A few weeks back you might remember me tweeting about receiving a Canon Speedlite 580EX II for my birthday! I was completely surprised even though I had been talking about wanting one I didn’t expect my husband to purchase one let alone 3 weeks before my birthday just to make sure I was surprised!
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It is amazing for indoor shooting! Taking pictures of my kids and family inside has always been a challenge. The only way to do it was crank up the ISO all the way to 1600 open up all the way and hope for the best.
The best part about this flash is that it swivels in any direction! So you can bounce the light from the top bottom left or right. I would recommend this flash to anyone!
Check out the size of this monster next to my Canon Xsi and my other flash. I think it weighs as much as the camera itself a solid piece of equipment!
For the past year I have been fighting with the ability to take indoor pictures. I don’t like the flash on the camera so I never use it. First I adjust the aperture then move to the ISO, but once you are opened up all the way and the ISO is cranked to 1600 where do you go?
During pumpkin carving this year I was having a hard time taking pictures of everyone carving pumpkins because of the low light. Now our house isn’t a cave the curtains were all open, but it just wasn’t enough light. I remembered I had an old flash in an old camera bag downstairs that someone had given me about 10 years ago, but never used. It is the Quantaray QB-350A I thought I would give it a try. So I dusted it off pointed the flash at the ceiling and had a moment of “aaaaahhhhh” flash is not bad just the flash on my camera is!
So now the search for an external flash for the camera. Of course Canon Flash Speedlite is where I ended up first, but is that the best? What do you think?
