> Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 11:13:14 -0700 > From: "Alirio Saldanha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS SPEEDLITE HELP FOR FASHION SHOW PHOTOGRAPHY > > Use an EOS 50E and ELAN 7 with a 420EX and 550EX for fashion > shows. Fashion shows being fast action [quick ramp walks] I have a > problem with my two flashes. Being dedicated and expensive flashes > I thought I would have no problem with doing such shows..
On my box it says "brain not included". Do you have a different package to expect this? > The trouble is that after each shot, there is a battery > re-cycle delay. Which is variable in time depending on the film speed loaded, the aperture, the distance to your subject. Yes. Which lens did you use at which distance, which film, which aperture, which camera mode? > Which makes it impossible to do continuous shoots... Not really. Depends on the environment and your skills. Ni-Cd cells highly recommended, as they deliver the fastest recycle times. > Second, when the shows are at nights, and the general > ambience is dark, the flashes fire all over the place > and gives washed out white results. Of course. The flash is metered TTL with center weighted average metering. Unless you photograph something uniform gray card gray, the same rules for compensation apply as without flash. > Never expected such results from supposed-to-be pro flash-guns. You can buy the same hammer Michelangelo used. It's not the tool that makes you a pro, it's the understanding of what you can do with it and how to handle it. > Of course, I am set on E-TTL....and probably that's > the reason. At least one of it. > Can anyone give any suggestions on shooting such shows and if > Manual mode is more ideal.... (M)aster mode is always ideal. Take a meter reading of what the catwalk is lit with spot metering or at least partial. Use high speed film, Fuji Superia 400 or 800 is good. Try to get as close to the ambient light as possible. Use fast glass with tight framing. If you can't frame tight with your lenses, go closer, if possible. Usually f-stops around 4-5.6 should do, with longer distances 2.8 is okay as well. Use the flash in TTL mode only and override it to something between minus 2/3 to minus 1 2/3, depending on the amount of black around your subject and the subject color. Get a good book on metering theory and practice a lot. -- Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
