--- "Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Alex Z wrote: > > OK sounds reasonable though will have to test it on my system to get > the feeling, however I'm curious whether in such situation you > disable > the automatic flash reduction feature (by appropriate CF). Do you ? > Otherwise you may get an equation with too many variables... > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ----------------- > Alex, > > I always leave automatic reduction of fill flash disabled (99% of the > time) because I want to control the exposure rather than have the > camera's exposure do it for me. This way I avoid potential problems. > Auto reduction is nice when you are not doing it for serious work, > (i.e., snapshots, picture of the dog, kids, etc.), but for more > formal > applications I do not trust it. I say this having used it for paid > work > where I needed to re-shoot because it varied far too much. So that > lesson cost me time and money. > > Peter K
That is interesting - so far I figured sytem's fill-flash (ETTL + automatic reduction) is the most reliable and spot-on - produced wonderful results either in full daylight ot in shade. The system adds just a touch of flash to opn up the shadows and in most tricky situations (where no shadows needed to be opened up) the only sign of flash was a touhc of catch lights in the eyes. I couldn't dear about such fill-flash performance when owing Minolta system. Having said that, must admit I never encountered such wildy contrast sweep situation with my Canon system as at typical for wedding couple, perhaps in this case I would indeed figure out manual aproach would yield better results while automatic reduction would screw up. Quite a compelling reason to setup my own tests prior to making any conclusion that would influence a serious work. Alex __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
