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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 166768" data-attributes="member: 13090"><p>For avoiding red-eye and general "flash wash out" I suggest a couple things. </p><p></p><p><strong>Suggestion 1</strong>: Buy this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stofen-Omni-Bounce-SB-400-Diffuser-OM-400/dp/B000PH1DL8" target="_blank">Omni Bounce diffuser</a> for your SB-400 (link goes to Am-a-zon but buy where you wish). This will solve 99% of your woes. This works indoors, outdoors and there's no need for a wall or ceiling to "bounce" the light off of. Stick it on and you're good to go. I highly suggest you go this route, by the way.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Suggestion 2</strong>: Don't buy the highly suggested Omni Bounce diffuser conveniently linked above and instead wrap a coffee filter over the business end of your SB-400 and secure with tape or a rubber band or what have you.</p><p></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Crash Course on TTL</strong>: It means the camera and flash unit work as a team to help ensure the amount of light the flash produces is correct for your photo by measuring how much total light is passing <em><strong>T</strong></em>hrough <em><strong>T</strong></em>he <em><strong>L</strong></em>ens with each shot. It's not something you need to understand in detail. Just know it's something good to have, and the SB-400 has it. </p><p></p><p>With either diffuser you will not need the bracket or the cord. The SB-400 will attach to the hot-shoe on your camera and either diffuser option will take care of the wash-out/red eye problem. Try the coffee filter thing and see what I mean. Then, when you're convinced I'm right, splurge on the Omni Bounce.</p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #ffffff">...</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 166768, member: 13090"] For avoiding red-eye and general "flash wash out" I suggest a couple things. [B]Suggestion 1[/B]: Buy this [URL="http://www.amazon.com/Stofen-Omni-Bounce-SB-400-Diffuser-OM-400/dp/B000PH1DL8"]Omni Bounce diffuser[/URL] for your SB-400 (link goes to Am-a-zon but buy where you wish). This will solve 99% of your woes. This works indoors, outdoors and there's no need for a wall or ceiling to "bounce" the light off of. Stick it on and you're good to go. I highly suggest you go this route, by the way. [B]Suggestion 2[/B]: Don't buy the highly suggested Omni Bounce diffuser conveniently linked above and instead wrap a coffee filter over the business end of your SB-400 and secure with tape or a rubber band or what have you. [B] Crash Course on TTL[/B]: It means the camera and flash unit work as a team to help ensure the amount of light the flash produces is correct for your photo by measuring how much total light is passing [I][B]T[/B][/I]hrough [I][B]T[/B][/I]he [I][B]L[/B][/I]ens with each shot. It's not something you need to understand in detail. Just know it's something good to have, and the SB-400 has it. With either diffuser you will not need the bracket or the cord. The SB-400 will attach to the hot-shoe on your camera and either diffuser option will take care of the wash-out/red eye problem. Try the coffee filter thing and see what I mean. Then, when you're convinced I'm right, splurge on the Omni Bounce. [COLOR=#ffffff]...[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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