Thanks for the info Joe and Bruce(how many beer do i owe you now,Bruce<g>)
Ok,i'll try that with the IF button.Vic touched on it when i meet up with him,but we
went
over quite a bit
in a short time,it was probably mentioned and duly forgotton<g>
So in the normal area of shooting,say in sun or enough sun to cause a shadow on a face
caused by a
riding helmet or ball cap etc,the camera and flash will work together in that instance
to
not throw out a
lot of light,as the ambient is strong,but hopefully just enough to brighten up the face
shadow a tad.
Is my boat in the water now. lol
Dave
> The PZ-1 does utilize the ambient light reading
along with TTL flash
> -- but in the situation you describe, the straight shot of a person
> under a tree would likely come out with too much flash on the
> subject, at least for most people's tastes.
>
> With the PZ-1, you can adjust flash compensation without affecting
> the ambient light exposure only in manual (hypermanual) mode. First,
> with the camera in hypermanual mode and the flash on, hit the IF
> button for the recommended exposure. _Then_ dial in exposure
> compensation, whether it's -0.5, -0.7, -1.0, -1.3, etc. or whatever
> amount you'd like to "dial down" the flash. The manual exposure graph
> will now show overexposure due to the compensation, but if you leave
> your shutter speed/f-stop settings where they were, the exposure
> compensation will now only affect the TTL flash output and not the
> ambient light exposure, which was correct.
>
> That was a main selling point for me to upgrade to the PZ-1p -- flash
> exposure compensation as a separate control, which means it's
> available in all modes and not nearly as clunky to use in changing
> light, etc. But I did use the method I described on my PZ-1, and it
> worked fine -- just remember to reset exposure compensation
> afterwards!
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
>
> > Ok so i read a bit of the PZ-1 manual at lunch(Bwaa haaa
> >haaaa,i really do use
> >these things)and
> >the daylight sync flash has me concered,again,sorry folks.
> >It basically staes that in ttl auto the camera will set a speed
> >between 250 and 60
> >according to ambient
> >light.But no more details.
> >
> >So say i have a person under a shade tree(as i see many wedding
> >pictures like this so i'll
> >use as
> >example)and its sunny out,but i want to put a bit of extra light on
> >the subject,being in
> >the shade.Am i to
> >assume that if i set my 280t to ttl auto,meter the scene,the
> >camera/flash combo will fire
> >off just enough
> >light to brighten the subject,but not over do it,or am
> >i,again,missing some important
> >details here.
> >
> >Any tips from the PZ-1 owners out there.
> >
> >Dave
>
>
