This is because flash requires that you relearn everything you think you know about exposure and light.
You should be shooting in the PSAM modes, at the very least, and should be comfortable swapping stops between iso, aperture, and shutter speed in your head. Auto is the very last shooting mode you want to be in. This is my opinion, but if you want to learn flash, your first step is to get comfortably shooting in M mode. :) You may want to see What features should one look for when selecting a flash?įirstly, in "Auto" mode the popup flash continually tried to "pop-up" underneath the YN-560…
I'm wondering if I made the wrong decision. The reason this flash is so cheap is that it doesn't do all that stuff. Those other three contacts are how the flash communicates with the camera body to perform other functions like TTL and HSS. If you look at the foot of your D5500, it has four contacts. If you look at the foot of the flash, it only has a single pin-the one that communicates sync/fire. The Yongnuo YN-560IV is a "manual-only" flash on a camera hotshoe. If you are looking to add fill light, you can basically do the same but with a longer shutter time - using aperture priority mode if you like, or stay on M.
YONGNUO YN 560 III NIKON ISO
Then, pick the aperture you want to get good depth of field in the scene (f/5.6 or f/8, if you don't want to worry), and then adjust ISO and flash power until you get the exposure you want. If the flash is to be your primary light, shutter speed doesn't matter - pick ¹⁄₂₀₀th (the camera's sync speed) and leave it.
YONGNUO YN 560 III NIKON MANUAL
Automatic (TTL) flash is useful when you are in a fast-changing situation like some event photography (like, at a wedding when it's not the staged shots), but otherwise, manual can be just as good or even better. See Why is the shutter speed so long when using the flash in aperture priority?.īut, I would argue that this isn't so bad.
In aperture priority mode, the camera does not take the flash exposure into account, and assumes that if you are using flash at all, you are using it for fill or for a slow-sync exposure. This manual-only flash doesn't work in automatic mode, as you have found (and it's normal on Nikon cameras for the built-in flash to pop up in this case - you can use the "no flash" mode on the dial, but the exposure calculation won't consider the flash). If you wanted automation, yes, you made a mistake. The hotshoe is just an open switch which the flash slots into the switch is closed ("shorted", turned on) for an instant when you hit the shutter button. With a manual flash like this, there's no communication with the camera body, and the camera doesn't know that it's there.
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