At 06:41 PM 9/24/2002 -0400, you wrote: >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
Or you can try the Flash Photography for Canon EOS that one of our list members was so kind to put together. It is at: http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/ Good luck, R.H. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
