Lighting & Flash
3 terms
Manual Flash
Lighting & Flash
fraction (1/1, 1/2, 1/4…)
Setting flash output as a fixed fraction of full power, so every frame receives an identical burst.
Power = full / 2ⁿ
Modelling Light
Lighting & Flash
W
A continuous lamp built into a flash head that previews where the shadows will fall.
Monolight
Lighting & Flash
Ws (watt-seconds)
A self-contained studio flash with its power supply, controls and modelling lamp built into a single head.