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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 150801" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>Bright sun of course normally needs no flash for very many pictures, such as landscapes. The flash has so little distance range anyway, it cannot work for landscapes (except maybe near foreground objects). But specifically, pictures of people in bright sun have harsh unpleasing shadows on their face (from the sun), and the the flash can add a lot to fill those shadows (still some shadow left to look natural, but reduced, softened, much better... see the link page I mentioned). The little popup flash might be sufficient to add that fill up to say maybe five feet from the flash, maybe (in this bright sun condition). But that is real close, pictures of people have better perspective if slightly farther, 6 or 8 feet from the camera (perspective, causing near noses to appear larger, etc). A hot shoe speedlight would be necessary then (greater power capability, but still far from infinite power).</p><p></p><p>I should not have confused it with camera mode M, but the point of mode M does allow setting any aperture and shutter speed you want. You have to choose those that will work of course. Camera M mode is important to indoor flash, where the ambient is too dim (why we need flash), which is very different than in bright sun where ambient is overwhelming. We can usually ignore the ambient indoors (we are using flash). So yes, often we use camera M mode with flash indoors, usually to set a fast shutter to keep out all traces of ambient, or maybe a slow shutter to intentionally blur or show the weak ambient - but whatever, generally the ambient is too dim indoors to much matter what shutter speed is. The flash exposure is concerned with aperture, and we can choose shutter speed for other reasons (indoors with flash - but NOT in bright sun of course).</p><p></p><p>Another solution for portraits in bright sun, very good, but maybe more awkward to do, is to have an assistant hold a large white reflector (maybe 3 foot size) fairly near the subject person (just slightly out of camera view), to illuminate those dark harsh shadows that way. Works great, if you are prepared to do it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 150801, member: 12496"] Bright sun of course normally needs no flash for very many pictures, such as landscapes. The flash has so little distance range anyway, it cannot work for landscapes (except maybe near foreground objects). But specifically, pictures of people in bright sun have harsh unpleasing shadows on their face (from the sun), and the the flash can add a lot to fill those shadows (still some shadow left to look natural, but reduced, softened, much better... see the link page I mentioned). The little popup flash might be sufficient to add that fill up to say maybe five feet from the flash, maybe (in this bright sun condition). But that is real close, pictures of people have better perspective if slightly farther, 6 or 8 feet from the camera (perspective, causing near noses to appear larger, etc). A hot shoe speedlight would be necessary then (greater power capability, but still far from infinite power). I should not have confused it with camera mode M, but the point of mode M does allow setting any aperture and shutter speed you want. You have to choose those that will work of course. Camera M mode is important to indoor flash, where the ambient is too dim (why we need flash), which is very different than in bright sun where ambient is overwhelming. We can usually ignore the ambient indoors (we are using flash). So yes, often we use camera M mode with flash indoors, usually to set a fast shutter to keep out all traces of ambient, or maybe a slow shutter to intentionally blur or show the weak ambient - but whatever, generally the ambient is too dim indoors to much matter what shutter speed is. The flash exposure is concerned with aperture, and we can choose shutter speed for other reasons (indoors with flash - but NOT in bright sun of course). Another solution for portraits in bright sun, very good, but maybe more awkward to do, is to have an assistant hold a large white reflector (maybe 3 foot size) fairly near the subject person (just slightly out of camera view), to illuminate those dark harsh shadows that way. Works great, if you are prepared to do it. [/QUOTE]
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