Review Digital Camera World 03-18-2014

Digital Camera World

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How to buy a flashgun: the most important features every photographer should have Mar 18th 2014, 00:01, by jmeyer A full-sized flashgun delivers the potential for versatile lighting techniques in wide-ranging conditions. In this quick buyer’s guide we’ll explain how to buy a flashgun by revealing some of the most important features every photographer will want to have. Too many flashguns never see the light of day. They're stashed away, only brought out after dark or for shooting in gloomy interiors. It's a waste, because flashguns have lots to offer in sunny conditions, where they can banish harsh shadows. This is particularly true in fairly close-range portraiture, as a flash puts an end to unsightly shadows. Trying to manually balance flash with ambient lighting to give natural-looking images often involves trial, error and wasted time. SEE MORE: 8 flash photography mistakes every photographer makes (and how to avoid them) Dedicated flashguns come to the rescue with iTTL (intelligent Through The Lens) flash metering. Pre-flash pulses are fired and then processed in the camera's metering system, enabling accurate, automatic flash exposures in the blink of an eye. Some flashguns go further, supporting features like Nikon's TTL-BL (Balanced Light) mode. This puts greater emphasis on ambient light levels, and seeks to give an even better balance between available light and flash. PAGE 1: How to buy a flashgun PAGE 2: Flashgun features every photographer should have PAGE 3: The benefits of wireless flash PAGE 4: 10 things to look for when buying a flashgun READ MORE 77 photography techniques, tips and tricks for taking pictures of anything Flash compensation: how to get perfectly balanced exposures Flash photography basics: every common question answered The easy way to set up off-camera flash for perfectly lit shots Flash portraits: creative off-camera lighting techniques you have to try Olympus Live Bulb: take unprecedented control over long exposures (Sponsored) Mar 17th 2014, 12:01, by jmeyer Many photographers are familiar with the Bulb mode setting. This classic manual control gives photographers the flexibility to keep the camera’s shutter open as long as they wish when shooting in extreme low light. But shooting in Bulb mode has always required a bit of guesswork. Not any more. Olympus has taken the guesswork out of long exposures with its innovative new Live Bulb feature – exclusive to Olympus and found on cameras like the OM-D E-M5 and E-M10. Live Bulb mode allows you to see a series of previews of your long exposure while you are still holding the shutter open with your remote release. What’s more, you can set the frequency of these previews to appear from every .5sec up to every 60secs. In Live Bulb mode the shutter stays open as long as your finger is on the shutter button, but in Live Time mode the first press opens it while a second closes it. Find out in the video below how you, too, can take unprecedented control over your long exposures using Olympus’s Live Bulb and Live Time modes. READ MORE Night photography – how to set up your camera to shoot anything What is bulb mode? How to get pro-quality shots in low light Night sky photography: pro secrets for stunning moonlight landscapes 12 common errors of night photography (and how to solve them) Night photography tips: 9 essential steps for beginners

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