He, he There are three reasons for using the pop-up flash (IMO): 1) At close range it can be usefull as a main light (very close range) or - more likely - for fill purposes 2) Some people want a pro (D)SLR - just for the prestige value. But they wouldn't want to buy a camera without a built-in flash. That's really why it's there, I think. I have seen it many times - people using a pro (D)SLR just to show off - but owning/using no other flash, than the pop-up flash. They simply use it as a P&S camera. 3) For shooting at night, using some AUTO program, the pop-up flash will enable you to get a rather fast shutter speed. Thus usable (unshaken), although quite dark, shots. Lots of people with small P&S cameras use the built-in flash (low GN) for the same purpose. Even though the light will never reach the subject, using it will ensure a rather fast speed.
Regards Jens Bladt Latest photographs: http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/ http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Toralf Lund Sendt: 2. marts 2007 19:48 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: On other photographers... graywolf wrote: > Remember 99% of the folks out there use an auto cam permanently on "P". > It turns on the flash based upon light level. Neither aesthetics nor > common sense apply. > Probably. What struck me on this particular event, however, was that several people with reasonably "professional" cameras (read: Canon or Nikon DSLRs) also were using the pop-up flashes. - T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/707 - Release Date: 03/01/2007 14:43 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.6/708 - Release Date: 03/02/2007 16:19 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
