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In response to "well, it was sort of a flash mob that would have knocked a tripod over - does that count? -- nm" by Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE!

how do you set the camera up? on P or manual? what is your 'film' speed or ISO?

Posted by zeitgeistwillkickthoseghostbusters@$$e$ (aka zeitgeist) Oct 31 '09, 00:07

normally a camera will set the shutter speed to max flash sync speed, don't know why cause the usual situations you need flash you also could use a slower shutter speed to capture some background ambient light level. I usually set the flash to be a fill light and this puts the balance of light on the natural or ambient levels, the flash will still freeze the subject, usually enough, but you will have detail and 'full fleshing out' of the rest of the image.

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It was knocking the shutter back to 1/4-second ... way too slow to prevent blur when holding by hand. Ah well. -- nm - Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE! Oct 31, 00:09 6
- rule of thumb for us old school shooters, don't handhold slower than your focal length - zeitgeist Oct 31, 00:21 5
  - I was photographing at night, surrounded by police and olympic security and TV cameras and bystanders ... not ideal conditions. And it was raining. -- nm - Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE! Oct 31, 00:28 4
    - you'd never make it as a paparrazi if you let those minor distractions bother you - zeitgeist Oct 31, 00:40 3
      - the built in flashes on those automatics don't extend very far -- nm - lkf Oct 31, 07:09
      - Optio W60 waterproof camera -- nm - Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE! Oct 31, 00:54 1
        
        (Pentax) -- nm - Beryllium ... NEW ZOMBIE! Oct 31, 00:54

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