Help Buying an External Flash for the Canon T2i.  Started Dec
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reply to BobT, Dec 15, 2012  BobT wrote:  Would it be possible
to explain just how you set a manual flash....such as your 383?
What do you need to know, and what sort of settings are there to
manipulate?  Just a brief how-to would be VERY helpful and much
appreciated. Thank you.  It doesn't really differ that much from
regular manual shooting.  So in the manual mode you have two
variables to adjust - shutter speed and aperture.  Here you add
a third one - flash power.   You would start by setting shutter
speed - usually 1/125 or 1/160 - it does not really matter since
flash discharge is only about 1/10,000 the amount of light will
be the same - you just want to stop the motion. 1/200 will work
on most cameras, but not all, and if I recall it correctly
at 1/250 Rebels will show an artefact in the shot.  For that
matter if you