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Confused about flashes, are round flash heads better than rectangle flash heads? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by cricketmad14@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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Hi All, I'm new to flash photography.

Many flashes now come with a round flash head. Are they better or worse than the old rectangle flash heads?

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[–] shotwideopen@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

A round flash head produces a light patter like this: ( )

A rectangular flash head produces a flash pattern like this: [ ]

Both are fine and are only noticeable is your subject is very close to a background and even then not much.

Personally I prefer round in studio and standard for editorial stuff because the flash can “zoom” or create a narrower beam of light.