MrBuffalo
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Hi all!
I bought a DSLR 2 years ago for shooting film, and recently have been trying to get into some photography as well. However, I'm at a complete loss when trying to use the flash.
I expose everything manually, the same I do with video, but when using the flash all my images are completely blown out. So I tried using the portrait setting as reference, replicated all the settings, and even at the exact same shutter speed, aperture and iso settings, the portrait preset pictures comes out nice, while the same picture on manual comes out 90% white.
The only difference I can detect is that in portrait mode there seems to be a delay between the flash firing and the shutter opening, while in manual the flash and the shutter seem to fire almost simultaneously. I've been up and down the camera manual (it's a Nikon D5200) but can't find a setting to delay flash/shutter for the life of me.
Anybody got an idea what I'm doing wrong? Apologies in advance if this is a terrible noob question, but I'm trying hard to figure out how to properly use the flash in manual, I'm just not a fan of uing the preset modes...
I bought a DSLR 2 years ago for shooting film, and recently have been trying to get into some photography as well. However, I'm at a complete loss when trying to use the flash.
I expose everything manually, the same I do with video, but when using the flash all my images are completely blown out. So I tried using the portrait setting as reference, replicated all the settings, and even at the exact same shutter speed, aperture and iso settings, the portrait preset pictures comes out nice, while the same picture on manual comes out 90% white.
The only difference I can detect is that in portrait mode there seems to be a delay between the flash firing and the shutter opening, while in manual the flash and the shutter seem to fire almost simultaneously. I've been up and down the camera manual (it's a Nikon D5200) but can't find a setting to delay flash/shutter for the life of me.
Anybody got an idea what I'm doing wrong? Apologies in advance if this is a terrible noob question, but I'm trying hard to figure out how to properly use the flash in manual, I'm just not a fan of uing the preset modes...