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The Reflector
On the 5B-10, the reflector tilts through
an
arc
of
180
0
with click-stops every
90~
With the speedlight unit mounted on the
camera, set the reflector
in
the horizontal
position (calcul ator. on top). The use
of
the speedlight
in
the vertical position
is
generally
not
recommended, since this
will
result
in
the coverage
of
light falling
off
at
the corners.
'Red
Eyes' Phenomenon
'Red eyes,'
an
optical phenomenon
in
which a subject's eyes appear red
in
photographs taken with a flash unit, are
a result
of
the flash light directly illumi-
nating the retina. This happens when the
subject looks straight into the camera
on which a flash unit
is
mounted. The
effect becomes more pronounced if there
is
little or no ambient light.
In
this case,
the
iris
of
the eye
is
wide open, and the
illuminated retina
is
clearly visible.
To avoid 'red eyes' you can take any or
all
of
the following steps:
1.
Brighten the room to minimize the
opening
of
the subject's pupils.
2. Instruct the subject not to look
straight into the camera.
3.
Keep the flash unit as far away as
possible from the camera by means
of
a sync cord.
Note that once 'red eyes' appears, there
is
no way
of
retouching the negatives.
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