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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-03-2011, 05:14 PM
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Thanks again.
One more question to help me understand my camera better- Is the preflash used by the camera in full manual? Or is it just a waste of battery.
Thanks again, and sorry for my lack of knowledge. I have most basic knowledge, but I get obsessed when I don't understand things in detail :)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-03-2011, 04:34 PM
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That helps tremendously! I had not though it could have enough power to trigger a second time!
Also- I was under the impression there would be no pre-flash in full manual. Why does it happen? By my silly logic, the camera would have no need for a pre-flash when the focus is locked and in full manual... am I way off here?
I tried the 2 second delay- and sure enough the flash is triggered by a pre-flash- Thanks again- you were bang on.
Thanks very much for your help! I am a long time reader but first time poster here... I prefer to lurk alot ;)
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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
10-03-2011, 04:17 PM
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I have a real head scratcher (for me anyhow)
I have a K200d and a Bower SFD926 Flash through a Tamron 17-50 2.8. I am trying to get my flash to work well as an optical slave with very strange results. Although the Bower fires no problem as a slave- it doesn't show in the images unless I set it to only 1/8 or 1/16th power in slave mode. Any more than that- it doesn't illuminate my images at all.
I am shooting in Manual (in my kitchen) at 50MM F2.8 and 1/180th of a second. I have tried slowing the shutter right down- but it never shows in the image. Eventually the image gets brighter but just due to the long exposure- not flash.
Is it possible the bower fires too quickly at the higher power? I'm just trying to wrap my head around this one :)
I have tried varying the power of the on-camera flash with no difference. Also- the bower is optical slave only. It works like a champ on the camera in PTTL FYI.
Any help understanding this is appreciated.
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