> -----Original Message----- > From: Yong Yang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > I had a question about flash compensation. I ever took some > pics in a museum using PZ-1p @ HyP mode with flash. When I > got the processed pictures back, I found people's faces > were over-exposured. I thought this is because the > background was so dark and I should use flash compensation > to correct the light emitted from the flash so that > people's faces won't be over-exposured. So next time, I did > that by using -1.0EV for flash compensation. But when I got > the pictures, the same problem existed. I talked to a > friend. He told me probably I shouldn't use flash > compensation. Instead, I should use exposure compensation > to correct the dark background. I haven't tried what he > said yet. Can anyone let me know how I should do to get > good results for this situation so that next time when I go > there I know I'll be getting good pics?
I bet it's the printing and your printer over adjusted for the dark backgrounds. Possibly their faces were small in relation to the rest of the shot fooling the meter a bit. In any case, a decent printer will be able to burn in their faces a bit. When I had a PZ-1p in this situation I always set the ambient manually and used the exposure comp knob because it was easier to get to and see on the lcd. When to use comp just depends on the the relation of light and dark objects you see in the finder. What you want to do is drag your shutter a bit...set it to 1/15 or 1/30, set a moderate aperture and let ttl do it's thing. tv
