If what you're saying were true, fill flash (which is "fighting" half ambient light, half flash) using AWB simply wouldn't work. Are you basing your comments on actual experience using the 70D? I haven't experienced any inconsistent results with window light plus room incandescent lighting, for example.
Right, and I had two other Canon bodies as well (5D & 60D), and I'm telling you that the 70D's AWB is in a whole other league. Maybe something will mess it up, but I haven't found that situation yet.
raw doesn't solve two light sources indoors. Your colors will never be right. You need to gel your flash ( eg cto )
Actually it can, if you really need to freeze motion using flash can accomplish this in ways that cameras on their own have difficulty with*. IGBT flashes for instance can produce pulses of light exceeding 1/50,000th of a second at low power settings. Studio monobloc heads at 1:1 power can produce pulses with durations as short as 1/20,000th. HSS is a poor substitute, as it spreads the illumination from the flash tube by firing multiple low power pulses for a set duration rather than firing a single short pulse - this is why you lose so much power by using it, because it in effect your flash becomes a short duration continuous light. Hence the issues with motion ghosting, uneven scene illumination and the reduced power is a hindrance if you want to use larger light modifiers with HSS flash.
my bad
the 270 ex II seems like an outdoor accessory for a camera that doesn't come with a flash - though I could maybe use my odins with one
on price and features, michael's yo.. suggestion seems like best soln
But once you gel your flash correctly, you only have a single light color, so that doesn't apply. With raw and light sources of multiple colors, you can at least make sure that the white balance for the key subject is right - if you really want to take it to extremes, you can even create multiple images from the same raw file, each corrected for a different light source in post processing and then combine the images. But that it difficult.
single light color k is what you want - by geling flash. Raw can deal with single k
Another reason i love my Odins where I can HS sync 1/8000 with power in ETTL to wipe out the sun if needed with perfect exposure
I use both canon flashes and yongnuo, and the yongnuo is every bit as good as the canon, at a third of the cost. What you want is a flash with ettl and hss. Yongnuo provides this. Just buy it!!
you're seeing the light, go for it.
Great for tight quarters, just rotate your flash and bounce off of side wall or ceiling with a little bounce forward with DIY fun foam diffuser - better bounce card - Google it
agree, but I like the big one which is not cheap - $100
