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06/17/2004 10:02:11 AM · #1 |
I'll be taking a few shots at my sister's graduation in a couple of weeks. I intend to use my 300D probably with a 50mm/1.8 and maybe my 85/1.8. It should be outside, and hopefully reasonably bright, but I was thinking of borrowing a 420EX to use for fill-in or if the weather isn't great.
If I'm taking landscape shots that's fine, but if I flip the camera vertically for a portrait shot, the flash will be at the side, which I guess won't work? How do people deal with this scenario? |
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06/17/2004 10:16:20 AM · #2 |
Cheapest option: just the Canon Off-Camera Shoe Cord, and hold the flash in your left hand.
More expensive option: you still need the cord, but you add something like a Stroboframe Press-T that allows you to flip the flash horizontally or vertically. You'll also need the Flash Mount Adapter.
Still more expensive option: you get a professional rotator bracket, like something from Custom Brackets or Newton.
Adding the bracket has the extra advantage of getting the flash "up higher", which puts the shadow more "below" the subject, instead of "behind" them, which is one reason why so many wedding photographers use them. This also eliminates red-eye, since the light doesn't enter the pupil at an angle that allows it to reflect back to the camera.
If the shots are outside, and there isn't anything for the flash to cast a shadow on, having it "on the left" may be fine for fill-in.
Message edited by author 2004-06-17 10:33:26. |
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06/17/2004 10:23:55 AM · #3 |
| Eddy, will that off-camera cord maintain E-TTL compatibility? |
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06/17/2004 10:26:23 AM · #4 |
| Thanks Eddy, I thought you might have an answer. :-) |
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06/17/2004 10:27:10 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by digistoune:
Eddy, will that off-camera cord maintain E-TTL compatibility? |
Yup. All functionality while the flash is mounted directly in the hot-shoe will be available while mounted via the off-camera cord.
The off-camera shoe cord is nothing more than an expensive extension cord -- there are no electronics inside, so the flash/camera don't know the difference. People have even "hacked" them to extend the distance to 20 feet.
Message edited by author 2004-06-17 10:29:53. |
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07/09/2004 09:13:41 AM · #6 |
Will that off-camera cord work with the Sigma DG Super?
bump :-)
bumpity bump bump :-))
Message edited by author 2004-07-09 14:11:34. |
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