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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 601308" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>There are a few choices, and situations, but just saying "manual" doesn't specify if it means the camera or the flash mode?</p><p></p><p>For indoor flash, camera A or P mode means the shutter speed is normally always the minimum speed with flash, meaning always 1/60 second (the default, E1 menus can go slower). Is that the best choice? </p><p>Manual camera mode shutter speed does not change the iTTL flash exposure, but it allows choice of other shutter speeds (to control ambient). </p><p>And camera S mode is much worse, indoors it means the lens is wide open. </p><p>Camera M mode has very much to offer indoors with flash, for any settings you choose. Very hard to beat it for indoor flash. Allows any shutter speed up to maximum sync. Shutter speed does not affect the flash exposure, but it does affect the ambient (which we can ignore, but we might want to keep it out, or to keep it in).</p><p></p><p>But outdoors in sunlight with fill flash, we cannot ignore the ambient then. Camera A or P mode offers advantages then for ambient. And TTL flash compensation can offer fixed lighting ratio for fill then (and TTL BL is automatic fill compensation). Makes a hard job very easy.</p><p></p><p>TTL flash mode is very handy for variable situations, like walking around indoors with bounce. In varied situations, TTL flash mode can be a much closer starting point than manual flash, and can usually maintain the same consistent result in different but similar situations. Still is camera manual mode though, indoors.</p><p></p><p>But for any fixed session (like portraits), manual camera and manual flash mode is king. Maximum sync shutter speed to keep out the orange incandescent. Manual flash for a consistent level. Especially if using a few flash units, it allows great and consistent control (but a flash meter will be extremely useful for that).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 601308, member: 12496"] There are a few choices, and situations, but just saying "manual" doesn't specify if it means the camera or the flash mode? For indoor flash, camera A or P mode means the shutter speed is normally always the minimum speed with flash, meaning always 1/60 second (the default, E1 menus can go slower). Is that the best choice? Manual camera mode shutter speed does not change the iTTL flash exposure, but it allows choice of other shutter speeds (to control ambient). And camera S mode is much worse, indoors it means the lens is wide open. Camera M mode has very much to offer indoors with flash, for any settings you choose. Very hard to beat it for indoor flash. Allows any shutter speed up to maximum sync. Shutter speed does not affect the flash exposure, but it does affect the ambient (which we can ignore, but we might want to keep it out, or to keep it in). But outdoors in sunlight with fill flash, we cannot ignore the ambient then. Camera A or P mode offers advantages then for ambient. And TTL flash compensation can offer fixed lighting ratio for fill then (and TTL BL is automatic fill compensation). Makes a hard job very easy. TTL flash mode is very handy for variable situations, like walking around indoors with bounce. In varied situations, TTL flash mode can be a much closer starting point than manual flash, and can usually maintain the same consistent result in different but similar situations. Still is camera manual mode though, indoors. But for any fixed session (like portraits), manual camera and manual flash mode is king. Maximum sync shutter speed to keep out the orange incandescent. Manual flash for a consistent level. Especially if using a few flash units, it allows great and consistent control (but a flash meter will be extremely useful for that). [/QUOTE]
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