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Do Pentax users prefer flash or LEDs?

Started Oct 10, 2020 | Discussions thread
TBLF Senior Member • Posts: 1,390
Re: Do Pentax users prefer flash or LEDs?
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I still like silver or gold reflectors when appropriate, or white board. Otherwise if I'm forced to use flash, for indoor work I've got an umbrella with modeling light and built in flash that i can go through or bounce along with a bar mounted af360 on camera, along wirh 3 2ft x 3ft soft boxes. I find myself leaning towards the 3 softboxes more than the flash type config anymore. Real time preview and tuning for what the softbox gives is a delight and no anticipation blinks when doing portraits.  The obvious downside is setup time and needing ac cords. Still, I really like the softboxes best. I even use them on 3 sides of a photo tent for product shots and its just perfect. I can even use my cell phone for photo tent work with that setup and the results are fine for web posting.

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