On Fri, 26 Jan 2001, Jay D. Washington wrote:
>
> I have had good success using an umbrella on a light stand with a 550EX. My
> other 550 is on the camera, usually with the on camera's flash set to off.
> I get much softer lighting with this than with any of my lumiquest softbox
> or pocket bouncers. There is no way an on flash portable softbox like the
> lumiquest can compete with a 42 inch umbrella for soft wrap around lighting.
> For fill, I usually us a large reflector placed opposite the flash/umbrella.
> The on camera flash just isn't positioned right to provide good fill for the
> shots I've tried so far. For positioning of the umbrella, I put it real
> close, just out of the viewfinder, so aim doesn't have to be exact.
>
> Cheers, JD
This is more or less the first step that I'd like to take. Adding the
420EX + one umbrella and some cheap reflectors. Actually I wasn't that
concerned about aiming the flash with the umbrella, but as I will not have
many lights, the positioning of the reflectors is what I'm more concerned
with. Maybe it's not that hard when I try it.
The master flash on the camera... yes, it seems like the wrong place. But
then again, my choices are to buy the ST-E2 or the 420EX. Either way I can
position one flash off camera, but the 420EX + 550EX will give me the
option of using the on camera flash also. So... (I still haven't figured
any reason to get the ST-E2...)
Thanks for all the info. It's nice to hear that these things work.
Best regards,
Hugo.
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