Flash on New APS-C DSLR

I was looking a bit more closely at a recent picture of the new APS-C DSLR (here). Assuming that the picture is of a working prototype and not just a dummy to indicate shape and button location, the panel boundaries suggest that that either:-

a) it won't have a flash or,

b) the lump just in front of the shoe must move in an unusual way to pop the flash up the usual distance.

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Regards,
Kea828

Most top end cameras these days whether aps-c or FF do not have flash. I dont have one on the K1.

I did have one on my previous camera the K10D and never used it. Any flash work I do today is either multiple off camera units or a single unit on the hot shoe. Much more satisfactory.

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Peter



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It's more like to have a built-in GPS than a flash. I rarely remember that my K3 even has one.

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Likewise, I never used the flash on any of the DSLRs and now don't have the option anyway on my K-1 and K-3II. Sue has kept the flash by opting for the K-3 although I can't say that I can think of many times when she has used it.

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Best regards, John

And the K3ii has exchanged it for GPS

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Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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Most on camera flash, are not really useable. Being to small and not powerful enough to produce good results on their own. Giving a hard light. Mainly, just being used as a trigger to trigger other off camera flashes... I.E The AF540FGZ.

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Stuart..

I use the flash on my K-3 very, very rarely and probably about 50/50 between lighting a dark area for a functional (rather than artistic) shot and for fill-flash when the subject is in shadow. It's certainly more useful than a battery-sucking GPS unit.

However, flashes are generally not provided these days on anything other than lower-grade bodies, apparently the manufacturers are extremely confident in the abilities of users to raise shadows in all circumstances.

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Whatever the reason, the high ISO performance of sensors is so good that the need for a low powered flash may have faded away.

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Best regards, John

On the few occasions that I used the built in flash on a DSLR I often encountered the issue of light cut-off due to the pentaprism or lens obstructing part of the illuminated area.

My solution now is to keep a Pentax AF201FG in the bag - it's a surprisingly good, compact, Weather resistant, bounce, P-TTL and manual (including 1/4 power setting) flash unit and what a bonus to find that it works with the Ricoh GRIII

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LennyBloke

With the range of the ISO settings flash is not needed as I found out when I went to Switzerland last year. I took this image when we arrived in Leysin and it was dark with just a bit of light coming round the distant mountain and I was very surprised to see the result.

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I will second that, and also use it perched on top of the camera mounted Cactus trigger as a secondary flash. A little gem nice and light with just two AAA batteries.