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Old 26-07-2009, 09:06 PM
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Re: Hoverfly with ring flash

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Originally Posted by Mike Jackson View Post
I set my camera to manual. Choose an aperture to suit the depth of field I'm after, normally quite a narrow aperture to give a good depth of field and a fst enough shutter speed to stop camera shake, normally 1/125. I then let the Flash work out what intensity to use using ETTL metering. Most stuff comes out slightly under exposed and just needs a slight tweak.
Sounds like good advice. You can certainly get a larger DOF with lighting. One reason I'd like some
OH moved on to macro twin lights as although ring flash works pretty well it tends to make things a little flat.

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