If I've understood correctly, your problems are probably caused by your slave guns being fired early by the E-TTL pre-flash of the 550EX. Try turning off the E-TTL feature on the 550EX and see if this makes a difference.
Malcolm Milton Keynes, UK ----- Original Message ----- From: Singh, Sarbjit (S.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:16 PM Subject: EOS WOES - A2E (EOS 5) > 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. snip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
