Digital Photography 1 on 1: Episode 57: Rear Curtain Sync
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- Опубликовано: 2 апр 2011
- In this episode Mark will show how some cameras offer the ability to fire the flash at just before the second curtain closes. This is called rear or second curtain sync and it is used to freeze motion at the end of the exposure. When making long exposures while firing a flash rear curtain sync creates the effect of motion blur trailing the main subject.
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Mark NEVER disappoints!!! like ever. Watched about 10 vids on this rear curtain thing and no one made it this simple!!! LEGEND!!!
This is the first video that broke it down and explained it so well. Thanks for this Mark!
instablaster...
Your tutorials are some of the best on youtube! Thanks for the tips!
Thanks for providing detailed instructions on how to use rear curtain sync with both Canon and Nikon cameras. Great examples.
very well explained and illustrated again Mark thanks so much
After watching numerous videos on rear curtain flash thankfully I found yours, great tutorial
Great tutorial, can't wait to try it out! Thanks Mark.
i just want to say, i love your channel. Great tips and perfect demonstration.
I'm a photography student but I find myself looking for your videos for every assignment I have since you seem to be able to explain things in a way that is easy to grasp. Thank you so much :D
This was one of the Photography concepts that I never understood. Thanks to this snapfactory
Many thanks for answering all these questions about photography to folks like me who didn't even know what shutter speed was!!!
Thank you sooooooo much! I'm in love with second curtain sync...
Yes! I've been waiting for a lesson like this. Thank you!
Very nice Mark. Thanks and keep positing good stuff
Great demonstration Mark!
Mark you really broke it down. Your videos are so informative and well put together bro.
Mark this helped me so much, and I'm a boudoir photographer looking into some light painting, thanks so much!
Awesomely presented, thank you!
I love this technique, I really used it a lot and it gives you spectacular images! Very good tutorial !
What shutter speed do u use for this?
@@aiming2shoot that would depend on the efect you want to achieve and the iso settings. Best is to experiment a lot and then finish it in your photo edit program. I am sure that you will love the outcome, just go over the top with all settings, that will teach you the boundaries. Good luck & fun
Mark, thanks sooooo much for sharing your genius. Amazing
really well explained best i've seen so far cheers
GREAT explanation, I am going to get the most of my 480EXII Canon flash. Beautiful model
I bet all those cars think theyre getting a speeding ticket! lol
I bet he made a few cars crash
RED LIGHT camera = ticket, yep!!!
Well done! Great content!
love your tutorial. I'll try it out. Thank you so much
great explanation & tutorial!
Great as always..
I had too watch this video three times to understand how it worked exactly, but I have gotten some great shots by using this technique. Thanks.
Thanks for this tutorial, I learned a lot.
awesome mark this explains a lot. thank you
Tops! Thanks for a great video!
You are simply amazing,really helpfull video!
great video again! thanks
OMG Now I finally understand EVERYTHING !!!!!
and awesome and very educational lesson that's clear to understand. thank you
Thank you so much! It really helped me
@jsc974 You're doing everything right. The first flash happens before the shutter opens. It's called the pre-flash and it's used to meter the light from the flash. It's perfectly normal.
Thank you Mark & ADorama
God bless you. Very effective explanation!
Thank you!
Thanks alot! Keep em coming pls!
Thanks mate, really helpful.
Thank you Mark !
Wow I've been learning a lot from your videos. I'm going to be buying a canon 5D Mark ii in like two months
Always wondered what that icon on my speedlight was lol Thanks for explaining.
which shutter speed interval works the best?
Is rear curtain sync available in all flash modes, manual or ttl auto?
I have a fuji x-pro2 and tried with both the fuji ef-x20 and cactus v6 flashes.
I was wondering why I could not set my camera's flash mode to rear curtain sync while out doing a long exposure where I wanted to use flash to freeze image at end of long exposure.. for instance a car moving and people walking at a street intersection.. wanted the blur to trail the subjects to show forward motion and not lead where it would look reverse and weird.
The camera could still be set to fire flash, just only normal first curtain flash.
I was simply on single shot full manual mode on my camera. Seemed pretty straightforward task, but i could not set camera to use rear curtain flash sync.
It wasn't until I had time last night to fiddle with my camera and flash settings that I figured out that the option to set for rear sync flash was available only when the flash unit was set to TTL auto. When in manual flash mode on my flash unit, the camera would not allow me to set rear sync.
I found that strange because it would seem like rear sync should be an option when using manual flash.. I would think the camera would just have to send the delayed signal to fire the flash just before the end of the exposure. Simple enough, right?
Am I missing some science behind why I cannot use rear sync with manual flash?
Any insight would be great. Thanks.
fantastic video
@Val Mirov - the first flash is before the front curtain is raised and allows the camera to meter the amount of flash that will be used before the rear curtain rises (2nd flash)
im sick of people who say that photgraphy is easy and just one button..
It's called marketing. People want to believe it.
You can do the same thing with an iPhone ... what's the big deal? ;)
@@sjbadalamente you just proofed its value by watching and commenting a video about dslrs instead of being somewhere taking pics with your iphone.
thanks for the great video :)
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great tutorial! many thanks!
Can u apply this setting by off flash camera?
With canon TTL flash .. you can
But with Nikon speedlight you can't
Thanks for video. It is clear. May I ask if thee second curtain sync shoot is possible in daylight using filter big stopper 10 stops darker.
Great explanation :)
@TheCodenameHSK
The flash that fires at the beginning of the exposure is for metering. It is called monitor pre-flash and happens after the mirror comes up, but before the shutter opens. The flash that fires at the end of the exposure is to make the image.
awesome thanx i learnt something new
Thank you So much God Bless U :)
"Frozen Brenda on top of Blurred Brenda" :-) Gotta love that explanation.
Well that looked like a great way to piss off drivers. Good thinking, there.
Mark M you could be right
would the same principle apply & work if i wanted far more traffic blur say from a 6 or 8 second exposure ? and keep the model / portrait sharp
This is something Ive always wondered about and never quite understood.
Your explanation was great! Thank you
@snapfactory YOU ARE A GENIUS! you've just put my mind at ease with this, i'd been using 2nd sync but the flash that fired before was so confusing too me. so in essence, is that split second of exposure "ignored" by the camera as such and once the flash is over, then the photo begins, if you get me?
nice job flashing the drivers lol, good tutorial :D
Great tutorial, thank you! :)
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Mark sir, for explaining 2nd curtain Synk....
Please can you explain how to take multiple exposure and other topic is ev setting....
hi bro nice tutorial i have question the rear curtain sync is it perform on off flash using trigger ?
thanks MARK for this educative video. please i will like to know the fnumber you used for this video?.
But your using directional light (flash), will this also work when yiu use a bounce card or some kind of diffuser
wow that was a great tip !!!! ... Thanx.
Great work. You make it real easy to undertand. Thank you.
one question......I shot with and without rear curtain flash and I got the same result < wich is good but , I didn't find the difference btween regular and rear curtain....explain pls
wow I'm going to try this feature/techniques
Great video thanks :)
WOW!!! unbeliebable!! have got to try this!!!!! thanks alot!! quick question!! this works with off camera flashes??? like with a trigger?? so i can use light modifiers?? if it does!! posibilies are huge!! thank you so much!!
excellent video. i want to take pictures with my canon 5D mark iii and i have a canon flash gun 580 exii what setting would you use so the action is still but not too blow out.
keep uo the good videos
I noticed the 2nd curtain the pic seems better underexposed where the 1st curtain over exposed the shot. Thanks for the examples.
Thank you great video...
You are welcome!
hi, i always watch your tips which perfect and understandable. bcoz you speak continue and perfect.. I understand all this episode.. could you tell on which mode we should use..?? If we do this on A..then what would be aperture seting ?? if we do on S..mode what would be shutter speed..? or what would be on P..? i understand here only about rear setting of flash and ISO 400.. mode setting you did not tell....hope you understand what i wanna know. best regards.
So nice vdo Mark
Thanks! 😃
thank you!!
Firts of all let me to congratulate you for all ur videos they are awesome. Have a question the normal flash thats in the camera can be synchronize to rear curtain and make this effects?
thank you!
Thanks for the video. Are you suggestion that when you use flash, you should use rear curtain sync?
thanks Mark.
Can Rear Curtain Sync also be used with external, manual speedlites?
Hi Mark,
Thanks for these amazing videos, but I wanted to to know what were the camera setings on the pics you took of brenda? also have they in any way been retouched? just because they look too good.
Thanks
@snapfactory Many thanks Mark.
Great video tutorial! '2nd curtain flash for dummies!'
Mark = genius
Very cute, I mean helpful !!....I was wondering what effect rear curtain sync would have but never tried it. Is That the same as using the focal plane sync flash input on a film camera?
Well that's really Crazy. How to set rear curtains with third party flash like yungno or godox like brands?
Thank you for this excellent explanation and demonstration of something that was a 'bit' confusing to me.
ps: sub'd ;)
SIGMA FLASH EF-610DG SUPER EO-ETTL II IS SUPORTED IN SECOND CURTAIN SYNC ?
Great tip. How do you meter the subject? Usually at night it would be quite dark and if I have a slow shutter, it might produce too much light and camera shake wouldn't it?
+trinhk In this demo there are TWO exposures happening--background and flash. You only have to meter (expose) for the background. The TTL will meter the flash for you. You can adjust both exposures independently--background with exposure compensation, and flash with flash compensation.
I think this is the pre-flash guaging the distance of the subject just before the shutter opens i.e. TTL metering.
@ahlincoln you always would want to invest on the fast 2.8 lenses. If your looking for an all around cheap lens you can get a Tamron 17-50 2.8 it will allow you to shoot from wide landscapes to cool portraits and the 2nd lens that you may want to have is the sigma 70-200 2.8 this will allow you to take cool far portraits, macro, wild life and sports. Both are also great for night photography and is very versitile. hope this helps! =)
Any help in finding most affordable flash for T7i that can do High speed sync, Second curtain flash, and Ettl?
What are the settings for the rear curtain flash? Is this a long exposure? What is the minimum timing I need for a second curtain use? Thx
Awesome
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