Just bought myself a flash gun today, thought i'd post up a couple of pictures to display the difference between the built in flash and a flash gun. Built in flash Flash gun The flash gun gives much more accurate colour representation whilst the built in flash tends to wash out the colour. This is because the built in flash is directed at the object your taking a photograph of where as the flash gun you can aim to bounce the light off of the ceiling or walls in order to light up the whole scene from above rather than face on, it also reduces shadows because of this. Taking pictures of a person would show more obvious result than my example as skin tone is usually badly effected by built in flashes. I got this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1278530703&sr=8-1 Just thought i'd share in case anyone else was considering getting one, or wanted to know more about them.
I did consider getting one when I bought my camera as it was on offer but only would have saved me £10 or so. I might consider getting one one day soon.
I'd just get used to your camera first and work out if you tend to be in lots of circumstances that require it. Otherwise you may well end up with lots of expensive equipment you might not use When i got my camera i didn't even understand the point of a speed gun.
I rarely use the flash as is. Pictures come out quite rubbish with the one blob of white in the middle.
I'm definitely going to invest in one soon, it's essential for doing live music photography which is something I'm taking up soon.
Yeah i never used the built in flash as it produces crap results. I'd slow the shutter speed down, whack the ISO up as high as i could and put the aperture as high or low (not sure which way round it is but as close to 0 as possible). Doesn't always work though, and you can end up with a lot of noise in the picture If it's in the fridge then it's good no matter what it is Yeah a flash is pretty essential for that as you need to keep a decent shutter speed.
