Slow Sync Flash by Russ Burden
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Slow sync photography allows you to use a long shutter speed, then pop the flash in order to get a sharp subject and a blurred background ...
Slow Sync
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Slow sync flash outdoors at sunset captured gulls in mid flight with interesting effects.
Slow Sync Flash mode
Using a DSLR flash in manual mode
Learn how to use the built-in flash in manual mode on a digital single lens reflex cameras such as the Canon Rebels.
Slow Sync - a method of using a flash at slow shutter speeds
Soft Lighting - low contrast lighting
Underexposure - when not enough light reaches the sensor making the picture too dark ...
Slow Sync Mode - This mode forces the shutter to stay open for a longer period of time firing the flash just as the shutter is about to close.
Slow Sync
At night and in low light you get a much more attractive picture balanced with flash lit foreground subjects.
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Slow Sync A technique for using flash with slow shutter speeds. The flash exposure is the same regardless of the synchronized speed chosen, but the choice of shutter speed will effect the ambient exposure. SLR A single lens reflex camera.
Slow Sync
A flash technique for using the flash at a slow shutter speed. Flash shooting in dim light or at night at a fast shutter speed often results in a flash-illuminated subject against a dark background.
Slow Sync - A special mode in digicams that opens the shutter for a longer than normal period and fires the flash just before it closes. Used for illuminating a foreground subject yet allowing a darker background to also be rendered.
Slow Synchronization
Photography technique where the shutter speed is set to a slower speed and the shutter is kept open for a while after the flash has gone off.
Try Slow Sync Flash
Another limitation with in built flash units is that they can produce quite harsh results that mean any other ambient light in a scene is lost.
Slow Sync
Also called Night Scene or Night Portrait, it opens the shutter longer than normal, then fires the flash, thus lighting the foreground by flash but also correctly exposing the background.
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c) Slow Sync. More illuminated backgrounds under the test conditions. Perhaps useful if more surrounding light is available and there is an interest in showing those backgrounds.
Sometimes slow sync is a desirable effect, since it can add a sense of dynamic motion to a photo. However, it can also tend to look like a blurry mess. If you want to freeze motion with your flash unit you should set a faster shutter speed.
Auto, On, Off, Slow sync, Red-eye reduction, Forced Flash, Suppressed Flash
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Most cameras will have an Auto mode and there are usually several other modes including, Red eye reduction, Off, On, Slow sync.Most SLRs and some compacts have the option of attaching an external flash on an accessory shoe.
The S52 also comes with six pre-programmed flash modes (slow sync, red eye reduction, red eye reduction with slow sync, flash cancel/flash off, auto, auto with red eye reduction, and anytime flash modes) which make taking perfect exposed pictures ...
Flash Auto, red-eye suppression, force flash, slow synchro, flash off, Throw distance: approximately 0.2 to 3 meters
Focus Autofocus, manual focus, snap, infinity (AF supplemental light also available) ...
look, in which the passage of time and motion through time are shown in ways hinted at by modern physics but rarely seen by the eye. Slow shutter speeds also come in very handy when shooting with flash, as it allows for techniques such as slow sync ...
Auto, Fill, Red Eye Red. Off, Slow Sync in Image mode
Burst mode
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While some cameras default to a 1/60th or higher shutter speed, others allow you to set a slower shutter speed (often called "slow sync").
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SLR - "Single Lens Reflex."
snoot - a tube or cone attached to a lamp or flash unit to restrict the light, producing a spotlighting effect.
soft box - a diffuser built around the bulb of a photographic lamp, used to soften the light.
That's why you're familiar with the other flash modes available on most mid-level and higher point-and-shoots: fill flash (or flash on), night scene (or slow sync flash), flash cancel (or flash off).
On forces the flash to fire as a fill-in for daylight pictures that have harsh shadows or to illuminate a close subject in a night scene. Slow sync fires flash and records the ambient exposure, ...
Slow synch or fill-in mode is the most versatile. The camera will choose a shutter speed for the ambient light plus a small dose of flash to lighten the foreground.
 See also: Slow, Flash, Camera, Light, Image
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