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Jun 10 2011 11:27am
Kind of stuck here guys.

Im going to a big gala tonight and me and a few of my friends from work are going to be dressed up all fancy (black tie event) to i obviously want to take the opportunity and take some shots.

I unfortunately only have the built in flash, never shot downtown (light leaks + light pollution), and its night time. to top it off im shooting with the 18-55.

Whats the best thing i could do in this case?

Going to be interesting.
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Jun 10 2011 11:29am
Quote (Hanley @ Jun 10 2011 10:27am)
Kind of stuck here guys.

Im going to a big gala tonight and me and a few of my friends from work are going to be dressed up all fancy (black tie event) to i obviously want to take the opportunity and take some shots.

I unfortunately only have the built in flash, never shot downtown (light leaks + light pollution), and its night time. to top it off im shooting with the 18-55.

Whats the best thing i could do in this case?
Going to be interesting.


Don't shoot. NN direct flash yuckiness. I'd teach you how to modify your pop-up flash, but that would mean actual effort :\

This post was edited by onepagememory on Jun 10 2011 11:30am
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Jun 10 2011 11:31am
Quote (onepagememory @ Jun 10 2011 05:29pm)
Don't shoot. NN direct flash yuckiness. I'd teach you how to modify your pop-up flash, but that would mean actual effort :\



no thats exactly why i refuse to use the built in.

?

This post was edited by Hanley on Jun 10 2011 11:32am
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Jun 10 2011 11:34am
Quote (Hanley @ Jun 10 2011 10:31am)
no thats exactly why i refuse to use the built in.

http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/images1/sb-400/bounce-card-DSC_2314.jpg?


Lol my modification is much much less tacky than this piece of shit look.
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Jun 10 2011 12:08pm
Quote (onepagememory @ Jun 10 2011 05:34pm)
Lol my modification is much much less tacky than this piece of shit look.



give me secret of the tradeee thats also using the sb-400 :S which is still much better than built in.
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Jun 10 2011 12:56pm
Quote (Hanley @ Jun 10 2011 12:08pm)
give me secret of the tradeee thats also using the sb-400 :S which is still much better than built in.


you have an sb400?
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Jun 10 2011 01:17pm
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you have an sb400?



nono sorry, was just saying in the picture the guys doing it with an sb400

heard they were a decent little flash though

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