The work and creativity of a photographer is unthinkable without a quality flash, regardless of whether photography is your profession or your favorite hobby. If you want to take photography seriously and use a professional camera, you will need to find a flash that is good and suitable for your purposes. Photographic shops offer a huge selection of different flashes, and in this article we will talk about the criteria and characteristics that you need to pay attention to when choosing a flash unit.
Instructions
Step 1
When choosing a flash, pay attention to its guide number, or in other words, maximum power. The guide number is the distance at which you can get a high-quality and correct shot with an aperture of 1 and a sensitivity of 100.
Step 2
Also pay attention to TTL - a parameter that affects the determination of flash output depending on the exposure of the frame. Another important flash parameter is the presence of an automatic zoom in it, which allows you to change the distance to the subject without losing focus and giving better quality light.
Step 3
If flash performance is important to you, for example, if you are doing reportage photography, get a flash with a high battery recharge rate.
Step 4
Also, some flash units have an exposure control function in different shooting modes, and some flash units have a tilting light head.
Step 5
The swivel head allows you to direct the light beam from the flash up, to the side or towards the diffuser, which gives different lighting effects in the photo.
Step 6
When buying a flash, in addition to selecting the above parameters, focus on your own financial capabilities. Flash units can be budget, semi-professional and professional, and differ accordingly in price and characteristics.
Step 7
Cheap flashes are not recommended for purchase due to the small number of convenient features - for example, such flashes do not have a rotating head, which means that they do not differ from built-in flashes in anything other than light output.
Step 8
A better option, suitable for a limited budget, is a semi-professional flash. Such a flash will suit you if you are not engaged in complex professional photography as a profession and art form, but want to receive high quality shots from memorable events and interesting places.
Step 9
If your goal is to shoot reports, work in difficult conditions and make money with photography - get a professional flash with high power and a minimum recharge period. If you specialize in macro style photography, you need a close-focal macro flash.
