Originally posted by DAZ To the best of my knowledge there is no web site telling how to use a given make of camera let alone a flash unit. The closest I have heard that is only for camera is the Magic Lantern Guide books and they are not on the web as a site.
Modern flash units have gotten as complicated as old film cameras use to be. DSLRs are only more complicated because they have so many more bells and whistles. The manuals that come with both flash/cameras give accurate, if obtuse and nearly incomprehensible, information on how to use the equipment. A DSLR has only 2 basic settings, shutter speed and ISO (although they have many more tools that can also be used). A lens adds 2 more, focal length and aperture. The photographer adds where to point, what to focus on and when to shoot. Just these relatively few settings gives the near infinite world of the art and science of photography. The manuals are adequate at telling how to set a setting but really fall down on why to use a setting. This is why some come to a forum like this looking for that information.
Adding flash to a camera is like raising a camera to the square of the camera. Each step is simple but the possibilities are endless and the complexities enormous. This is why some get lost in photography and some never go on to using flash.
Photography is something you can spend a lifetime learning and never master it all.
DAZ
Wow, I couldnt have said it better myself! I do have the manual, but like Daz put it, not so straightforward. Henry's puts on courses, but they only come by once in a while and if your not there, like i wasn't last weekend, you miss it! I guess I'll keep playing with it and see what "develops"!!!
rollin