On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:49:41 -0500, you wrote:

>> Questioning whether I really understand this.  With E-TTL, is setting
>> FEC  doing anything other than altering the flash-to-ambient ration?
>> I've been assuming that when I set, say, -2 stops of FEC, I'm simply
>> reducing flash output relative to the ambient exposure - in effect,
>> creating fill flash.  But like so many things about E-TTL, I could be
>> teribly wrong!  And does it act differently in P, Tv, Av and M modes?
>> I'm using an EOS 33/Elan 7.
>
>Ken,
>  My understanding is that in P mode, a FEC-2 reduces the exposure by 2
>stops, because there is no balancing going on.  In the other three modes,
>then you are correct.  Please also note that over EV 10 or so, there is some
>automatic FEC built in--depending on the camera one can disable.  The best
>description is contained in the following article.  Each time I read it, I
>pick up something else.
>
>http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/
>
>Dave Buyens


Thanks, Dave.  That gives me a place to start experimenting.  And rthe
article looks great!  Huge.  I'll be checking it out.  


Ken

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