I headed out the door Sunday morning for our three year old granddaughter's birthday party. I grabbed the Sony a6000 and the HVL-F20M flash as I knew we would be indoors. In my prior post
here, I described how great this little Sony flash works on the a6000.
(I also own the new Nissan i40 flash with its guide number of 40. The i40 aims anywhere I want it, in fact swiveling 180 degrees in either direction, and of course angling from straight ahead to straight up. But on this day, like most days, I wanted to keep things simple and compact. The F20M shines when it comes to simplicity.)
Several product shots:
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| Folding the flash down like this turns it "off" |
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| Flipping the flash up like this turns it "on" |
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| Bounce flash versus direct flash. I almost always use bounce. |
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| Two AAA batteries. |
Below is a sampling of the images of the party girl and her older sister. As always,my goal is to use a flash to get better light and also to get a higher image quality by the fact that a lower ISO can be used. Each photo below was taken with the Sony 50mm lens (e75mm) at F2, 1/80 sec, and auto ISO. In all cases the flash was bounced off the ceiling. The ISO used was 400 to 2,000. The auto ISO required had I not used a flash would have ranged from approximately 800 a 4,000.
Depending on the monitor I think these might need a white balance adjustment. Perhaps a bit warm, but the room was indeed filled with incandescent light.
Now, I'm not saying these are great pictures. They're snapshots, and they seem a bit soft to me. Perhaps F2.8 would have sharpening things up a bit. But I think if I were to have increased the shutter speed, this would have helped, as half the light was ambient light. After all, even when little kids are stationary, they're always moving!
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| Older sister |
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