The most important accessory camera flash to buy and use skill

Link Delight Online Shop · Dec 27, 2013

Flash is an accessory after buying the camera that we are most concerned about, although many cameras have a built-in flash, but some friends to buy flash initial purpose was "loaded on an external flash looks more professional," and "how to choose a suitable flash "and" how to make good use of more good flash "is more friends likely to need to understand knowledge, that today I'll give you some advice on the flash purchase and use.

Why buy external flash?
Certainly not a reason to buy flash beginning to say "look more professional", if you often shoot night scenes and indoor photos will be fully understood, if not flash fill light, photos in most cases will shake, and turn the flash let people face very bright. We think there is no longer such a case, when the subject is far from us, even opened the built-in flash Flash mode, but also illuminate the road just in front of the body and did not illuminate the mian subject.

The above illustrates the importance of an external flash, in the room can not only achieve the purpose of full light, but also can make the light more gentle sprinkled on the subject or object; while outside, external flash effect more often can make bright further targets, no longer cause awkward to shoot only two of the characters eyes in photos.

Have said the use of flash, let us have a look of each manufacturer which has several flash can choose, Canon currently has 270EX II, 320EX, 430EX II and 600EX four products, and Nikon also has SB-400, SB-700 and SB-910 three different flash index flash, and some vice factory flash can give us more options. Many friends are not very clear flash model significance, in fact, this figure represents the flash flash index, say simply is in the same ISO and same aperture, the higher flash index, the more farther shooting distance.

That will certainly a friend will ask, Canon figure is small than Nikon, if Nikon flash will shot more farther? In fact, Canon and Nikon flash index are calculated at two different focal length, but actually SB- 910 and 600EX index is basically same, and SB-700 and 430EX II flash index is also same. Since the performance is almost the same, but which one is more suitable for me?

Link Delight Online Shop · Dec 27, 2013

How to use flash

In the use of external flash, not only will the lamp holder straight into the subject to shoot, so although the purpose of reaching a fill light, but because of the light emitted by the flash is too strong enough to let the photos become very unnatural, face iwill be shot bright, so we need to use the jump flash to avoid this phenomenon. In fact, the practice is also very simple, the external flash head up 90 degrees rotated, aligned with the ceiling for flash. When the light will be conducted after encountering roof diffuse, so that the light would break up, then the light can be more evenly spread on the face, does not appear very serious hard light.

Tip1:
Jump flash for only white roof, if the roof is colorful, its jumped off the flash light is also a reflection of various colors, post-processing is also very difficult.

Tip2:
If when a horizontal shooting change for vertical shooting, also remember to rotate the flash lamp holder again, still to the roof.

The flash is not only used in the dark or dark room, a lot of friends when shooting backlit background brightness usually appear moderate, but captured is very black phenomenon, inadvertently made a silhouette feeling. This time we need to use the flash fill light, so in a sunny day, it's best to install a flash in the bag to prevent contingencies.

The above is the knowledge I have to tell you about the flash, the flash is one of the most essential accessories as photography, I hope that more high-quality photo shoot with the flash in later life, and the use of flash is not just for flash use, in many cases can also be used to create.