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Robin Chu
 

Shadow with Built-In Flash


I just purchased the Canon 10-22mm Ultra Wide Angle Lens. However, there is a shadow caused by the built-in flash on my Canon T1i. Has anyone else experienced this?


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June 17, 2010

 
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  Robin,

Yes, I have a 300D (Rebel), and it is so. It is a great lens but does not work well with built-in flash. One low-tech tip that sometimes helps: Turning the camera upside down will throw this shadow into the sky where you won't see it!
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June 18, 2010

 

Robin Chu
  Hi Bojan - That is a great tip! I'll have to give it a try. Thank you!


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June 18, 2010

 

Lynn R. Powers
  Robin,
I am not familiar with that particular lens, but if you are using a lens shade, take it off. I had to with my 17-40mm. The built-in flash on the camera will not cover the entire area of a lens that wide. You will have vignetting along the sides and corners. It will only cover up to about a 28mm lens. and that is probably pushing it. Get a flash that you can use off-camera for best results.


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June 19, 2010

 

Dan W. Dooley
  Even with the lens shade off you may still experience the shadowing. Certainly try that first, but a physically larger (larger in diameter and possibly longer) lens which may even have a 77mm front glass size is going to protrude into the field of the built in flash. The flash is just not high enough. If an external flash is not a option (it should be) then compose the images so that the shadow area will always be outside of an area which can be cropped out. Not a perfect solution but at least it may offer some relief.


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June 22, 2010

 
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