SB-900 if you do a lot of bouncing on walls and ceilings, SB-700's power is not enough.
Is SB-700 that weak? I bounce off 5 metre high ceiling it still looks ok leh. Unless u need to shoot multiple shots...
cjyong said:Usually I will be using a diffuser for direct, if not just a bounce card attached to my flash.
The sb700 comes included with built-in bounce card and diffuser (stofen type) as well.
To be honest, in such high ceilings ballroom, even give you double the power of sb900 also not enough.
Just put on the stofen diffuser and all should be fine. I find sb700 sufficient.
In such events where there is high ceiling, how do you tilt the flash head?
Do you point the flash head straight up? Tilt forward abit?
I am guessing you dont do direct flash with diffuser right?
there won't be a fix answer for this, depends on What kind of Subject you are shooting? How Far away you are from your subject? What Type/color of ceiling you are dealing with? What kind of ambient light the site have? What ISO you are shooting with? What kind of effect you want to give? How much battery juice you can spare?In such events where there is high ceiling, how do you tilt the flash head?
Do you point the flash head straight up? Tilt forward abit?
I am guessing you dont do direct flash with diffuser right?
there won't be a fix answer for this, depends on What kind of Subject you are shooting? How Far away you are from your subject? What Type/color of ceiling you are dealing with? What kind of ambient light the site have? What ISO you are shooting with? What kind of effect you want to give? How much battery juice you can spare?
you need to meter and exposure for the ambient light, at the same time the flash will act as main light, most of the time manual exposure mode on camera and manual mode on flash will work better as you can lock down all the settings.Say for example, if Im doing general portrait/half body shots on the streets in the night. The person (subject) is approximately 2m from me.
I want to expose my subject and at the same time get some ambient light at the background. What are things that I should keep in mind?
I tried pointing the flash head up with diffuser and the in built bounce card, I tried a smaller aperture, I tried a slower shutter speed, results are all far from ideal..
Is SB-700 sufficient for wedding and event shoots? Do I need the SB-900?
cheers.
wuminlee said:if you not sure, then get SB900.
to have is better than don't have when needed.
cjyong said:Is SB-700 sufficient for wedding and event shoots? Do I need the SB-900?
cheers.