Nikon 50DX Instruction Manual - Page 30
Effective Speedlight Placement
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Effective Speedlight Placement • Bounce-flash operation to produce more natural-looking pictures Bounce the light off the ceiling or walls to produce more natural-looking portraits where the entire frame is properly exposed. Reflective surface (ceiling) • See "Bounce-Flash Photography" on p. 40 to 42. • For using the camera's built-in Speedlight, see "Bounce-flash operation with double flash (SB-50DX and camera's built-in Speedlight)" on p. 42. • If the light from the master flash unit is too strong, bounce-flash operation is not effective. In this case, use the diffuser (p. 42) or wide-flash adapter (p. 17) to reduce the brightness of the master flash unit. • Eliminating shadows cast by the subject To eliminate unattractive shadows from the background when taking portraits, you can use one or more slave flash units to illuminate the background. • Set the slave flash unit to Manual flash mode (Manual Slave Flash mode with the SB-50DX, p. 52). Calculate and determine aperture by using the guide number and distance from the slave flash unit to the background with the equation (p. 33). Use an aperture value obtained with the equation or 1/3 to one step smaller (larger f-number). You can also choose a higher flash output setting (by two to three steps) for the slave flash unit to overexpose the background and completely eliminate it. • When using a camera in Group I, II or III (p. 28), compensate flash output level to the + side (p. 35). Background (wall) Subject Speedlight Placement Single flash (built-in Speedlight) Camera: F80D (Aperture-Priority Auto exposure mode, Front-Curtain Sync flash mode) Lens: AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.3-5.6G Master flash unit (built-in Speedlight): Standard TTL Flash Slave flash unit (SB-50DX): Standard TTL Flash Single flash (built-in Speedlight) Camera: F80D (Manual exposure mode, Front-Curtain Sync flash mode) Lens: AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-80mm f/3.35.6G Master flash unit (built-in Speedlight): Standard TTL Flash Slave flash unit (SB-50DX): Manual Slave Flash mode 58 59
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