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Using LED ring lights (not flash) for macro insects

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jim mij Senior Member • Posts: 1,027
Re: Flash speed, not shutter speed
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Joseph S Wisniewski wrote:

Antique Eruption wrote:

jim mij wrote:

Antique Eruption wrote:

jim mij wrote:

Like you I was worried about flash and bought a led ring, after a short while I succumbed and bought a flash, macro results have never been better, and flash is very easy to setup

try camera and flash on manual, f8, 1/160, iso 100, take a pic and increase/decrease flash power till your happy

there are lots of you tubes on it, try micael widell

With the best will in the world, not the answer I wanted to hear 😂. But you've been there and I need to accept that. Thank you.

Watch this, twenty mins is better than spending any money or making any decisions

https://youtu.be/YTl9-VWe1xg

I'll do that, thanks. One thing I've never grasped with flash is the relatively low shutter speeds. If I'm extended to 1:1, I thought I'd have to increase shutter speed to counteract blur from my own movement. 1/160 sounds slow, particularly for moving crittters (or even static but moving limbs, etc.).

If you're at a low ISO and an aperture of say f/8 or f/11 there's not much exposure from the 1/160 sec of ambient light. The flash duration is much faster, like 1/2,000 sec at 1/4 power. Flashes freeze motion: they're an essential part of high speed photography.

+ 1 of flash "freezing" movement (and shake), i just wish i'd bought a flash gun years and years ago

I was trying to get something small / second hand but they sent me a m43 instead of a canon one, i eventually bought a small godox 350

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