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Re: [OM] You know what I miss?

Subject: Re: [OM] You know what I miss?
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:01:49 -0500
You may have to use the flash on the nighttime oyster roast. They won't care at all. Speaking of oyster roasts we're due to have one soon. I hope to try them roasted.

Chuck Norcutt


On 1/5/2015 6:26 PM, Tina Manley wrote:
Nobody has mentioned the reason I don't use flash.  It draws attention to
ME and I'm trying to be invisible.

I took a flash to Honduras one year.  Nobody had ever seen a flash.  I have
hundreds of photos of people staring at the flash in amazement.  Not
exactly what I want.

Tina

On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:11 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Come clean, AG.  You say "nobody needs flash" and then go on to talk
about
where it's really still needed.  When I can boost shadows in post as
cleanly
as I can reduce highlight I'll agree.  I hate flash but still use it...
when
it's required.

With the latest/greatest digital cameras, unlike the pudgy 2000's
stuff that I use (hehehehe), I'm told that we don't have to use flash
anymore. I suppose I agree with that to a point.

But, to clarify my thought a little:

With a higher ISO setting, the need for flash as the PRIMARY source of
lighting is diminished. It has gone from PRIMARY to FILL. As a source
of fill lighting, we need to only worry about filling the shadows or a
low amount of subject boost. Usually no more than one to two stops
above ambient. Combining the higher ISO with the reduced role of
flash, means that the amount of power needed from the flash is greatly
reduced. Where I used to have to use full-dump flash-exposures at ISO
400, I'm now at 1/4 power at ISO 800. The reduced power means quicker
recycle times and extended battery life.

With the T45, at a reduced flash power, I can go 3 fps almost indefinitely.


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