Showing posts with label strobes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label strobes. Show all posts

Saturday, 8 March 2008

Digital Camera Questions

Digital Camera Questions

By Ikelite

Many of the digital cameras require the strobe setting to be in a special position with just the 'lightning bolt' symbol showing in the window to activate the flash consistently. 'Auto Flash' settings may leave the camera to decide if the light level is low enough to require flash, resulting in no fill flash in your pictures. Read the camera instruction manual for correct information pertaining to your camera. This special position may be referred to as 'Internal Flash Active', 'Flash On', 'Forced' or 'Fill Flash' in the instructions."

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Sunday, 12 August 2007

Digital Strobe Definitions

Digital Strobe Definitions

By Ikelite

The amount of light is changed by controlling the flash duration, and this is usually referred to as the intensity. The flash tube takes time to reach maximum output, and then its light diminishes. Stopping anywhere in this time period is how the amount of light is controlled.

Duplicating the time duration of a pre-flash may not produce the same amount of light because different strobes takes different times to reach their peak intensity. The exposure of many digital cameras is dictated by measuring the pre-flash, so its intensity is important."

Digital Strobe Definitions

Thursday, 2 August 2007

SubStrobe DS-125 Intensity

SubStrobe DS-125 Intensity

By Ikelite

Our first big strobes 25 years ago were embraced by professional underwater photographers; but they teased us that the light was 'tinny' looking, so we embarked on developing a reflector coating to soften and warm the light. The result was a special soft-lite reflector that produces softer, warmer, and more natural colors. The effect is like the soft lighting of a surface photographer aiming the strobe into a light umbrella."

SubStrobe DS-125 Intensity