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Today is the first day that I have tried using a flash off camera with an umbrella in order to have my first go at portrait photography, however I ran into a problem I am hoping someone can help me with.
I am using a Canon 30D with a Cactus V2s set. I used the Manual setting of my camera, but found that when taking photos at a shutter speed of 1/250, I was getting a black line (at the bottom of the picture when in landscape orientation). It took up about 1/6 of the image.
From previous reading and messing about when I first got the flash, I understand that it is the shutter not fully open when the flash triggered that is being captured.
I changed my shutter speed to 1/125 and no more black line!
This baffled me as the 30D is supposed to sync at 1/250 and I'm certain it has in the past.
Could the problem have stemmed from the Cactus triggers as they were very hit and miss today - probably due to the doorway between the umbrella / flash combo in the kitchen and me in the dining room with the camera.
Anyway, has anyone else experienced this or got an opinion on the matter?
Thanks,
Marco
I am using a Canon 30D with a Cactus V2s set. I used the Manual setting of my camera, but found that when taking photos at a shutter speed of 1/250, I was getting a black line (at the bottom of the picture when in landscape orientation). It took up about 1/6 of the image.
From previous reading and messing about when I first got the flash, I understand that it is the shutter not fully open when the flash triggered that is being captured.
I changed my shutter speed to 1/125 and no more black line!
This baffled me as the 30D is supposed to sync at 1/250 and I'm certain it has in the past.
Could the problem have stemmed from the Cactus triggers as they were very hit and miss today - probably due to the doorway between the umbrella / flash combo in the kitchen and me in the dining room with the camera.
Anyway, has anyone else experienced this or got an opinion on the matter?
Thanks,
Marco