I used to use the small flash on the Panny GF1 with good results at parties.
Likewise with my X100S, it works very nicely to lift a night-time scene with
little harshness.
My son has used a small Fuji flash on his X-Pro1 and he loves the effect; but
then he is a pretty clever photographer.
Chris
On 17 Aug 2014, at 15:14, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> What you have discovered are the evils of on-camera, point-source lighting
>> close to the lens axis. Ugh. Real flash is useful and not evil. However,
>> it's also not point & shoot.
>
> One tiny little challenge to this.
>
> When used as primary light source, on-axis, point-source lighting is
> evil with a capital E.
>
> However, when used as a kicker fill only, it is wonderful. It's just
> about perfect for adding a little life to the subject's eyes and
> lifting up the eyebrow shadows. It takes just a tiny bit, though.
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