Sony HVL-F28RM This makes balanced fill easy!

I’m using the Sony HVL-F28RM today on the Sony A7iv Adding a little light to a natural light image helps bring up the shadows without needing to push the dynamic range to far.
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[@slglasius]

love the ikea batteries, the 2450 ones. For my every day carry flash and my triggers and before I got the V860's and the V1's. I used them in my flashes also. Cheap and good. Only thing, they lose about 1% of charge every day, so charge before the event if you want the full 100%. Also, the cheap charger from Ikea does not charge to a 100%, more like 80% for whatever reason. You can get it to 95 with the cheap charger by just charging again after the first go, or get a decent charger. Power enough for the godox triggerr, no bugs, no misses etc.

[@kaskoPhoto]

Thank you for that info! Very helpful and great to know. Appreciate your input.

[@ThomasEisl.Photography]

A flash is actually indispensable, it just fell out ouf fashion. If used correctly, it is just amazing what you can do with on-camera flash.

[@philipsutton8921]

Hallelujah - at least there is another photographer out there who truly gets daylight balanced FF. Where I live and shoot in Perth, Western Australia, it is predominately blue skies and sunny all year round. Nearly all of my gigs and outside events are shot between 10am and 3pm - meaning I am shooting in harsh sunlight all the time. It can't be helped because these are the times that people are around on weekends and these are the hours that events are run in. I was tired of getting people with racoon eyes and just horrible harsh light. A few years back I worked out how to use daylight balanced HSS fill-flash for all of my shoots. I mostly use my Z 24-70 2.8s lens with my Godox V1 on board. I always shoot manual indoors and in the studio, because I can control everything. On my events people are in shade one second, dancing and jumping in bright sunlight the next - you don't have time to change anything at that rate. For this reason I always have to shoot TTL outdoors. I put my Z6ii on Aperture priority, usually shoot wide open, auto ISO and I underexpose the flash (the actual setting on the flash) by -1.75 stops. As John would say ".....it just works"! By underexposing the flash that much, it is never overpowering and you can never tell that flash was used. People comment on how lovely my images look in bright sunlight and when I'm on gigs and events I don't understand why none of the other photographers use flash - they must have missed the memo! Because I use a big diffuser on the flash and it is up close to the people, it softens the harsh light, takes the yucky shadows away and really makes the colours and skin tones stand out. It was for this reason alone I bailed from shooting Fuji for ten years and swapped over to Nikon. Like John's Sony - Nikon and the Godox V1 do fill-flash so well that it really takes the stress out of shooting in harsh lighting.

[@katsophoto]

Thank you! I just had s shoot like this - 1 minute in shade, and the other in the bright sun. I ended up shooting just you are describing- TTL and underexposing flash (ILCE-1 with HVL-F60RM)

[@bananaman-zd4lq]

what kind of diffuser do you use on the flash? Thank you

[@chrisburnard5157]

Thank you for more inspiring content.

[@MartinV.]

Great Video

[@albertmatthewcuevas3684]

Thank you for sharing info. I have this flash for almost 7 months but it is just in my drawer.. im aftaid to use it coz i thought i need a commander and that is so expensive. Its amazing that you manage to nail some beautiful shots with a flash on cam

[@kaskoPhoto]

The key is to dial it back and use it sparingly. It’s a great flash

[@christophed4579]

@@kaskoPhoto Very interesting vid and very nice photos, congrats ! Question : how much "minus" do you usually dial it back ?

[@kaskoPhoto]

@@christophed4579 Well switch over to manual mode and you can set it exact. Otherwise I’m usually at - .7

[@christophed4579]

@@kaskoPhoto thanks a lot for you quick answer, it's very useful to me 🙂

[@ihashup]

I love doing this same method but with the AD200 ring flash. I am usually using it as a fill on TTL -1 to -2 stops from ambient and you will never be able to tell unless you see the ring reflecting off the eyes.

[@ErikBiskopst]

Great content. I'm looking forward to diving in to the world of flash photography. Have only been using natural light. You say your photos are straright out of camera. Do you shoot in jpeg? RAW photos don't look so "finished". :)

[@kaskoPhoto]

Most of the images I put on KZbin are preprocessed in Lightroom just by importing the raw file - so that does add a little something. I will also tweak exposure in some cases.

[@STUDIOLEX]

Very nice photos! What lens did you shoot with? 24-70 f2.8 or so? Really love the light and shallow depth of field...

[@TheJadedFilmMaker]

cool video!

[@kaskoPhoto]

Thank you.

[@RaphaelsKnicksPodcast]

Is lighting really for Photography? I would like to know what light fixture is best for vlogging during the day and during the night.

[@ryan3.082]

Great video! I’m on-the-go frequently taking pictures of my toddler and wife, and I take a lot of vertical shots with my a7c ii. In your experience, is the 28 going to be ok for those vertical shots or should I really be using the 46 for that articulating head to aim upwards?

[@kaskoPhoto]

If you’re talking about indoors and shooting vertically, I would 100% recommend the 46

[@ryan3.082]

@@kaskoPhoto thank you!

[@dsimon9s29]

Thanks for posting. A convoluted question. You are a professional photographer who does most of his work in a controlled environment. Meaning, a model shows up at your studio, she will have make up on, choice of clothes, hair done, and whatever else a model needs to do prior to a shoot. As a photographer, you have lights (stands, shades, backgrounds, umbrellas, etc...) in your studio and will have a pretty good idea on how to set them up to accomplish the look the model wants. So what happens when you look at your watch and it is quitting time? You shut down your studio, you place the ingots of gold, from a hard day's work, and put them in the safe. You lock the door, maybe you bring one of your cameras along, maybe the SL2. You are walking to dinner, with your daughter next to you (probably because you offered to pay for the food, or maybe emotional blackmail - my favorite, or maybe Chinese food). Hang in there, I am approaching the finish line. As you are walking you see a great spot for a picture. You only have the SL2 with no flash. You asked your daughter to walk over and pose, she resists, but you remind her of the Chinese food and family guilt (if necessary). She complies. How do you deal with the lighting when many, if not most of your tools are not available? Or more plainly stated, how do I/us the regular hobbyists/amateurs/schmucks who are in Italy, France, Iraq, vacationing take well lit images without having access to your tools and/or services? In my experince after seeing pics of friends and my own pictures as well, many of the pictures are very poorly lit. Or so they seem. Figured you could use some light reading when you read this post in the morning. You are welcome.

[@kaskoPhoto]

Well first it would have to be one spectacular spot because I would be hungry…. Next, I do always carry my camera with me along with a speedlight and remote in my bag. So for me it would either be an on-camera flash or a hand held off camera flash - depending on the situation. I don’t have more than one camera and one lens in my cary bag but I always have some sort of speedlight with me.

[@michellopes9750]

And the Oscar of most boring person goes to..........

[@marclabro]

do you use TTL (F28 and F60) ? if so, do you set level for fill flash reducing flash level to -1 or -2... ?

[@kaskoPhoto]

I believe I’m always at a negative

[@berlyn_]

Best on the spot review of f28rm. Have you test the maximum distance of the flash, how far was it?

[@kaskoPhoto]

No. I personally never use any of my flashes for long distance throws.

[@marclabro]

nice review. beautiful portraits. can you please explain how you set your camera (mode A or manual with speed lower than sync speed ? auto iso ?) and flash (ttl ? hss ?) for outdoor shoots with fill flash you are showing

[@kaskoPhoto]

When I’m testing flash/camera combos I usually go back and forth between full manual and aperture priority. So exact settings are not a priority to record for me. Every situation is different. But the positive side is this strobe works well in all modes.

[@Paul_Dalangpan]

Thank you for doing this video. In portrait orientation, can this flash be twisted up? Or would this generally be only for landscape orientation? Thank you.

[@kaskoPhoto]

I think it depends on the location and natural light you’re working with. I normally shoot in landscape but on occasion will go portrait and then play it by ear with the flash orientation

[@stefansipl6736]

Thank you! Very good review. Can you tell me what would be the benefit of a 45RM2 or 60RM2 when used on camera in comparison to this one?

[@kaskoPhoto]

Power. I would highly recommend the HVL-F46 over the 45 though

[@stefansipl6736]

@@kaskoPhoto Thank you. Why would you pick that one instead of the 45RM2? Isn‘t it the newer one?

[@kaskoPhoto]

@@stefansipl6736 no, the 46 is the newer one

[@stefansipl6736]

@@kaskoPhoto okay, I wasn’t aware of this. Thank you! Is there a substantial difference between those two? Or just differences in power?

[@kaskoPhoto]

@@stefansipl6736 no power dif between the 45 and 46 but the 46 is more advanced with the Internal camera operation of the flash.

[@gigacolorscapes1859]

Have you set your metering exposure to ambient & flash? That would blend your exposures for one exposure instead of laying your ev and topping whatever the default flash power is in ambient only.

[@kaskoPhoto]

I have not tried that mode as yet but I will do that today.

[@thecollector7250]

Will flash work on rx1r?

[@Alialshanbri]

Hi, wanna ask how can i use the gn60 off cemera with after market trigger ( transmitter & receiver ) ?? I tried all setting but the flash dosen't fire

[@kaskoPhoto]

The only thing I’ve tried is the Sony Sony FA-WRC1M Wireless Radio Commander with the Sony FA-WRR1 Wireless Radio Receiver - with a third party flash. That works in manual mode.

[@mohamadzakybinabuhassanmoe5857]

tq for sharing, what transmitter (model) used while used off camera flash? tq

[@kaskoPhoto]

Sony FA-WRC1M Wireless Radio Commander

[@mohamadzakybinabuhassanmoe5857]

@@kaskoPhoto Tq for replying.

[@drwatsonismine]

I don’t get the auto iso. Why not set it?

[@katsophoto]

Cause Sony allows you to shoot in Aperture priority with shatter speed set as “ISO AUTO Min. SS” at which the ISO sensitivity starts changing. This function is effective for shooting moving subjects. You can minimize subject blurring while also preventing camera shake.

[@jamilabbasy]

@@katsophoto Does this only work with Sony branded flash units? I can't seem to get it to go higher than 1/60 with my third party brands. Thanks!

[@katsophoto]

when I shoot with flash I do set ISO in manual. But without flash, I always use Aperture priority with auto ISO as described above.

[@jamilabbasy]

@@katsophoto Thanks!

[@sohmiJesuswithme]

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[@katsophoto]

Thank you! Just bought HVL-F28RM yesterday. I already have HVL-F60RM and was considering buying Sony commander. But it’s more expensive than HVL-F28RM, so I figured I’ll give it a shot to use smaller flash as a commander. Have you tried it?

[@kaskoPhoto]

I have. My only issue is that I am set on the smallest on camera transmitter I can get. (Which is why I still use the Profoto Connect as much as possible)

[@katsophoto]

Got it. Thanks!

[@martagalanoficial]

@@kaskoPhotowhat alternative do I have for a trigger other than the original Sony? Do you know other options?

[@martagalanoficial]

@@kaskoPhoto would the Profoto Connect work with a Sony flash?

[@richardgeorge3115]

I have had good luck with a Vello off-camera cord for fill flash.