Yohan Pamudji
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brainiac,
Look, obviously you're frazzled from all the opposition shown to your "pop-up flash is better for social photography" viewpoint, so giving you that benefit of the doubt let me clarify to hopefully bring the tone down a notch:
- When I say that I don't find much utility in pop-up flashes, I mean that and nothing else. I do not imply that others should be denied the right to use it PER SE, but if it's a feature that is thrown in instead of other features I find useful then I would rather not have it.
- Canon are very price conscious when spec-ing out new designs--you don't have to believe me--and as such they are the type to skimp on one feature to allow for another, not because they can't afford to but because they've decided ahead of time how much margin they want to make and as such can only fit so many features in there. No, a pop-up flash isn't expensive, but neither is weather sealing. So why are neither in the 5D? That's what I'm trying to say: they're really stingy with their features, and if pop-up flash has to go in favor of weather sealing I'm all for it. You're not? That's fine and you're welcome to that preference.
- Please stop the ad hominem attacks on those who oppose your preference for pop-up flash. It doesn't lend your argument any credibility. Saying that those who would rather not have a pop-up flash are just snobs and are only trying to look professional instead of be professional just adds unnecessary venom to a discussion that should never get anywhere near as personal.
- I've shot weddings and social events for pay, and I prefer dedicated flash over pop-up. The look is more in-line with my preference, and as you've acknowledged this is indeed a matter of preference. I don't like the straight-on flash look of pop-up flash because it flattens out features too much for my taste, and with a flash modifier like the Demb Flip-It I can modify the flash enough to soften the shadows while keeping enough definition there to not flatten out features. To date I have never seen a wedding photographer in action using pop-up flash, and I've seen many. That's not to say that it can't be done, but I don't think I'm going out on a limb when I claim that among pros in this field pop-up flash isn't the preferred method. You're welcome to your methods, but just as a statement of fact I believe the majority of the field would disagree with your preference.
And in a last-ditch effort to add a gentler final note to this post in case my tone is seen as too confrontational (not at all my intention, btw), if I were a Nikon shooter I'd have a D700 right now. Although I wouldn't use the pop-up flash very much, I wouldn't at all bemoan the fact that it has one because it also has all the other features I want. Whether or not the 5DII has a pop-up flash will not in any way sway my decision. It's not what unnecessary (to me) features it has that matters; it's what necessary features it has or doesn't have that will tip the balance.
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