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cordellwillis wrote:
First question I have is why would you "like to use it"? A flash like all the other tools are for a purpose. What purpose are you going for in your attempt to use flash? Some folks *need* flash to help the exposure. Others want flash for creative purposes. Is the question posted so you can experiment with flash? If that is the case please be sure to read my last paragraph.
Secondly, your questions are extremely general in nature and the opinions you will receive are users preferences (Program, Aperture, etc). Though I will say *I* mostly use my 7D (or any camera for that matter) in manual mode with or without flash. As for the flash *I* use it/them in TTL and Manual mode depending on the situations. Again, your questions are general.
Regarding the one shot stuff you heard....why? Maybe someone can enlighten me One shot should not have anything to do with the flash unless that person is machine gunning the camera and has the flash set at full power. That does nothing but runs down batteries and captures mostly crappy images. Again, if there is some magic to that theory I'd like to know it too
Bottom line, from reading your questions it seems that you need more than what can be answered here. A good book on how to use to use your 7D (specifically the section on flash), AND a book on flash/exposure.
Place the flash on the camera, set your flash to ETTL (is that the only option?), set the camera to [P] mode and give it a try. Next change the camera to [M] and give it a try with various settings. See what you like and dislike in the results. Keep going at it.
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Cordell, first of all, thanks for the response. I rarely use flash for the pics that I take. If and when I use flash, it has been the in camera flash. I shoot mostly wildlife and indoor basketball games (for a local College, no need for flash). This weekend, I will be taking pics of the graduating players and their parents (who plan to use the pics on some sort of a plaque to be presented on Senior night). I would like to use the flash to eliminate shadows and the like. BTW, I do this voluntary and am not a pro...just a great retirement hobby. The reason I asked the question is that the other day, I took some test shots using the 430EX, had it set to ETTL, ISO was set at 640. AV at 2.8, used the P mode and Tv at 1/80s. The first pic in each set I took was almost completely white, but you could barely make out the features. The subsequent shots did seem to turn out correctly. But this happened for each test that I took. Forgot to mention, but I did take the pics using the one-shot setting.
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