Hans Korremans wrote: Hi all,
I am a happy owner of an EOS-3, Speedlite 550EZ and a L-lenses set and experienced with wedding photography. With my former EOS-100 camera model that is. I now have another photo session upcoming (my brother's, so better be good to keep the family together) and wonder whether anyone has experience with applying EOS-3 for wedding pictures. I am looking for exposure tips and especially fill flash technique with above listed equipment. I studied PhotoNotes.org articles, but cannot find anything regarding correctly exposing and compensating contrasts like for the B/W bride and groom dress. Any tips or links I ought to refer to? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- I use the EOS3 for weddings. For regular shots what I do is change my ISO setting. I prefer Kodak Portra 400VC and what I do it rate it at ISO250 (instead of ISO400). This gives me a 2/3 overexposure and insurance with white gowns. This film has a great latitude of -1.5 to +3. By setting the ISO to 250 I now have -2 (about) to +2.5. So if a white gown stops me down -1 stop trying to make it grey, my shots still come out fine. With the EOS 3, I try to avoid having the focus point on a white object, and instead try to place it on the face of the groom or bride. This also helps ensure better exposure since the focus point is the key element used in the flash exposure algorithm, something you cannot change. Fill flash is fine, but I never use automatic. As much as people rave about it, I have tried it and get mixed results. I usually set fill manually (with the CF14 set to 1, so auto fill flash is disabled) to about -1.3EV and it is fine. Bear in mind if you do not change CF14 to 1, the auto fill will override any manual setting for fill you may chose. I find the EOS3 a superb camera for weddings, and while other like digital, the tight latitude on exposure can cause more headaches than one may want. Hope this helps. Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
