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Old 04-10-09, 11:02 AM
NickHopkins NickHopkins is offline
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How much difference should a flash make?

Hi guys,

Hi guys,

Simple question I think!

I picked up a fairly simple ring-flash on the cheap (maybe that’s where my problem resides!) with the intention of using it for macro photography when the light isn’t too great, I find I have real difficulty getting light into the camera when I make the aperture smaller, so I though for those dull days when I still wanna get out into the garden, this ring flash might be a relatively inexpensive way of helping things along.

Anyway, I don't know if it's my expectations, not set up properly, or the flash itself, but I'm finding if I put the camera into aperture select, as is the way I like to shoot, frame the shot, and take a note of the shutter speed, then turn the flash on, the shutter speed in the viewfinder doesn't seem to increase. My understanding was rthe camera would take into account the extra light and meter accordingly?

Am I doing something wrong, or my understanding just wrong?

Am using a D300 and this flash:

http://www.warehouseexpress.com/buy-...nikon/p1026072

Thanks
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