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Posts posted by VWGolf
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That Flash accessory kit looks like a bargain. I was with a friend in Jessops recently and he bought a Lastolite softbox only for his flash gun and it cost him £50. Your kit has all the extras in - might look at treating myself too, come pay day.
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Love it! :-)
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love (appropriate for St Valentine's Eve?)
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Well deserved winner! Excellent shot.
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Help required for Saturday, please. when I'm going to take some important photographs inside a building.
Sometime back, when I was enquiring about Pocket Wizards and suchlike, someone told me that my Nikon D300 can use Commander mode to trigger my SB600 flash gun off the camera. I've not had much flash experience but somehow I got not only the SB600 to fire but also a cheap Jessops flashgun that I bought on eBay. So thank you for that :-)
However, particularly when using a backdrop, although I can reposition/change the power of the flash guns to what I like, I find that the on-camera flash that triggers them, is causing shadows. I have gone through my camera menus but can't work out how to alter the strength of the on-camera flash.
I have gone into the custom settings/bracketing/flash/flash control for built in flash and then not sure what to do next. The options are
TTL
Manual
Repeating flash
Commander mode
I am currently in commander mode with all the options (built-in flash/Group A/Group B) set to TTL
If I change the Commander mode/built in flash to Manual and chose, say 1/16 - will that do it? If I lower the on camera flash, will it still be strong enough to trigger the two flash guns?
Hope someone with some Nikon experience can advise. I've tried doing different things here at home, but becuase I'm in a small room, as opposed to a large Victorian/Gothic hall with wood-panelled walls and painted ceilings, it's a bit hard to tell exactly what difference it makes. Any advice gratefully received.
Which prime to start with?
in Equipment and Settings Advice
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lol @ the argument - almost as good as the Nikon versus Canon one!
For six years, on my Nikon D300 (DX), I used both the Nikon 50mm F1.8 and 35mm F1.8. Both affordable and both great, sharp lenses, the 50mm being slighter sharper in my experience. I couldn't afford big telephotos nor super-wide lenses (except a Tokina wide-angle bought second-hand). I found that the two Nikon lenses covered most of my needs - I mainly do portraits (human and pets) and candid/street photography.
In March of last year, I treated myself to a D3300, but found it didn't meet my needs for the other type of photography I do: motorsport for my car club. And the (cheapish) Nikon F1.8 50mm wouldn't focus on the D3300 as it does not have a focussing motor, has to rely on one in the camera, which the D3300 doesn't have.
So I bought a Nikon 50mm F1.4 (which does have a focussing motor). That cost about £280, I think. And what a cracker of a lens it is - well worth the money for the extra stop.
So go for a 50mm and adapt how you take your pictures. A fast lens and beautiful bokeh - definitely worth a try, I'm sure you won't regret it,
(Anyway, just before I lost my job in November, I swapped the D300 for a D750 full frame. It's like the D300 in terms of handling, but ten times better. And full frame with 24mp and the F1.4 lens - what a winning combination!)