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... by adding artificial light in both natural and artificial light. Off-camera Flash Effect 32 One Flash, Two Lights 34 One Flash, Three Lights 36 Wireless Ratio Control 38 Isolate the Subject 40 Mixing Light products 42 HVL-F60M 44 HVL-F43AM 46 HVL-F20AM 48 HVL-F20S specialized 50 Macro Photography 52 Ring Light - The more are designed...
... by adding artificial light in both natural and artificial light. Off-camera Flash Effect 32 One Flash, Two Lights 34 One Flash, Three Lights 36 Wireless Ratio Control 38 Isolate the Subject 40 Mixing Light products 42 HVL-F60M 44 HVL-F43AM 46 HVL-F20AM 48 HVL-F20S specialized 50 Macro Photography 52 Ring Light - The more are designed...
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... lighting at a single position to the fact that can be used wirelessly, which allows for even greater creative control. The lower the amount of these can be used as well as adding artificial light with flash photography. This allows us to capture the subject without blur, especially... are not using artificial light Without light, we would not have an on our subject, the longer it is achieved. 08 09 With wireless flash, our camera can use this to capture our photograph. In photography, all examples of dynamic photography is not attached to capture our image ...
... lighting at a single position to the fact that can be used wirelessly, which allows for even greater creative control. The lower the amount of these can be used as well as adding artificial light with flash photography. This allows us to capture the subject without blur, especially... are not using artificial light Without light, we would not have an on our subject, the longer it is achieved. 08 09 With wireless flash, our camera can use this to capture our photograph. In photography, all examples of dynamic photography is not attached to capture our image ...
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...so abundant that exposing for your lens owners manual for High Speed Sync to work or attach an off-camera flash cord •Activating High Speed Sync gives you access to the entire range of shutter speeds that would be ...limited to a shutter speed of 1/160 to 1/4000 sec. In "High-Speed Synchronization" mode (HSS), the flash will emit multi-bursts of light, illuminating each sliver of sensor exposed while high-speed shutters are we were limited to...to a standard setting, it ? •High Speed Sync can fire to illuminate your camera to wireless flash mode for its specifications.
...so abundant that exposing for your lens owners manual for High Speed Sync to work or attach an off-camera flash cord •Activating High Speed Sync gives you access to the entire range of shutter speeds that would be ...limited to a shutter speed of 1/160 to 1/4000 sec. In "High-Speed Synchronization" mode (HSS), the flash will emit multi-bursts of light, illuminating each sliver of sensor exposed while high-speed shutters are we were limited to...to a standard setting, it ? •High Speed Sync can fire to illuminate your camera to wireless flash mode for its specifications.
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... from the side. Although good to highlight detail. F7.1, 1/125 SEC, -0.3 EV, ISO 200 •Wireless: Set the camera and flash setting to move the flash away from . 31 Place the flash within line-of-sight of the camera. Wireless flashes give you more light where there isn't enough, or filling in your subject from different...
... from the side. Although good to highlight detail. F7.1, 1/125 SEC, -0.3 EV, ISO 200 •Wireless: Set the camera and flash setting to move the flash away from . 31 Place the flash within line-of-sight of the camera. Wireless flashes give you more light where there isn't enough, or filling in your subject from different...
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... then it ? Off-camera Setup For an even softer light, we have one reflected (Fill Light). We now have a single wireless flash illuminating a white cloth to create a studio looking shot with harsh shadows. Therefore we moved the position of ingenuity. Commonly used to included stand for adjustable ... reduce the shadows, but the right side of creative possibilities. When you only have a light ratio of the artificial light added to get a 2:1 ratio. 01 Flash HVL-60M for easy wireless positioning. 02 Diffuser White linen tablecloth.
... then it ? Off-camera Setup For an even softer light, we have one reflected (Fill Light). We now have a single wireless flash illuminating a white cloth to create a studio looking shot with harsh shadows. Therefore we moved the position of ingenuity. Commonly used to included stand for adjustable ... reduce the shadows, but the right side of creative possibilities. When you only have a light ratio of the artificial light added to get a 2:1 ratio. 01 Flash HVL-60M for easy wireless positioning. 02 Diffuser White linen tablecloth.
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...able to the subject's face. Each set of flashes. (Refer to set the ratio of the control flash on the camera plus two more than one side of 8 while the left flash was set the Ratio Control in wireless mode (WL). Wireless Ratio Control allows us to Instruction Manual for ...used Wireless Ratio Control from our on our camera. Final Shot In this when you can include more flashes or sets of flashes wirelessly. Instead we achieved the desired result. Here is compared to a ratio of her face but that is it ? Set your wireless flashes. 37 Here, the right flash was...
...able to the subject's face. Each set of flashes. (Refer to set the ratio of the control flash on the camera plus two more than one side of 8 while the left flash was set the Ratio Control in wireless mode (WL). Wireless Ratio Control allows us to Instruction Manual for ...used Wireless Ratio Control from our on our camera. Final Shot In this when you can include more flashes or sets of flashes wirelessly. Instead we achieved the desired result. Here is compared to a ratio of her face but that is it ? Set your wireless flashes. 37 Here, the right flash was...
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...light than the key light, providing detail in time, adding a narrative to add drama and a sense of the shadows cast by placing a wireless flash on the subject. It gives an additional stylistic element that would also illuminate the wall behind a subject at a pool with just a key ...Avoid any and all light sources at the subject would normally be too dark with a white wall 8 feet behind the swimmer. Using a wireless flash is less intense than the ambient light, to isolate the subject and drop out the background. A technique used to effectively minimizing the background...
...light than the key light, providing detail in time, adding a narrative to add drama and a sense of the shadows cast by placing a wireless flash on the subject. It gives an additional stylistic element that would also illuminate the wall behind a subject at a pool with just a key ...Avoid any and all light sources at the subject would normally be too dark with a white wall 8 feet behind the swimmer. Using a wireless flash is less intense than the ambient light, to isolate the subject and drop out the background. A technique used to effectively minimizing the background...
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... and drama in this image, we have a lot of available light. This gives a beautiful background for the night sky. In this situation, a wireless flash helped us capture our subject in an environment with the background we want to increase the light coverage by lighting him from the subject to...DAYLIGHT 40 mixing light A new world of creative photography emerges when we could change the power of each flash or use it? •Set your camera to Wireless Flash Mode •With your Flash in TTL, press the Mode button to display WL •Set the on •A red blinking light...
... and drama in this image, we have a lot of available light. This gives a beautiful background for the night sky. In this situation, a wireless flash helped us capture our subject in an environment with the background we want to increase the light coverage by lighting him from the subject to...DAYLIGHT 40 mixing light A new world of creative photography emerges when we could change the power of each flash or use it? •Set your camera to Wireless Flash Mode •With your Flash in TTL, press the Mode button to display WL •Set the on •A red blinking light...
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...parts 10 Preparations Inserting batteries 19 Attachment and removal of the flash unit 20 Storing this flash unit 23 Turning on the power 24 Changing the flash mode 27 Basics AUTO flash (The basics 30 Using flash in each recording mode of the camera 34 Shooting with illumination... Advanced Operations Test-flash 40 Zoom flash coverage 41 Flash compensation 45 Bounce flash 47 Using the bounce adaptor 52 Close-up photography (downward bounce 54 Manual flash (M 55 High-speed sync (HSS 58 Multiple flash (MULTI 59 Wireless flash mode (WL 63 Connecting camera and flash by cable 84 ...
...parts 10 Preparations Inserting batteries 19 Attachment and removal of the flash unit 20 Storing this flash unit 23 Turning on the power 24 Changing the flash mode 27 Basics AUTO flash (The basics 30 Using flash in each recording mode of the camera 34 Shooting with illumination... Advanced Operations Test-flash 40 Zoom flash coverage 41 Flash compensation 45 Bounce flash 47 Using the bounce adaptor 52 Close-up photography (downward bounce 54 Manual flash (M 55 High-speed sync (HSS 58 Multiple flash (MULTI 59 Wireless flash mode (WL 63 Connecting camera and flash by cable 84 ...
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... is not operated for three minutes while disconnected from a camera or while connected to a camera in order to save power. • During wireless flash photography (page 63), the flash unit changes to power save mode after 60 minutes. • You can change the time until the battery is replaced. 25 GB This screen...
... is not operated for three minutes while disconnected from a camera or while connected to a camera in order to save power. • During wireless flash photography (page 63), the flash unit changes to power save mode after 60 minutes. • You can change the time until the battery is replaced. 25 GB This screen...
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... on the LCD panel. Change the flash range to 28 m for the proper exposure is less than 1.0 m. The flash range for downward bounce; Proper exposure is from 1.0 m to 28 m or more. • The flash range is not shown when using upward flash bounce, with wireless flash, when communication with the camera is ...off, or when an off-camera cable is lit on the LCD monitor of the Flash range. Make sure that can be over-exposed even if...
... on the LCD panel. Change the flash range to 28 m for the proper exposure is less than 1.0 m. The flash range for downward bounce; Proper exposure is from 1.0 m to 28 m or more. • The flash range is not shown when using upward flash bounce, with wireless flash, when communication with the camera is ...off, or when an off-camera cable is lit on the LCD monitor of the Flash range. Make sure that can be over-exposed even if...
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...less than 1.0 m. F4 t 5.6). • The flash range check indication of the TEST button (blinks in green) does not work after a photo is taken with the manual flash. • The flash range is not shown when using upward flash bounce, with wireless flash, when communication with the camera is off, or when... an off at 1/1 then the flash will go off -camera cable is less than 1.0 m, the lower...
...less than 1.0 m. F4 t 5.6). • The flash range check indication of the TEST button (blinks in green) does not work after a photo is taken with the manual flash. • The flash range is not shown when using upward flash bounce, with wireless flash, when communication with the camera is off, or when... an off at 1/1 then the flash will go off -camera cable is less than 1.0 m, the lower...
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Wireless flash mode (WL) This flash unit enables the following wireless flash photography. [A] Wireless flash photography (HVL-F60M: off-camera flash) The camera's built-in flash is the controller (the flash that emits control light) and the HVL-F60M is the off-camera flash (the flash that is away from the camera). [B] Wireless flash photography (HVL-F60M: controller) The HVL-F60M is the controller and another flash is the off-camera flash. [C] Multiple wireless flash photography with...
Wireless flash mode (WL) This flash unit enables the following wireless flash photography. [A] Wireless flash photography (HVL-F60M: off-camera flash) The camera's built-in flash is the controller (the flash that emits control light) and the HVL-F60M is the off-camera flash (the flash that is away from the camera). [B] Wireless flash photography (HVL-F60M: controller) The HVL-F60M is the controller and another flash is the off-camera flash. [C] Multiple wireless flash photography with...
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Distance between camera and subject (see Table 1) Distance between flash and subject (see Table 2) Do not place the flash directly behind the subject Place the camera and flash unit within the gray area in the following diagram. Follow the points below when positioning the camera, flash, and subject. • Photograph in dark locations indoors. • Place the off-camera flash within a 1 m to 5 m (3.3 feet to operate the offcamera flash unit. Wireless Flash Range The wireless flash uses a light signal from the flash as a trigger to 16.4 feet) radius of the subject GB 64
Distance between camera and subject (see Table 1) Distance between flash and subject (see Table 2) Do not place the flash directly behind the subject Place the camera and flash unit within the gray area in the following diagram. Follow the points below when positioning the camera, flash, and subject. • Photograph in dark locations indoors. • Place the off-camera flash within a 1 m to 5 m (3.3 feet to operate the offcamera flash unit. Wireless Flash Range The wireless flash uses a light signal from the flash as a trigger to 16.4 feet) radius of the subject GB 64
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... (Table 1) Distance HVL-F60M - If ISO 400 is used the distances must be multiplied by a factor of two (assume a limit of ISO 100. Units: m • The distances in the above table assume the use of 5 m (16.4 feet)). • The flash range is not displayed on the LCD panel when using wireless flash. subject (Table 2) Other...
... (Table 1) Distance HVL-F60M - If ISO 400 is used the distances must be multiplied by a factor of two (assume a limit of ISO 100. Units: m • The distances in the above table assume the use of 5 m (16.4 feet)). • The flash range is not displayed on the LCD panel when using wireless flash. subject (Table 2) Other...
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.... (If the [WL CTRL] flash mode indicator is shown, change it to [WL RMT] on the MODE screen.) 3 Remove the flash unit from the built-in flash as a signal. [A] Wireless flash photography using the HVL-F60M as the off-camera flash Use only an off-camera flash unit, using the light from the... camera and raise the built-in flash. • Make sure that the flash mode indicator on the LCD...
.... (If the [WL CTRL] flash mode indicator is shown, change it to [WL RMT] on the MODE screen.) 3 Remove the flash unit from the built-in flash as a signal. [A] Wireless flash photography using the HVL-F60M as the off-camera flash Use only an off-camera flash unit, using the light from the... camera and raise the built-in flash. • Make sure that the flash mode indicator on the LCD...
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... Advanced Operations 5 Set up the camera and flash unit. • Set up the camera and flash unit in a dark location, such as a wireless flash, you can set it to the operating instructions of the camera. • When the flash unit is fully charged in the wireless flash mode, the AF illuminator on the front blinks..., and the TEST button is lit in amber. • When using the flash unit as indoors. • See page 64 for details. 6...
... Advanced Operations 5 Set up the camera and flash unit. • Set up the camera and flash unit in a dark location, such as a wireless flash, you can set it to the operating instructions of the camera. • When the flash unit is fully charged in the wireless flash mode, the AF illuminator on the front blinks..., and the TEST button is lit in amber. • When using the flash unit as indoors. • See page 64 for details. 6...
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7 Use test-flash to take the photo. For details, refer to the operation instructions of your camera. • If the test-flash does not work, change the position of the camera, flash, and subject, or point the wireless control-signal receiver towards the camera. 8 Check again that the built-in flash and the flash unit are fully charged, and press the shutter button to check the flash. • During wireless flash photography, the test-flash method differs depending on the camera used. GB 70
7 Use test-flash to take the photo. For details, refer to the operation instructions of your camera. • If the test-flash does not work, change the position of the camera, flash, and subject, or point the wireless control-signal receiver towards the camera. 8 Check again that the built-in flash and the flash unit are fully charged, and press the shutter button to check the flash. • During wireless flash photography, the test-flash method differs depending on the camera used. GB 70
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... to display the dedicated settings screen. • You can also set the flash and camera separately to the operating instructions supplied with your camera. For details, refer to wireless. Advanced Operations Setting wireless flash by flash only Once you have performed the wireless flash setup in step [A], if you continue to use . 1 Press the MODE button to...
... to display the dedicated settings screen. • You can also set the flash and camera separately to the operating instructions supplied with your camera. For details, refer to wireless. Advanced Operations Setting wireless flash by flash only Once you have performed the wireless flash setup in step [A], if you continue to use . 1 Press the MODE button to...
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... until metering is set it to the same channel as the controller. For details on setting the wireless channel, see "MENU settings" (page 88). • When using the flash unit as a wireless flash, you can set to beep when charging is complete and when metering is complete. (Time until ...charging is complete: about 0.1 seconds) For more details, see "Setting the beep function in wireless remote mode [BEEP]" in "MENU settings" (page...
... until metering is set it to the same channel as the controller. For details on setting the wireless channel, see "MENU settings" (page 88). • When using the flash unit as a wireless flash, you can set to beep when charging is complete and when metering is complete. (Time until ...charging is complete: about 0.1 seconds) For more details, see "Setting the beep function in wireless remote mode [BEEP]" in "MENU settings" (page...