Alex wrote:
Peter, I usually shoot in M mode once aiming the flash, until shooting in daylight being able to achieve decent shutter speeds at desired aperture when flash is needed to fill-in only. Do you mean setting flash exp. compensation accordingly (about + one stop when wite is taking large portion of the image) ? But that, bearing in mind I'm metering in ETTL off the bride's face (AF sensor is over her eyes), I may end up with flash overexposure of her face. Am I wrong ? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- Even in M mode, change your ISO setting manually from the DX reading of 400 to 250. Then Compensate exposure 2/3 to 1 stop indoors. So, I put film in camera. The camera reads DX at 400. I amnually set to ISO250. I set M mode to 1/60 at F8. If a bride with white I set flash compensation + 2./3 stops so the flash now pumps out more light. This compensates for the Flash metering whcih is trying to make the white dress gray. So in essence it is pumping out less light since white refelects more light and the camera is trying to make it (with flash) gray. I add about 2/3 to 1 stop more flash output to make white look white. Simple. BTW, I purposely rate 400 neg films ISO250 which adds a 2/3 stop safety factor in case the camera inetnionally underexposes by say 1 stop. Doing this I am only 1/3 stop under and within the latitude of print film. This has savemy neck a few times. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
