Originally posted by: Aharami
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Originally posted by: Lalakai
with the right camera and equipment, you can take flash shots from a long ways away; you just have to know to juggle the settings to compensate. I agree though with an earlier statement where the person pointed out that most of the people taking the pictures, use their cameras on auto, and the camera will use the flash, resulting in a picture that is basically worthless as the subject was too far away to benefit from the flash.
if you do it right, you can take some extremely interesting pictures using flashes, and different types of flash (strobe, slaved, ect.).
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Or you want to meter for what is on the infield, and fill flash the rest. Don't mock what you don't understand.
Originally posted by: Syringer
I must admit though, it's a nice effect when tons of flashes go off consecutively..
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
With a lot of the digital cameras I've used, if you turn off the flash, it ramps up the exposure time to something much larger that results in a blurry image unless the camera and what you're taking a picture of are perfectly still. Leave the flash on and everything works.
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Originally posted by: foghorn67
Or you want to meter for what is on the infield, and fill flash the rest. Don't mock what you don't understand.
I think he's talking about those moments at major sporting events when the entire audience is flashing away. In fact its pretty clear that is what he is talking about. There is no way that is what all of those people are doing. Or even what 2% of them are doing
Originally posted by: DrPizza
This almost belongs in digital video and cameras, but I'm going to pretend that forum is only for digital cameras and make believe that everyone at baseball games has those $4.99 disposable cameras where you really don't have a choice if it flashes or not.
Originally posted by: George P Burdell
People just wanna point and shoot, don't bother about anything else. Let them be.
Originally posted by: Lalakai
with the right camera and equipment, you can take flash shots from a long ways away; you just have to know to juggle the settings to compensate. I agree though with an earlier statement where the person pointed out that most of the people taking the pictures, use their cameras on auto, and the camera will use the flash, resulting in a picture that is basically worthless as the subject was too far away to benefit from the flash.
if you do it right, you can take some extremely interesting pictures using flashes, and different types of flash (strobe, slaved, ect.).
Originally posted by: LTC8K6
What's really cool is the flash system set up for the NBA. Big flash guns up in the ceiling, wireless transmitters on the cameras to trigger them.
Originally posted by: Syringer
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
With a lot of the digital cameras I've used, if you turn off the flash, it ramps up the exposure time to something much larger that results in a blurry image unless the camera and what you're taking a picture of are perfectly still. Leave the flash on and everything works.
It's much better to risk a blurry image in hopes of getting a good clear image than to ALWAYS having a bad, dark image.
Exactly. They probably don't know a thing about how to use their cameras.Originally posted by: sehlaw
I would guess that a large percentage are using their cameras on "auto" mode (or something similar). The dark surroundings cause the flash to go up.
Originally posted by: Citrix
Originally posted by: Lalakai
with the right camera and equipment, you can take flash shots from a long ways away; you just have to know to juggle the settings to compensate. I agree though with an earlier statement where the person pointed out that most of the people taking the pictures, use their cameras on auto, and the camera will use the flash, resulting in a picture that is basically worthless as the subject was too far away to benefit from the flash.
if you do it right, you can take some extremely interesting pictures using flashes, and different types of flash (strobe, slaved, ect.).
not true. most digital camera flashes have a range of 20-25 feet.
i have a detachable honeywell flash for my 35mm that has a range of 60-70 feet.