Canon 199 A - Manual (Page 31)

obtaining beautiful even bounce light results.
Automatic flash photography is possible also
in the case of bounce flash photography. For
best results, you should test-fire the flash unit
first to determine if the flash-to-subject dis­
tance is close enough. If it is, the confidence
light comes on green.
Tilting of Flash Head
As bounce provision, the flash head can be
tilted upward to 90° with click stops at
75° and 60° positions.
Adjust the position of the head according to
the height of the ceiling and the flash-to-sub­
ject distance.
* The easiest method of bounce flash photog­
raphy is to tilt the head 90° and bounce
the flash against the ceiling.
* As at the 0° position the flash is fired
directly to the subject in front, the flash
head is designed to face slightly downward
(3°) for parallax compensation in order to
avoid unnatural shadows.
* The necessary conditions for bounce flash
photography are that the surface where
the flash is to be bounced should be wide
in area, should not be colored and should
have a high reflection efficiency.
* Surfaces with low reflection efficiency or
colored surfaces badly affect color repro­
duction. High ceilings are also not very
good. In these cases, use a white reflecting
object such as poster paper. *
* The closer the reflection surface is brouhgt
to the electronic flash unit, the greater
the contrast. A soft effect is obtained
when the reflection surface is drawn away
from the flash unit.
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