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Though I have my kit and I use it as well as I know, I find myself really lacking in basic general knowledge.

Where can I find a suitable tutorial to learn the general standard stuff like

Whats E TTL
TTL
when and when not to use remote triggers
Dragging the shutter

and so on.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Regards
 
I would think the strobist site was a pretty good place for all that http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03/lighting-101.html

You need remote triggers, eg radio, to fire remote flash guns wirelessly if you're out of range of the built-in E-TTL infrared triggering system, or if you don't have E-TTL, or want to shoot on full manual, or want to mix different kinds of flash together.

Dragging the shutter is slang for slow-speed sync, when you run the shutter speed below the normal x-sync speed in order to balance the ambient light with the flash, or maybe some other creative effect.

It's also commonly assocatiated with second-curtain sync (usually incorrectly). Second or rear-curtain is used when it is important for the flash to fire at the end of the exposure, rather than at the beginning which is normally better. It's used with moving subjects when the direction of movement is important.

Everything you ever wanted to know about Canon's E-TTL flash, and probably quite a lot more, here http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/
 
:plusone: for strobist site above....

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I looked at the above books in store and this one which is new for 2010 is absolutely amazing. I read all 400 pages in two days, I couldn't put it down.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-C...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276588010&sr=1-1

I learnt so much about my Canon Flash, links to websites are great but I find it so much easier to have a reference book rather than web bookmarks :) It's written by the same guy as Hoppys link but I'm not the kind of person to sit reading masses from a webpage and the illustrations in the book are much better.

It covers the basics right through to advance techniques with multiple speedlites and then studio equipment if you wanted to go that deep.

It was quite interesting because Hoppy had recently given me some fill flash tips in backlight using HSS and it was all in the book explaining exactly how and why that works.

Next time your in your bookstore just pick it up and have a flick through it's excellent.

Everything the OP has requested is in this book.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I looked at the above books in store and this one which is new for 2010 is absolutely amazing. I read all 400 pages in two days, I couldn't put it down.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-C...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1276588010&sr=1-1

I learnt so much about my Canon Flash, links to websites are great but I find it so much easier to have a reference book rather than web bookmarks :) It's written by the gsame guy as Hoppys link but I'm not the kind of person to sit reading masses from a webpage and the illustrations in the book are much better.

It covers the basics right through to advance techniques with multiple speedlites and then studio equipment if you wanted to go that deep.

It was quite interesting because Hoppy had recently given me some fill flash tips in backlight using HSS and it was all in the book explaining exactly how and why that works.

Next time your in your bookstore just pick it up and have a flick through it's excellent.

Everything the OP has requested is in this book.
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That's great Danny! :)

The author told me about that book (we'd been in touch over some stuff) and I had forgotten to buy it. Sounds excellent. I've just ordered it now.

I'll email him a link to this thread - he'll be chuffed :D

Cheers :)
 
HoppyUK said:
That's great Danny! :)

The author told me about that book (we'd been in touch over some stuff) and I had forgotten to buy it. Sounds excellent. I've just ordered it now.

I'll email him a link to this thread - he'll be chuffed :D

Cheers :)
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I was going to write a review for the review section about the book when I'm off work and include a couple of pictures of the book layout to show just how fantastic a read it is.

Truely a joy to read from start to finish, especially for a novice like myself. It's made me hungry to try off camera flash with multiple speedlites where I would never ever had considered doing anything but a bit of bounce.

The studio flash equipment and settings went over my head as you would expect being a relative new comer to anything but a speedlite on camera, but that was only about 70 pages from 400 odd. Even section 7 IIRC which is the technical side which he warns may get a bit deep is so well written I got it as I read it. Of course having the book I can keep refering back.

A brilliant read, one I would rate higher than Petersons book on exposure for making things click in my tiny brain :D

Very interested to see if you agree Hoppy when you have had a read. Pass on my thanks to the author :)
 
dannyjo22 said:
I was going to write a review for the review section about the book when I'm off work and include a couple of pictures of the book layout to show just how fantastic a read it is.

Truely a joy to read from start to finish, especially for a novice like myself. It's made me hungry to try off camera flash with multiple speedlites where I would never ever had considered doing anything but a bit of bounce.

The studio flash equipment and settings went over my head as you would expect being a relative new comer to anything but a speedlite on camera, but that was only about 70 pages from 400 odd. Even section 7 IIRC which is the technical side which he warns may get a bit deep is so well written I got it as I read it. Of course having the book I can keep refering back.

A brilliant read, one I would rate higher than Petersons book on exposure for making things click in my tiny brain :D

Very interested to see if you agree Hoppy when you have had a read. Pass on my thanks to the author :)
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I'm sure he will read them here :)

That's a great review, very helpful. I kind of thought it was more an illustrated version of this website, which is pretty heavy technical stuff, but the fact that you say it is good for beginners is very good news :thumbs:
 
Good stuff I look forward to hearing what you guys think as well. What I liked most was I read Petersons book and he pretty much hates using flash outside, he encourages against it. This showed methods to challenge that view and I really like hearing both sides of a well thought out argument/debate.

It never hurts to learn alternate skills as well :)
 
wow thanks alot Danny. Seems to be the book I wanted. Wish I had started this thread earlier as tried to do it my way and bought me the wrong book off amazon :razz:
 
I recommend Neil van Niekerk's book (which is paired with the Canon flash one on Amazon when I click the book Danny links above). I think Neil's website is better than his book, but the book is still useful. He is a big advocate of on-camera but bounced flash which I find works well too.
 
dannyjo22 said:
I was going to write a review for the review section about the book when I'm off work and include a couple of pictures of the book layout to show just how fantastic a read it is.

Truely a joy to read from start to finish, especially for a novice like myself. It's made me hungry to try off camera flash with multiple speedlites where I would never ever had considered doing anything but a bit of bounce.

The studio flash equipment and settings went over my head as you would expect being a relative new comer to anything but a speedlite on camera, but that was only about 70 pages from 400 odd. Even section 7 IIRC which is the technical side which he warns may get a bit deep is so well written I got it as I read it. Of course having the book I can keep refering back.

A brilliant read, one I would rate higher than Petersons book on exposure for making things click in my tiny brain :D

Very interested to see if you agree Hoppy when you have had a read. Pass on my thanks to the author :)
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Got NK Guy's book today. Just spent the last few hours reading it.

It's excellent, very good indeed. Pretty much essential reading for anyone serious about Canon flash. They are complicated little buggers but can do so much once you get your head around them.

It explains all the gear, what it does, how it works, plus stuff on diffusers and attachments, and a basic lighting guide. Clearly written, well illustrated, and it's bang up to date on everything :)

Highly recommended :thumbs:
 
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