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Do Pentax users prefer flash or LEDs?

Started Oct 10, 2020 | Discussions thread
Zvonimir Tosic
Zvonimir Tosic Veteran Member • Posts: 3,234
Flash has more uses
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Barry Pearson wrote:

I'm old-school. I used to use flash when necessary for lighting purposes.
Both in a studio, and for (say) macro-work, etc.

Now I'm experimenting with LEDs instead. At least for macro-work.

What do others here use when natural light isn't enough?

The first image shows a modular system . Each unit fits into a shoes and has a further three shoes. The shoes are for support, not control. Each unit is independently switched and dimmable.

LEDs look convenient, but are very limiting too. It can't provide enough of sensor saturation, merely a tiny bit of light on a very small or isolated area in certain lighting conditions.

Flash can do that, and more; it is more portable, can be used in all conditions, from full sun in the desert to pitch dark in the cave, has purposes in photography that LED can't deal with, like freezing of super fast action, multi flash action, subject isolation, shadow control, shadow elimination, sculpting with light, bouncing of light, colouring of light, etc.

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