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X-T2 & EF-X8 flash for party in medium low light b/day party with 18-55

Started 2 weeks ago | Questions thread
Paulmorgan Veteran Member • Posts: 9,497
Re: X-T2 & EF-X8 flash for party in medium low light b/day party with 18-55

LDJS Photography wrote:

I've been playing around with it and as far as I can tell it seems to know to work pretty well if you set 1/250 - the hss speed on the X-T2 - auto ISO and whatever F number you need

I tried using it in manual and non auto ISO etc but it seemed of little value or turned out actually worse than the above....

It seems it's designed best for just simple use - 'set and forget' - as in the 1st paragraph?

Doing a friend's 50th in a church hall and sold all my fast primes so....

HSS and auto ISO ?

Think you will be better off using a fixed ISO and slower shutter speed (flash is pretty good at freezing movement) unless you want to carry a pocket full of camera batteries.

Better still, get something you can use of camera for a good play.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-geS1_5nDhw&ab_channel=EricFloberg

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