Re: Built-in flash in P&S digital and DSLR cameras

In rec.photo.digital Ron Hunter <rphunter@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> aniramca@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> Ok, to begin with, larger cameras can mount larger flash tubes, and have

> space for more battery power to keep them fla****ng.  Smaller cameras 
> just don't have the space, or battery power to accommodate the larger 
> flash mechanisms.
> Some cameras do control the brightness of the flash, usually in concert 
> with the light metering, and the focusing system.  Others don't.  Look 
> for that information in the specs.
> P&S cameras aren't designed to take flash pictures in large areas, so 
> they don't manage well in this application.  It is just a matter of 
> limitations of size, weight, and battery power imposed by their size. 
> If you routinely take pictures in such situations, then a P&S camera is 
> probably not for you.

I happily used a P&S with a silly little flash to take good flash
photos by using two big external programmable flashes triggered
optically, often with the tiny flash bounced away from the subject.

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