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Mark Ostrander wrote:I noticed that someone else had gotten a Canon Powershot 630 for Christmas. I just took mine to Limrock Blowing Cave (Jackson Cty, AL) on Saturday to try it out. It was the first time I was using it and the firefly/flash. I took a tripod as well. I got some good pictures, but much remains to be learned.
Of all the pictures that I took, I didn't really get a good one using the firefly and remote flash. I tended to use the purely auto settings on the camera for those attempts. I reviewing the pictures, I didn't really see eveidence of the flash going off, but I know that in real life, it did go off. I am wondering if the camera mode somehow didn't respond to it, or missed it.
Mark Ostrander wrote:Thanks NZcaver, for the pre-flash suggestion. I had forgotten about that. Might be time to consult the dreaded 'manual' to see if there is a way to turn that off.
Mark Ostrander wrote:I will say this about using the camera (Canon Powershot 630) - I loved the swiveling screen. It came in real handy for a number of shots. In pointing up at the high waterfall, I could swivel the LCD screen off to the side and up so it was easy to see from behind. Another image, I had it out at 90 degrees so I could poke the camera in and still see what it was seeing.
NZcaver wrote:Mark Ostrander wrote:Thanks NZcaver, for the pre-flash suggestion. I had forgotten about that. Might be time to consult the dreaded 'manual' to see if there is a way to turn that off.
Happy to help.
I just checked the specs, and unfortunately it seems you can't disable the pre-flash without turning off the flash altogether. Lost of current digital compacts are afflicted with the same handicap. The 630 is a nice looking camera though, similar to my "non-caving" camera - the Canon A540 (which has the same pre-flash issue).
fuzzy-hair-man wrote:I don't know specifics but in listening to some of the photo gurus around here I heard that you can get slave flashes that will understand the cameras pre flash and fire on the second flash. I think this was a setting on the slave flashes, of course this probably makes your slave flashes more expensive
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