tatonkaowashee Member 170 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Jul 20, 2008 01:13 | #1 I'm considering getting a 580 ex flash for my xti. I love shooting with natural light only, but I have a wedding coming up that is outside at night and figured I should get a flash. I was just wondering if it has a difficult learning curve, or if it's pretty straight forward to learn to shoot with. What advice can you give me on how to best shoot with a flash?
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Mike-DT6 Goldmember  3,963 posts Likes: 4 Joined Oct 2007 Location: The Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England. More info | Jul 20, 2008 01:26 | #2 You couldn't do better than to start here:
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martinsmith Senior Member  680 posts Joined Jul 2007 Location: S Glos, UK More info | Jul 20, 2008 06:26 | #3 The white dress may fool the metering so check the histogram. Also, shoot in M for better control. [SIZE=1]ms-imaging
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steve547 Senior Member  260 posts Joined Apr 2005 Location: New Jersey More info | Jul 21, 2008 21:31 | #4 I was just wondering if it has a difficult learning curve, or if it's pretty straight forward to learn to shoot with. What advice can you give me on how to best shoot with a flash? Yes. If you let the camera control the flash, it will be months before you figure out what's happening. So like martinsmith said, set the camera to Manual. A simple approach is setting the shutter and f stop to 1/200 and f/8 and keep the flash on ettl(automatic). You may have to increase the iso if you stand far from the subject. Practice before the wedding and even during the wedding. Good luck. Steve
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Jul 22, 2008 00:32 | #5 Great tips. Thank you.
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