I would hazard a guess that he was referring to daylight fill flash where older cameras had too slow a flash sync shutter speed to be as practical as some of the newer cameras. Perhaps I misunderstood?
Len * There's no place like 127.0.0.1 > -----Original Message----- > From: William Robb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:17 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Optio S4 - first impressions > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kostas Kavoussanakis" > Subject: Re: Optio S4 - first impressions > > > > On Tue, 2 Dec 2003, William Robb wrote: > > > > > >From Bill's bag of tricks: > > > > > > 1) Use a Pentax dedicated auto flash. > > > 2) turn on flash and camera (in auto). > > > 3) set f/stop as per guide on flash. > > > 4) compose, focus and shoot. > > > > How do you do 3 before 4? Doesn't the f stop depend on distance? > > Flash output depends on distance. That is what auto flash > units do. They > measure the amount of light bouncing back from the subject > and quench the > flash when appropriate. > > William Robb >
