- When would you use external flash? When casting light into a far distance or ensuring sufficient coverage when shooting with an ultra-wide-angle length.
- Do you need to meter the light if you use flash? If you are shooting manual flash in the studio, you will find it best to use a handheld light meter.
- What does flash synchronization mean? flash synchronization or flash sync is the synchronizing the firing of a photographic flash with the opening of the shutter admitting light to photographic film or electronic image sensor.
- What does ETTL mean? Evaluative through-the-lens
- What will happen when you shoot faster than the camera sync speed? Black bands are the result of your shutter curtain blocking a part of the image during the exposure. This is what happens when you use shutter speeds higher than the sync speed.
- Why do photographers bounce the flash and use a diffuser? Bounce flash diffusers provide a different approach to softening the light.
- What is a slave? A mode that instructs a flash unit to monitor incoming light, and fire when it senses the light produced by another flash unit firing.
- What should you do if your image comes out too dark or too light? Change the exposure.