but that's it. It won't say if an external flash fired (even if it was on the hot-shoe).

 

[ababysean]

what if you used pop up flash to trigger your off camera flash?
It would still show, right? since it needs to fire in order for my off camera flash to show.
Where would it say?
I'm in lightroom.

 

[Josh66]

What camera do you have?

The name of the entry varies, but it will say flash somewhere in it.

Flash fired: Yes or No, for example.

 

[ababysean]

D90

 

[benlonghair]

If you used the pop-up flash the exif will show it, but that's it. It won't say if an external flash fired (even if it was on the hot-shoe).

Not true. This one was taken with my SB600 in the hot shoe and it shows. So on my D60 (and theoretically on the D90) it does show.

Off camera, I have no idea, since I have no way to test it.

 

[MohaimenK]

i was in ur boat once Crystal then I began to realize by looking at the shadow. Although you can't be 100% every single time, generally you can tell.

 

[Josh66]

Interesting. On my 350D and E-300 it says 'flash did not fire' if I'm using a flash on the hot-shoe.

 

[benlonghair]

Interesting. On my 350D and E-300 it says 'flash did not fire' if I'm using a flash on the hot-shoe.

was it a TTL flash? I know that my camera communicates a lot with the flash, so I can't imagine anything that's TTL not showing up in the EXIF.

 

[o hey tyler]

Interesting. On my 350D and E-300 it says 'flash did not fire' if I'm using a flash on the hot-shoe.

Is it an on or off brand flash? It always shows my flash as firing when I use my 430ex with my 5D (not if I'm using triggers however). I can't remember about the T1i but I assume it would be the same.

 

[ababysean]

So would you agree

no flash

flash

these are straight out of camera.

 

[o hey tyler]

Yes, first one no flash, second one with flash. At least that's what the exif says.

 

[ababysean]

lol ok where do you find that?

 

[o hey tyler]

Are you using Chrome or Firefox? If so, there are free EXIF viewers that work right in your browser. I use Google Chrome and Jeffery's Exif Viewer (He's the only Jeffery with an Exif viewer, you can download it from the Google Chrome Extensions Library) But anyways, you right click the image in chrome, open it in a new tab, and click the little blue EXIF button in the upper right. It reads much more embedded data than flickr normally displays too.