![]() ![]() ![]() Until they do, this work-around will get the job done. Sooner or later some company is going to make this accessory for the EF-8 flash. Using tinfoil instead of a white card to serve as the reflector provides a bounce light with more intensity. I rarely like using a direct light right off the camera so I devised a simple reflector to bounce the light from a ceiling or wall. The Flash accessory for the X-T1 does cannot be tilted back to bounce the light from a ceiling or wall. It is very easy to also dip the front down slightly to allow a tiny bit of direct light to hit the subject and fill shadows when necessary. It is made from one piece of tinfoil folded in thirds for stability and intentionally crumbled to soften the beam and make less directional. It is held in place by a strip of velcro. This is a make-shift tinfoil reflector I fashioned to re-direct the light from the flash so it would bounce off the white ceiling. The little extra umph the EV-X8 has over the other two small Fuji flash units coupled with the height above the lens plane adds to its use as a fill flash in daylight or high contrasty lighting situations, and in slow-sync mode it provides just the right amount of extra fill in the shadows.ĮF-20 or EF-X20 = 20' (6.1 m) ISO100 at 50 mm positionĮF42 = 138' (42.06 m) ISO100 at 50 mm position The guide number is 36' (11m) at ISO 200 or 26' (8m) at ISO 100, which is more powerful that the other two small Fuji flashes for X cameras, but far below the output of the much larger Fuji EF42. See my tinfoil reflector work-around for this below. When open, the EF-X8 sits high enough to avoid casting a shadow from the front lens hood, but it does not tilt backwards to be used to cast bounce light. Sync shutter speed of the EF-X8 is 1/180 second or slower. The Fujifilm "Commander" mode simply cuts out any pre-flash so the unit can be used to trigger a studio flash. Don't mistake the Fujifilm "Commander" mode for the sophisticated Commander modes of Nikon and Cannon cameras used to control their off camera flash units. ![]() Accessibilty for these options and the new "Commander" mode is conveniently located on the Q menu, although flash exposure compensation must be set using the camera menu system. The EF-8 flash comes with the typical modes for for rear curtain, slow sync, full on, and off. It cannot tilt back anymore that this so bouncing it is not an option, unless you improvise, as I demonstrate below. The flash folds down when not in use and back up when needed. The small size of the EF-X8 is a primarily a result of drawing its power from the camera battery. That is better that the Fuji EF-20 and EF-X20 flash units with their guide number of 20' (6.1 m) ISO 100. Its tiny size makes it look like a toy, however it has a respectable guide number of 36' (11m) at ISO 200, or 26' (8m) at ISO 100. Admittedly, its small size makes it convenient to pack, but it also makes it convenient to misplace or forget to pack. Don't know about you, but I am constantly misplacing the little auxiliary flash (EF-X8) that came with my X-T1 as a replacement for a built-in model. ![]()
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