Don wrote (edited): I have been using the 10 d for some time and have been having great difficulty getting consistency with the exposure using the canon 550ex. With a white subject in the picture (wedding dress) it is nearly impossible to get the exposure correct. Is this a problem with digital or do I have a bad camera.
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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don, Are all these events indoors? One thing to check are the custom functions. Make sure auto fill flash reduction is disabled. While you would not think this would impact the flash that is one area I would check. If you are in manual and use a L508 meter, retract the dome to compensate for contrast. This is something many users of this meter do with digital since underexposure is better than overexposing a digital image. The other thing is to try a different flash, perhaps one that is not dedicated and see if you have the same result. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
