What to Consider When Looking for Camera Flashes
Yongnuo flashes are external flashes available as a wireless flash or a shoe-mount accessory. The external shoe mount flash products attach to Sony cameras via the hotshoe mount and can operate without an adapter and with a remote control transmitter. Many of the Yongnuo flashes also have a high-speed, built-in flash trigger for an optimal manual flash experience.
In addition to Sony, Yongnuo creates flash products for Nikon and Canon cameras. Even though it may be possible to use a flash created for Sony with Canon for example, it is good to stick to using the correct equipment with the matching camera brand as mismatching the equipment may render some features unusable.
What Are The Benefits Of Using A Yongnuo Flash?
- Yongnuo Speedlite camera flashes for Sony cameras can soften the look of the shooting subject on DSLR cameras - one of the reasons why these flashes are widely used by Sony camera photographers.
- Additionally, they can reduce red eye and illuminate objects and people that stand further away from the equipment.
- They offer more on-camera control and creativity options for lighting that looks more natural than studio lights.
- Yongnuo brand flash systems can also be adjusted to change the width of the light source for different uses.
How Are Manual and TTL Flash Modes Different?
- Between the camera and the flash, there are four settings that need to be set in order to accomplish the desired light exposure. These settings are the aperture, ISO, distance to the photographed object, and the power of the flash.
- In manual mode the photographer is responsible for adjusting all the camera and flash settings to achieve the desired flash exposure.
- In TTL or auto mode, the equipment controls the flash power output with the photographer still having to adjust the remaining settings as desired.
What Is HSS And How Does It Work?
- HSS stands for high-speed sync and it is also referred to as focal plane sync.
- It makes the flash pulse throughout the entire exposure duration instead of bursting once at the beginning of the shot. With the help of this feature, the flash is able to simulate the effects of continuous lighting.
- Keep in mind that HSS mode requires a lot of extra power and generates a lot of additional heat, which can be taxing on the flash equipment.
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