Here is what I have attempted to do. Using my sekonic L508 meter, camera on tripod set in manual 1/60 f8, I set the flash in manual mode to give me a reading at the subject of 1/60 f8 using the test buttton and popping a few flashes. The histogram of the shot indicates exposure more to the left and when viewing picture on computer it is on the dark side(to be expected). I would have thought that if the light meter and the camera were matching then the picture should be a balanced exposure. Am I correct? I can get a more correct exposure by setting f stop to f 5.6 or adding + compensation to flash but I have to always mess around with the flash/camera settings before I get a good exposure. This may be ok in a studio type setting when one has more time but when shotting an event who has time to keep changing camera/flash settings.
I just did an event and for the most part camera was at 1/60 f8 and 550ex on auto and most all of the shots were very dark. Distance to camera subject was 10-15 feet.
Any suggestions
Don
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