TiaS Member 239 posts Joined Jan 2010 More info | May 28, 2011 09:18 | #1 I have my little flash for indoor use, but sometimes when I am outdoors I need more reach and sometimes I don't. My subject will move close or far away, depending on the shot. If they are too close, than my flash is too powerful and if they are too far, than the flash doesn't reach. Is there a flash that I can adjust the power without having to go into my camera settings and set flash exposure compensation for each shot?
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sapearl Cream of the Crop  More info | May 28, 2011 09:22 | #2 I know that the higher end Canon flash units allow you to manually set decreased flash output....1/2, 1/4, etc..... likely so do the Metz, Quantum and a lot of others. Also, on the 580ex you can dial in " - FEC ". GEAR LIST
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | May 28, 2011 09:28 | #3 TiaS wrote in post #12493841  I have my little flash for indoor use,.... What is your "little flash" unit? Skip Douglas
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digitalparadise Awaiting the title ferry...  More info | May 28, 2011 11:02 | #4 sapearl wrote in post #12493850 I know that the higher end Canon flash units allow you to manually set decreased flash output....1/2, 1/4, etc..... likely so do the Metz, Quantum and a lot of others. Also, on the 580ex you can dial in " - FEC ". You can even to it in thirds between stops on the Canon 580's. Image Editing OK
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zacm7 Senior Member 451 posts Joined Jul 2008 Location: Burlington, ON More info | vivitar 285HV is probably one of the best manual flash units you can buy..,they still produce them new overseas and they are 100 bucks on ebay
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inkista Senior Member  700 posts Likes: 95 Joined Oct 2007 Location: San Diego, CA, USA More info | May 28, 2011 16:05 | #6 zacm7 wrote in post #12494367 vivitar 285HV is probably one of the best manual flash units you can buy..,they still produce them new overseas and they are 100 bucks on ebay Uh. Missing 1/8 power setting, only goes down to 1/16, no swivel capability, and proprietary sync connector. No built-in optical slave. It was the best, but today thanks to David Hobby passing out the Strobist kool-aid, there are better choices. I'm a woman. I shoot with a Fuji X100T, Panasonic GX-7, Canon 5DmkII, and 50D. flickr stream
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BulaMatali Member 84 posts Joined Sep 2007 More info | Nissen flashguns
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msowsun "approx 8mm"  More info | Jun 01, 2011 07:17 | #8 TiaS wrote in post #12493841 I have my little flash for indoor use, but sometimes when I am outdoors I need more reach and sometimes I don't. My subject will move close or far away, depending on the shot. If they are too close, than my flash is too powerful and if they are too far, than the flash doesn't reach. Is there a flash that I can adjust the power without having to go into my camera settings and set flash exposure compensation for each shot? Any "Auto" or "ETTL" flash will do what you want. It will do it automatically without pushing any buttons. Mike Sowsun / SL1 / 80D / EF-S 24mm STM / EF-S 10-18mm STM / EF-S 18-55mm STM / EF-S 15-85mm USM / EF-S 55-250mm STM / 5D3 / Samyang 14mm 2.8 / EF 40mm 2.8 STM / EF 50mm 1.4 USM / EF 100mm 2.0 USM / EF 100mm 2.8 USM Macro / EF 24-105mm IS / EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS Mk II / EF 100-400 II / EF 1.4x II
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