80 Nikon Know-How Learn all about how to use your camera’s flash
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86 Ask Matthew Techie troubles? Sounds like a job for Uncle Matthew…
NIKON KNOW-HOW
How flash works
Your camera’s flash is more than just an emergency light source. Here’s how it works
There is a time and a place for flash. It will often kill the atmosphere at a party, but there are other times when it’s the essential ingredient for a successful shot. The secret to success is to use the built-in flash on some Nikon cameras with caution. The key to getting good results is often a matter of exposure, ensuring you use settings that make the flash look as natural as possible.
Using flash complicates the usual problems of exposure. You not only have to choose the shutter speed, aperture and ISO to suit the scene, you have to add the flash power into the exposure equation too.
FLASH FACTS
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