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I have a Canon EOS 350D with a EF-S 15-85 IS USM.
My son had a ten pin bowling party this morning and having had one for his brother earlier in the year I knew I would struggle with the on board flash and very dark environment. So I purchased a Neewer NW-565 E-TTL flash from Amazon which arrived yesterday with a case and diffuser included all for £50.
So I tried to take a few pictures as the kids started arriving and only about 1 in 5 was viewable the rest was as if the flash was out of sync with the camera. I tried diffuser on and off. I tried bouncing of ceiling tiles and direct. I tried automatic and the priority settings. But nothing seemed to improve anything. I then tried manual mode on the flash and got a reasonable picture but the flash then reverted back to TTL. I then had to fight with the flash to set to manual for it to set itself back to TTL some time before and some times after I took another shoot. If it set itself back before no picture if I caught it still in manual at least I could see my subject.
Is there something I am doing wrong.
My son had a ten pin bowling party this morning and having had one for his brother earlier in the year I knew I would struggle with the on board flash and very dark environment. So I purchased a Neewer NW-565 E-TTL flash from Amazon which arrived yesterday with a case and diffuser included all for £50.
So I tried to take a few pictures as the kids started arriving and only about 1 in 5 was viewable the rest was as if the flash was out of sync with the camera. I tried diffuser on and off. I tried bouncing of ceiling tiles and direct. I tried automatic and the priority settings. But nothing seemed to improve anything. I then tried manual mode on the flash and got a reasonable picture but the flash then reverted back to TTL. I then had to fight with the flash to set to manual for it to set itself back to TTL some time before and some times after I took another shoot. If it set itself back before no picture if I caught it still in manual at least I could see my subject.
Is there something I am doing wrong.
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