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I read other online articles and get to know that in order to use flash to freeze movement of subject, we need to have at least 2-stop difference between exposure of subject and ambient....

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I read from many sources that auto external metering of 580EX II will always under expose. Is there a way to correct this using manual external metering?

Let's say if I shoot with ISO...

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I would like to know which is the best metering mode (Evaluative / Center-weighted average) for taking indoor dinner event full of tungsten lights, with 580EX II. Sometimes I found that...

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If my target is not posing for the shot, I know I should set the shutter speed to 1/60 or faster to avoid motion blur. If I shoot indoor using 580EX II, can I set the shutter speed to...

I guess that explained why the blower was unable to blow away the dust.

I held my lens up to a light and looked through it, I saw some fungus like stuff... all over the area... [:(]


I guess I...

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Unfortunately I do not have another lens to test. This is my kit lens, 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS, on my 50D.


I need to find a bright torchlight to check the lens.


Just curious...

Here are 2 photos I taken from Singapore, you can clearly see the spots near the top of the photos (the sky). Anybody can confirm whether those spots are resulted from fungus? Will condensation...

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I recently found out there are some marks on all the photo I'd taken but I could not get rid of them even I had wiped the lens and blow the camera sensors area with a blower. The marks are...

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I saw in various forum that users of EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM use it as walk around lens. I would like to know what is the difference using macro lens with fixed 100mm as walk around...

I'm from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


The place once had world's tallest buildings (Petronas Twin Towers, from 1998 to
2004)

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Thanks for the tips.

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I find that the small thumbnail view of photo I taken when viewing histogram too hard to spot issue like closed eyes, slight movement/blur or not enough depth of field of background. I...

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I wish to take good photo in environment with low ambient light (dinner in hotel ballroom, for instance). I read somewhere that I should use f8 and fast enough shutter speed like 1/60 to...

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Last week, I attached my Speedlite 580EX II to my 50D and trying to take outdoor picture of my wife. The sun light is very bright, thus I want some fill in flash to remove shadow on the...

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I would like to know whether I can still put on my lens cap that comes with my 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 IS lens if I mounted a HOYA HD CPL on it? Filter size is 72mm.

Thanks.

Thank you for all the info. I have further questions:

Can I stack the CPL in front of the UV filter? Will it affect the output if I can do so?

I am trying to find a way to not take off the UV...

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I am planning to get a circular polarizer for my 18-200mm f3.5-5.6 lens. I already mounted a UV filter on it since day 1 and I never take the UV filter off. I wonder what would happen if I...

I had the same result like what you mentioned. A lot of bright area from near area and my subject underexposed at the far end.


If aiming flash directly to distant subject, it would be the same...

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I just bought my 580EX II not long ago. I mounted it to my 50D, with 18-200mm, f3.5-5.6 kit lens. I found that the auto zoom function is not available when I set it to bounced position....

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I just bought a Speedlite 580EX II. When I used it on my 50D, I notice it will emit a sound when auto zoom function is modifying the distance information. When auto zoom is not...

I read from review mentioning that in order to use Auto External ("E") mode of 580EX II, a compatible body must be used. The review stated that Canon 1D Mark III is the first to offer this feature. ...

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I understand that in order to get sharp background objects one has to use f/11 - f/22 to get greater DOF. However, at night, with my kit lens, these settings seem too dark to get...

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Do you know when will successor of Speedlite 580EX II be released? Considering Canon nowadays will release next model of its DSLR every 15 months or so, do you think a new model of...

I guess the working distance will not be very far, most likely within 10 meters. Do you think this distance is still ok for the setup I have in mind?