From: Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: EOS Re: Fill flash & metering
>Just one of the reasons why many wedding pros remain leery of TTL and of
>auto flash in general. Nothing like medium grey wedding gowns. :-)
I guess this was farcetious (after all you did place a fficon on it).
But seriously, don't wedding photogs normally shoot negative film?
Of course TTL (as you imply) is going to be influenced by the wedding
gown. It seems to me that this is a good thing because it guarantees
that the highlights of the gown are not blown out. I've seen this in my
own wedding "work" (uncle-with-a-fancy-camera syndrome <B^). Of
course you have the serious enlargements made by a printer who
knows how to place the white gown at at max brightness in the
print, almost but not quite blowing out the texture of the gown.
So if the only problem with TTL is if that it brings the white gowns or
shirts down off the knee of the negative density curve, the shadow
detail might get mushy and/or grainy; in other words, it might push
your luck with the film's latitude. But it seems to me that latitude in
general, and image quality in the thin spots in particular, have been
improved in recent emulsions that are used for wedding work.
(BTW, we're talking here about those specific cases where the
bride has the gall to wear white. <)B^)))
My $/50.
And, from a later Henry post:
>For some, the point of digital is to get the image into the computer so you
>can PhotoShop it beyond all recognition.
Ahh, SUBAR. Shopped up beyond all recognition!
DGW
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