Sarbjit wrote: > I consider myself a pro-amateur photographer, some years ago > updated my equipment with and EOS A2E camera and > EF 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 USM and EF 100-300f4.5-5.6 USM lenses. > Also recently I bought a 550EX flash along with an extension chord. > > I thought that this equipment will help me get some really creative > pictures - but role after role of film comes back underexposed with > daylight and flash photography - any pictures that I take with self > firing slave units (not wirelessly controlled by 550EX) to get an > overexposed background - the subject comes out horribly underexposed > and the background is not overexposed. Mostly I use the P (Program mode) > to override the exposure compensation. > > Recently, I have started setting the ASA/DIN value of the film to > 1/4 of the value shown on film. (i.e. manually setting 200 film to 50). > This improved the results but I feel there is loss of contrast in some > pictures. > > All pictures at normal settings seem to underexpose by 1.5-2.0 F-stops. > Please suggest tests or remedies for the problem. Another friend of mine > has the same problem using an EOS-Rebel body - is this problem on all > low end EOS products.
Sarbjit, So that I understand, you are using slaves to lighten the background and are then using the camera in program mode with a 550EX? If so, try and use the camera in Tv or Av mode. The flash should assume fill mode and lighten the subject under the focus point. Make sure your subject is there. Maybe others can explain it better. Dave * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
