Hi Michael... I don't have direct experience with the AF360, but here's my theory on the cause: Camera flashes cause most folks to blink. Hey, it's a natural reaction to a very intense light. Usually, by the time a person blinks the exposure has been completed. So it's not a matter of *if* people blink, but *when* people blink. One may be able to go so far as to find the average amount of time a person take to react to a flash, may be 1/4 sec?
It sounds like the quantity and duration of the pre-flashes generated by the 360 are delaying the main burst enough to catch your subjects in the "blinking" act. How may pre-flashes are being used? One for calculating reflective light and one for red eye reduction? Can you reduce the number of pre-flashes? I'm interested to see what the list's 360 users suggest. t On 12/10/02 10:00 AM, Michael Cross wrote: > On Saturday evening, I used my new (to me) AF360-FGZ to take some > pictures at our Christmas party. When I got back the prints, the > majority of the photos had at least one person with their eyes closed. > > The house was fairly dark and the revelers had imbibed quite a bit of > Christmas cheer by the time the camera came out. Since everyone's eyes > had adjusted to very dim lighting, I am wondering if the preflash on the > AF360 caused people to blink so that when the photos were taken, their > eyes were closed? > > Any thoughts? > > Michael Cross > Chico, CA > > > > >
