> I also took a test shot with a flash, the 380 EX, which can go only 24mm
> wide.
> My drawing room has white walls and a white celing, and I took a
photograph
> of the clear white wall from a distance of about 1.5m . The room was
> absolutely dark, and the photograph was taken in P mode with a shutter
speed
> of 1/90s. The flash was not bounced.
>
> The photograph came out exactly as expected: The central portion of the
> photograph has an evenly exposed circle. It looks as if the shot is badly
> viginetted, but its just that the flash wasn't wide enough. The diameter
of
> the circle is nearly as much as the height of the photograph, so you can
get
> an idea of how much was dark on the sides. It was shot on slide film, and
> scanned by the developer to a JPEG. I can mail it to anyone who wants it
> (tell me which resolution you want it at - 3K x 2K which comes to about
2MB
> jpegs per photograph, or a smaller size at 500KB per photograph). Its a
> useful photograph to get to know the limitations of your gear, what to
> expect from it.
Just get an Omnibounce and your 380EX will cover the 20mm nicely. Even
when it's not tilted and bounced. See my webpage for a sample shot using
this with the EF 20-35 indoors at 20mm. (Omnibounce Test, Page 2)
> I managed to fit my camera with the tripod grip, mounted 20-35, a 50mm
f1.4
> and the Tamron 28-200, a 380EX, the AA/R6 battery pack for my 500N, a
small
> flashlight, my homemade cable release, the lens hood for the 20-35, some
> batteries and the spirit level into it. Still has space for more stuff.
You can reverse the EF 20-35's lens hood and keep it on your camera in
the bag. My lens cap goes immediately in my pocket after removal :-)
Congrats on the excellent choice of lens, I am enjoying my EF 20-35 very
much, and use it more than any other lenses I have. Recently I photographed
a group of people working outdoors and indoors making ricecakes here in
Japan. I took only my EOS and EF 20-35 with 380EX. I shot at all different
zoom lengths. Never did I want for another lens. I kept my 380EX mounted and
ready and used it in all photos. The results were excellent, not one photo
looked like a flash was used. I forgot the omnibounce, but it didn't matter,
my flash was only doing fill outside, so any 20mm shots didn't show any
cutoff on the edges. The flash however, really did a nice job of lighting
people's faces naturally - without it the bright sun of mid day would have
given me dark shadows on faces and eyes. All shots were taken in P mode with
no thought about anything but framing and shooting. I was using Superia 800
film which I love, and it gave me a super depth of field with the wide
angle, and made the few interior shots I took look very natural indeed.
I must add here that my EOS 10 and 380EX only uses TTL. I have no idea
what difference E-TTL might have made, it's hard to imagine better results
than I got. It might have caused some blinking due to preflash, I'll never
know :-)
Jim Davis -([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Website: http://www.kjsl.com/~jbdavis/
"Every footstep must be true." - Bruce Cockburn
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