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Do I need to turn on the flash to shoot models or other leather goods indoors?

You can use a flash when shooting models indoors, and try not to use a flash when shooting products such as leather goods. The effect of a long bright photographic lamp and a soft box is very good. The difference between a model and an object is that one can move and the other is still. When the subject, that is, the model, is moving, the shutter speed of the camera should not be too low, and the indoor light intensity is limited (in order to ensure the picture quality, it is generally not necessary to shoot with too high sensitivity), so it is necessary to flash to achieve enough light intensity to make the shutter speed of the camera higher, so that the photographed model will be clear. Things are different, it is basically motionless, even if the camera shutter speed is lower, as long as it is put on the tripod, it is not easy to be empty, so it is not necessary to flash. In fact, flash is easy to produce shadows and reflections, and the effect is not good.

At present, small products (such as many pictures used in online stores) are shot indoors, which are basically shot with a soft box and a bright camera light. As long as the intensity and angle of the light are well controlled, the effect of the shot products is very good. I also got a set of lamps in my own home to shoot small things. The cameras and lenses are not high-grade, such as Canon 6D, 5mm 1.8, 18-55mm, etc., and the fixed-focus 5 lens is basically used for shooting products, regardless of the zoom head. If you must know the difference, I'll try it with 18-55 when I have time. It is foreseeable that the difference is above one grade (depending on what fixed focus and zoom you use), and the imaging quality of the fixed focus lens at the same price is better than that of zoom. You'd better experience this for yourself.