When reducing your flash power, you are actually just changing the duration of time of that bursts light the flash emits.
The light burst a flash fires is constant. When changing the flash power, it's important to remember that you are not actually altering the amount of light a flash emits. Not only is there added convenience, but you'll also enjoy extended functionality. Getting a flash that is compatible with your camera, can make your life a lot easier. Other flashes (especially the smaller ones with no LCD screen on the back), can only be set through the camera's menu, or are completely controlled by sensors in the flash. On some flashes, the power can be set directly from the flash and is indicated on the flash LCD screen. The same change in exposure as adjusting your shutter speed or aperture one stop.ĭepending on your particular hotshoe flash model or brand, half or even third-stop power increments might be possible, ust like in-between shutter speed and aperture adjustments. Moving one step along this scale (from full power to half-power, or from half-power to quarter-power) is one stop difference. Practically named: Full power, half-power, quarter-power, etc.
These are referred to as flash power, and are measured in fractional increments: 1 (or full) » 1/2 » 1/4 » 1/8 » 1/16 » 1/32 » 1/64, etc. Like camera stops, flashes also have stops. Most flash units allow you to decided whether to use the maximum or the minimum power it can supply along with steps in between. When operating your hotshoe flash in manual mode, you are basically setting the power of the flash. How should I adjust the settings on my flash? How will the manual and TTL modes affect my images? What is flash sync, and more importantly what is first curtain sync and second curtain sync? Where should I point my flash? What is flash zoom? All these questions and more will be answered in this tutorial. When shooting with a hotshoe flash, there are are some common questions.
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