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Re: Digital cameras and flash

        Something I learned from photography pros in working on my school's
yearbook, is that you can eliminate the need for flash with digital cameras.
We use a high-end Sony Mavica MCV-90 to produce a yearbook with all color
photos on our color laserjet.  I was told by the pros at a nearby pro
photography shop that digital cameras need far less concentrated light than
film cameras.  We invested in a set of portrait lights for the school. We
have two main frontal lights to eliminate shadows on faces, etc. and a
smaller side light for making hair shine.  The key point is that they all
use regular 250 watt incandescent bulbs.  I think that the instant strobe
quality of the flash we are accustomed to can be replaced by a rather
inexpensive mini-system to light the fish for digital cameras.  I can tell
you that the yearbook photos this year rival the normal ones provided by the
professional studio that used to take our yearbook pictures.

Jay Moylan

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From: <BizEcology at aol_com>
To: <KillieTalk at aka_org>
Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: Digital cameras and flash


> <<That said, I do kinda wish I had bought my digital camera with a hot
shoe for
> an external flash. Taking fish pictures with a single flash firing 1" from
> the lens makes avoidance of reflections quite difficult.
>
> Doug Dame>>
>
> Doug,
>
> I have, in the past, used optical slaves for additional flashes.  You
mount one or more auxilliary flash units on these little devices
(essentially a hot shoe, a photocell, and a mounting screw) and place them
where you wish.  When the camera flash goes off, it triggers the auxilliary
flashes as well.  How well your camera adapts its exposure to this, I don't
know, but it's worth a try if you can borrow the equipment (or rent
cheaply).
>
> <<** Larry **>>
>
>
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