Marco, > Very good focus and FOV, not worried about this, the problem instead is > light... Tested with a friend dressed in white for the occasion. Ok the > background is dark... Direct flash light and E-TTL II work very well, but > the primary subject in with is much more WHITE than all the background,
I think you are batteling the quirks of automatic exposure, not the equipment itself. Realize that your flash has limited coverage. So unless you dial your exposure in to allow for some background detail, the background will be black. One way to deal with this could be to have a slave flash illuminating the background. But this will take a lot of practice to get right and I bet the background flash would be in the wrong spot during the wedding anyway. But it could make for a cool shot. > I'm considering a Stofen Omni Bounce... They're pretty good. I used one on my previous camera system. It definitely gets rid of the "deer in the headlights" look of a typical on-camera flash picture. It's an overpriced plastic tub, though. But such is life in the photo business. I would recommend that in addition to the Omni Bounce you take a look at a flash softbox such as these made by LumiQuest: http://tinyurl.com/hshzs The company website is here: <http://www.lumiquest.com/> Beware that there is some light loss associated with the diffusers. According to LumiQuest, their softboxes "eat" about one stop of light. According to Sto-Fen's FAQ (http://www.stofen.com/FAQ/index.htm), the flash coverage is reduced by a factor of 2.5 when the OmniBounce is used. This corresponds to a light loss of 2.65 stops (#stops = log(2.5)/log(sqrt(2)) = 2.65). > Still I think I'm keeping it on the film body as backup and use it to take > some sharp shots after the wedding... Are you expecting your digital shots to not be sharp? I sugest you make a comparison between the two. Shoot with the film you intend to shoot during the wedding. Shoot digital side by side. Compare the results. I think you'd be surprised. And NO... I do NOT wish to restart the digital vs film debacle! :-) > Ah... In the church there were artificial lighting, the next time I come up > there I will ask the priest to light all the lights on... Better yet, ask him to set the lighting to what it will be during the wedding. Tom * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
