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KenjiS
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 20:40
Well, built in flash :3 Bounced/diffused with a few pieces of paper as best i could

Sorta trying to do something in the theme of product photography...pay no attention to the absurd level of noise in the images as I wasn't paying attention and left my camera on 1600..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/scifiguy1012/Photography/IMG_6060.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/scifiguy1012/Photography/IMG_6062.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v170/scifiguy1012/Photography/IMG_6063.jpg

Comments? Critique?
Bob_A
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 20:42
These all look underexposed to me, especially 2 and 3. Is your monitor calibratedd?
KenjiS
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 20:45
These all look underexposed to me, especially 2 and 3. Is your monitor calibratedd?

To the best of my ability, Normally everything looks as it should from what im told, I think I got pretty lucky...

I agree they're all a bit dark at least[Especially 2 and 3]...I'm just not entirely sure how to fix it and im more a "learn by experimenting and showing and getting advice than sitting and reading long technical articles" sort of person

Also I didnt do much post processing besides noise reduction and a little sharpening just to make
Bob_A
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 20:56
Maybe the popup flash doesn't have a high enough guide number to bounce and get the exposure correct because with all that black I would have expected the images to be overexposed, not under. Did you try dialing in some +FEC to see if it helps?

This guy shows a few ways to bounce the popup flash:

http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/hc_Bounce_Built-In_Flash/a_Bounce_the_Pop-up.html?page=3
KenjiS
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 21:02
Maybe the popup flash doesn't have a high enough guide number to bounce and get the exposure correct because with all that black I would have expected the images to be overexposed, not under. Did you try dialing in some +FEC to see if it helps?

This guy shows a few ways to bounce the popup flash:

http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/hc_Bounce_Built-In_Flash/a_Bounce_the_Pop-up.html?page=3

Ahh Maybe...I'll experiment tomarrow some more after i make one of those things :D

And at a much lower ISO and playing with FEC

Thanks for the advice!
silvex
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 22:02
Yeah you need to fec the flash...or go f4-f5.6. F11 is WAY too much for the built in flash. Also, don't get to close to the subject. Let be flash disperse. That is a good trick, but I use photo paper than just any paper. specially the glossy one. I use a 5x7 on my 580EXII to bounce it when outside or inside church.
KenjiS
31st of January 2009 (Sat), 23:55
Yeah you need to fec the flash...or go f4-f5.6. F11 is WAY too much for the built in flash. Also, don't to close to the subject. Let be flash dispersed. That is a good trick, but I use photo paper that just any paper. specially the glossy one. I use a 5x7 on my 580EXII to bounce it when outside or inside church.

Yeh I got that from a friend of mine too :D I think im expecting a lot from the poor little built in flash, but I'll definately try it!