www.imageguy.com The second part of my Nikon CLS video series. In this video we shoot a toy car and make lighting adjustments using Nikon’s CLS to control the output of the flash.
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Nikon Creative Lighting System – Basics Part 2
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5684curly
December 16, 2012 at 1:48 pm
Flash and f-stop control exposure as long as ambient light is not bright enough to come into the mix. @ f8-using iso 400 in normal room light, you would get the same exposure using 1|320 or even as slow as 1100.
Piotr Szczepański
December 16, 2012 at 2:11 pm
Hmm by the way.. Was the car moving so fast You needed 1/320 of a second exposure?
@ImageGuyMikey
ImageGuyMikey
December 16, 2012 at 2:52 pm
I wanted to keep the aperture the same to maintain depth of field.
pjos111
December 16, 2012 at 3:40 pm
Why did you alter the flash compensation instead of opening up the aperature a bit?
videomom2010
December 16, 2012 at 4:32 pm
Thank you for making this video. This is much better than trying to figure it out myself. I appreciate your taking time to do this, as it saved me a lot of time.
ImageGuyMikey
December 16, 2012 at 4:54 pm
I used the 50mm f1.8 for the shoot
azskull
December 16, 2012 at 5:52 pm
what lens did you use?
Mauricicio Schneegans
December 16, 2012 at 6:48 pm
you can also use the SU800 commander unit form Nikon to trigger the SB600 I have a Nikon D60 and I use the SU800 commander unit to trigger my SB600
Jez2008UK
December 16, 2012 at 7:30 pm
“Histograms a little closer” , that’s a real good use of 4 words isn’t it !!!!
So is “pretty good here”.
I stand by what I said. This video is useless.
“Thanks for watching” should have said “Thanks for watching me waste 4 minutes of your life”.
BTW, I know all the terms I originally asked about, learnt it elsewhere, shame I got fooled into thinking that a video entitled “CLS basics” should really have been called “CLS in a Video, lets waffle while I fiddle with some dials”.
Jez2008UK
December 16, 2012 at 7:43 pm
You seem like a nice guy, but I have to say I’m disappointed with this video.
You not once ever explained WHY you were doing what you were doing !!!
“I’ll bump it up a bit”, “Press the shutter”, “Histogram’s looking better”…….
This is waffle.
Sorry, but I wanted to know;
1) What was that dish ?? Did you buy it or make it yourself ?? And which way was the flash pointing and why ??
2) What does CLS give you exactly ?? I’m wondering what is so magical about CLS ?? I really don’t know.
Mrbiggerjobs1000
December 16, 2012 at 8:31 pm
Thanks. These are very useful and practical
dementedfish1
December 16, 2012 at 9:17 pm
These vids are great, I learned some good basics about the CLS, thanks.
neodelphi
December 16, 2012 at 9:58 pm
thanks for sharing this is exactly the kind of tutorial i’m looking for, the other guy obviously don’t know how it is in realworld photography. keep em coming mate.
cavjer123
December 16, 2012 at 10:10 pm
don’t listen to him, i found it really useful
ImageGuyMikey
December 16, 2012 at 10:46 pm
Because I can 🙂 Seriously, I switched to Nikon earlier this year and wanted to show some simple things that I learned with the new camera system.
ImageGuyMikey
December 16, 2012 at 11:05 pm
I wanted to show how to control the flash output using Nikon’s CLS with the camera. There is no reason specifically for f/7.1 for this shot. However, there are situations where you want a certain depth of field and adjusting the flash output is the only way to get proper exposure. Thanks for watching.
infernomax
December 16, 2012 at 11:16 pm
Yeah your right, i Just ordered a Vivitar 2700 Thyristor Flash Strobe w/ Slave Trigger off ebay for cheap to get the hang of wireless flash.
ImageGuyMikey
December 16, 2012 at 11:19 pm
I don’t think the SB-600 has commander mode to control the other flash. But I could be wrong. You might need to buy an SB-800 or SB-900 to use as a commander.
infernomax
December 16, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Thanks alot for the tutorial cleared up alot about the CLS. I have a D40 which cant be used as a commanded so i think i am going to Buy 2 SB-600’s would this be an effective plan?
Keep up the great work!