I am going to Maui next week and after packing and unpacking my gear I have only one question.
Do I really need my flash?
May 30, 2011 12:08 | #1 I am going to Maui next week and after packing and unpacking my gear I have only one question. Nikon D850 and a bunch of stuff, I have learned a lot here when I was shooting Canon, staying to keep learning..."Every time I set up I learn something new".
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RPCrowe Cream of the Crop  More info | May 30, 2011 12:14 | #2 Don't you use fill flash outdoors? If not, I suggest that you start and if so, you need your 580! See my images at http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/
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kuma1212 Senior Member 364 posts Joined Jun 2007 Location: Chicago More info | May 30, 2011 16:11 | #3 If you have a smaller unit, like a 430, that may be fine. But I agree, you'll need A flash for fill. 5DII. 50L. 24-70LII. 16-35LII. 70-200is2.8II. 100L 135L.
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gmaize Senior Member 589 posts Joined Jan 2005 Location: Honolulu, Hawaii More info | May 30, 2011 16:39 | #4 Concur with the last three posts. Never travel or take my camera anywhere without my flash. --gmaize
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May 30, 2011 17:53 | #5 MSWOBO... since you asked let me give you a tip if you are taking the 580: Put the camera in Tv at 1/250 take a shot aiming left or right of the subject. Read the apeture of that actuation then move the dial to Manual and setup that reading. Remember you control the ambient light with the speed of your camera. KC
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May 30, 2011 18:04 | #6 KinoC wrote in post #12505562  MSWOBO... since you asked let me give you a tip if you are taking the 580: Put the camera in Tv at 1/250 take a shot aiming left or right of the subject. Read the apeture of that actuation then move the dial to Manual and setup that reading. Remember you control the ambient light with the speed of your camera. My 430EXII is always in my bag.
Nikon D850 and a bunch of stuff, I have learned a lot here when I was shooting Canon, staying to keep learning..."Every time I set up I learn something new".
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Titus213 Cream of the Crop  More info | May 30, 2011 20:51 | #7 KinoC wrote in post #12505562 MSWOBO... since you asked let me give you a tip if you are taking the 580: Put the camera in Tv at 1/250 take a shot aiming left or right of the subject. Read the apeture of that actuation then move the dial to Manual and setup that reading. Remember you control the ambient light with the speed of your camera. My 430EXII is always in my bag. Why don't you put the camera in manual mode and meter for proper exposure to the left or right of the subject, then take the shot with the flash? Dave
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windpig Chopped liver  More info | May 30, 2011 21:28 | #8 I take a flash everywhere. Would you like to buy a vowel?
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TheBrick3 Goldmember  2,094 posts Joined Nov 2009 Location: College Park, Md. More info | May 30, 2011 21:38 | #9 KinoC wrote in post #12505562 My 430EXII is always in my bag. You should try the 580, it's never in my bag because that would mean I wasn't using it. 1D III 5D II 5D | 580 EX II x 2
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May 31, 2011 00:40 | #10 Robert, KC
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ssim POTN Landscape & Cityscape Photographer 2005  10,884 posts Likes: 6 Joined Apr 2003 Location: southern Alberta, Canada More info | I spent 3 months this winter in Maui and had my 580 in my bag with me. I think it depends on what you shoot as to whether you "need" it. I hardly had mine out of the bag but it always goes with me. This is such an important piece of equipment at such a low weight that you must be space limited to be asking. I say take it and it you don't use it, so what but if you don't have it at some point you will have wished that you did. My life is like one big RAW file....way too much post processing needed.
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BlurrCube ...a lucky id-iot that didn't get electrocuted...  15,147 posts Likes: 91 Joined Aug 2010 Location: Southern California More info | Bring it... you may need it. It's not too heavy either. | Canon EOS Systems |
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SkipD Cream of the Crop  20,476 posts Likes: 165 Joined Dec 2002 Location: Southeastern WI, USA More info | May 31, 2011 06:18 | #13 mswobo wrote in post #12504060 I am going to Maui next week and after packing and unpacking my gear I have only one question. Do I really need my flash? Questions like this one (as well as the often-asked "what lens(es) do I need for xxxxxx?) really cannot be answered by anyone other than the person asking the question. That's because the rest of us do not know the photographic "style" of the person asking the question. Skip Douglas
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RPCrowe Cream of the Crop More info | BTW: I will often shoot with my flash mounted on a Stroboframe Off-Camera Bracket but, I don't use the bracket for walk around travel photography. Instead, I shoot with my flash on-camera. When I am shooting models or shooting events, I will often shoot with a single camera but, when I am walking around for my travel photography, I shoot with two cameras (and often two flashes). I cannot handle two Stroboframe Brackets. See my images at http://rpcrowe.smugmug.com/
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hawk911 Cream of the Crop  More info | May 31, 2011 13:30 | #15 whether you use a 430, a 550, or a 580 you should always have a flash of some sort. It's just how you use it, not necessarily if you use it HAWK Photography Gallery
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