Flashes and digital SLR

[john_pereira1]

I have a SB-80DX Speedlight. Without pulling out anything it works

with 24-105mm focal range. Pulling out the difuser it will work with

14mm and 17mm lenses.

 

Since digital SLRs crop the image does this mean that I may not have

to use the difuser. For example a 17mm on a digital SLR results in an

image with the same field of view as a 24mm lens, more or less. Can I

leave the difuser in place and have the flash set to 24mm and not

have to worry about the flash of light not having a wide enough

field? Or will I still have noticeable light fall on the image that

was taken with the digital SLR?

[ellis_vener_photography]

<I>Since digital SLRs crop the image does this mean that I may not have to use the

difuser. For example a 17mm on a digital SLR results in an image with the same field

of view as a 24mm lens, more or less. Can I leave the difuser in place and have the

flash set to 24mm and not have to worry about the flash of light not having a wide

enough field?"</I><P>If by leave in place you mean stored, then yes you'll be fine. I

was shooting with a 17-35mm f/2.8 on a D1x this way for most of the day yesterday

and the diffuser rarely came out unless I was using the little built in bounce card --

which worked surprisingly well!