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When do you use continuous lighting & and when do you use flash lighting, also what kind of results can i expect using the camera flash & a reflector.
cheers andy
 
Basically, flash is much more versatile but no good for movies.

If you mean what can you do with the pop-up flash, very little apart from a dash of fill-in.
 
cheers hoppy, should of explained myself better what i meant was the flash that sit on the hot shoe
 
What can you do with a flash that sits on the camera hotshoe? Take it off and put it somewhere else! :)
 
Cynergist said:
What can you do with a flash that sits on the camera hotshoe? Take it off and put it somewhere else! :)
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You don't even have to that, just point it somewhere else!
 
Turning the head of the flash so it bounces off a ceiling or wall will use the wall/ceiling as a light source which is much larger than the flash head so you will get a much softer light. Different directions get light hitting your subject differently for a different effect.
Wireless remotes are available from ~£20 so you can put the flash somewhere else entirely.
Search 'Bounced flash' and 'strobist' on flickr for examples. Also see www.strobist.com
 
bruno106a said:
When do you use continuous lighting & and when do you use flash lighting, also what kind of results can i expect using the camera flash & a reflector.
cheers andy
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Hi Andy, speaking for myself, I started out learning to use continuous lighting with the camera on a tripod taking pics of things that don't move. With continuous lighting 'what you see is what you get' and you have less to learn about composing the shot before pulling the trigger. I learned tons about how white balance effects different lighting types ie, tungsten, incandescent, compact flourescent bulbs and daylight, faffing around with this not to mention just how genty you can light things.

I have just started to use flash and so far I find I don't need a tripod so much as I use a faster shutter speed. I am still messing about with brollies etc and would say that working with flash is harder to learn than continuous. For glossy products against a white background continous lights are still better for me but with satin or matt surfaces, flash is a doddle.
Visit Strobist.com, as has been suggested

Continuous = easier to compose a shot, shedloads of ways to play with the light and learn, plus you can build the light slowly.

Flash = a right old learning curve composing shots and controlling it at first. It seems to me you start with the maximum light possible and then trim and shape the shadows by diffusion and gelling etc , seems like its all about compensating for high speed and power. Same end result more or less as continuous, just a different and I would say, larger skillset with more professional looking kit.

Thats where I am wiv em.:)
 
Steve T said:
Hi Andy, speaking for myself, I started out learning to use continuous lighting with the camera on a tripod taking pics of things that don't move. With continuous lighting 'what you see is what you get' and you have less to learn about composing the shot before pulling the trigger. I learned tons about how white balance effects different lighting types ie, tungsten, incandescent, compact flourescent bulbs and daylight, faffing around with this not to mention just how genty you can light things.

I have just started to use flash and so far I find I don't need a tripod so much as I use a faster shutter speed. I am still messing about with brollies etc and would say that working with flash is harder to learn than continuous. For glossy products against a white background continous lights are still better for me but with satin or matt surfaces, flash is a doddle.
Visit Strobist.com, as has been suggested

Continuous = easier to compose a shot, shedloads of ways to play with the light and learn, plus you can build the light slowly.

Flash = a right old learning curve composing shots and controlling it at first. It seems to me you start with the maximum light possible and then trim and shape the shadows by diffusion and gelling etc , seems like its all about compensating for high speed and power. Same end result more or less as continuous, just a different and I would say, larger skillset with more professional looking kit.

Thats where I am wiv em.:)
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All that applies to hot-shoe guns of course, but not to studio flash units, which have modelling lights so they are fully WYSIWYG. Best of both worlds, if you have access to mains power.

They're not expensive either. Decent quality studio heads start at a bit over £100.
 
thanks for your reply everybody, and will have a look at Strobist Blog,the main reason i asked was that I didn't want to go and buy a studio kit then find out I didn't like it and have the kit collecting dust, also will get a wireless remote so i can remove the flash and place it elsewhere
 
PerfectSpeed said:
Where :shrug: I'm looking for Gemini 500R heads and and have found them from £290 (Refurbished).
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Lencarta Smartflash is great value at £107 I think, and The Flash Centre is currently doing Elinchrom D-Lite 2 heads for £125 each, which is a bargain.
 
HoppyUK said:
Lencarta Smartflash is great value at £107 I think, and The Flash Centre is currently doing Elinchrom D-Lite 2 heads for £125 each, which is a bargain.
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Agreed, bargains, thanks for the heads up, I'll stay with my search for Bowens tough, I need bomb proof lol. my 2 Elinchrom 500's
where in fact carp, and gave up the ghost way before their time.
 
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