At 01:12 AM 12/24/2000, you wrote: >Yes, but you may have to move closer. 30-40 feet can be significant with >low light. Sounds like the exposure confirmation light didn't go off >because you were too far away from the scene for the given aperture and as >you point out the flash was not strong enough. Flash exposure is based on >Aperture and Guide number (distance) at a given ISO. The smaller the >aperture the closer you'll have to get. Use the distance range on your 550 >to tell you what the working of distance for good flash exposure at the >given aperture and film speed. With any auto flash, max working distance is partially determined by shooting aperture. The larger the aperture, the greater the max flash-to-subject distance. -- regards, Henry Posner Director of Sales and Training B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-Audio Inc. http://www.bhphotovideo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
