Flash for Underwater Macro
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Flash for Underwater Macro

U/W Photo Course

Learn u/w photography the easy way!

Any flash with an angle of coverage approximating a 28mm lens can be used for macroPhotography of smaller subjects shot (between 1:1 and 1:3) on macro settings or with macro equipment photography. Smaller units are better suited to poking in holes and confined spaces where macro life shelters.

Your camera's meter is redundant as ambient light is not a consideration; flash to subject distance determines the exposureRecording light onto photo sensitive devices and materials. For this reason you do not need TTLThrough The Lens. A term applied to viewfinders and metering systems that operate behind the lens. As such TTL is accurate because it sees what the lens sees. for macro, you can succeed easily on manual!

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