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Camera Dojo: Understanding Light Stops

  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    hi there i have a sony a200 slr and a strobe in a softbox running in wireles mode, i wanted to how to turn the onboard light off and have the strobe only doin the flash work





    and if i go close to the person its takes alovely shot, but only coz the built in flash is closer.

    With me further away and the strobe doin the light work the photo again is very poor,

    i cnt work out how to create shadows u have expland up there
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    oh btw my strobe light is Ba Wang SL-150 Studio Flash
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    Make sure your shutter speed is no faster then 1/200th. Any faster and the camera wont sync with that flash. If you are in manual, aperture priority, or shutter priority modes then the built-in flash wont pop up.
  • darren · 1 year ago
    hi there i have a sony a200 slr and a strobe in a softbox running in wireles mode, i wanted to how to turn the onboard light off and have the strobe only doin the flash work


    and if i go close to the person its takes alovely shot, but only coz the built in flash is closer.
    With me further away and the strobe doin the light work the photo again is very poor,
    i cnt work out how to create shadows u have expland up there
  • darren · 1 year ago
    oh btw my strobe light is Ba Wang SL-150 Studio Flash
  • kgarrison · 1 year ago
    Make sure your shutter speed is no faster then 1/200th. Any faster and the camera wont sync with that flash. If you are in manual, aperture priority, or shutter priority modes then the built-in flash wont pop up.
  • darren · 1 year ago
    hi there erm ive tried wat u siad but the Ba Wang SL-150 Studio Flash strobe wont flash unless the built in slr flash is on, and in order to have it on the flash need to be up.
    im sooo lost lol
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    hi there erm ive tried wat u siad but the Ba Wang SL-150 Studio Flash strobe wont flash unless the built in slr flash is on, and in order to have it on the flash need to be up.

    im sooo lost lol
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    You must be using the optical slave on the Ba Wang, in order to only have the Ba Wang flash go off you need to use the Sync cord that came with it. Do use the PC Sync on a Sony A200 you will need to buy a PC Sync Adapter that will plug into your camera's hot shoe. Your local computer store should be able to hook you up with the right part.
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    oh rite yeh thank you sooo much, i thought that myself and have already ordered the shoe adapter 2days ago so i cnt find out if it works with the cord till it comes, but now uve told me, im over the moon that its gonna work and ive was doin the rite things, again thank you, ill let u no how it goes.



    ps ill let ppl know about this site and put u on my myspace if u want.

    ppl help me then i like to help ppl.
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    oh another question, if i just use the lamp on the Ba Wang on one side of a person. can i still get good quality shadow shots. if so wat aperture and shutter speed would u recommend. or should i just play around with the settings. soz im all new to this, lol
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    and does my slr and the Ba Wang have its own trigger in them coz the Ba Wang strobe works without any other sync cords or triggers when i press the shoot botton on the slr
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    just registering
  • kgarrison · 1 year ago
    You must be using the optical slave on the Ba Wang, in order to only have the Ba Wang flash go off you need to use the Sync cord that came with it. Do use the PC Sync on a Sony A200 you will need to buy a PC Sync Adapter that will plug into your camera's hot shoe. Your local computer store should be able to hook you up with the right part.
  • darren · 1 year ago
    oh rite yeh thank you sooo much, i thought that myself and have already ordered the shoe adapter 2days ago so i cnt find out if it works with the cord till it comes, but now uve told me, im over the moon that its gonna work and ive was doin the rite things, again thank you, ill let u no how it goes.

    ps ill let ppl know about this site and put u on my myspace if u want.
    ppl help me then i like to help ppl.
  • darren · 1 year ago
    oh another question, if i just use the lamp on the Ba Wang on one side of a person. can i still get good quality shadow shots. if so wat aperture and shutter speed would u recommend. or should i just play around with the settings. soz im all new to this, lol
  • darren · 1 year ago
    and does my slr and the Ba Wang have its own trigger in them coz the Ba Wang strobe works without any other sync cords or triggers when i press the shoot botton on the slr
  • DJM Photography · 1 year ago
    just registered. im darren from above
  • Anonymous · 11 months ago
    you started great..then you went down hill....
  • DAVE · 11 months ago
    you started great..then you went down hill....
  • Shari · 8 months ago
    Very nice tutorial! Thank you for making lighting so much clearer!
    Shari