The best way I have found to do this kind of thing is manual exposure using a
ratio controlled flash so you can balance the flash exposure to just exactly
where you want it. I always find it easier to do these kinds of things myself
than to figure out how to program the camera and flash to do it.
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Joe Wilensky wrote:
The super program does this, too.
Yes, it does -- I was surprised when I took photos at a coworker's
wedding recently. There was a really nice sunset visible from the deck.
I tried using TTL as fill flash while properly exposing the background,
but the flash wouldn't go off (Super Program, SMC-M 85mm f/2, Pentax
AF200T flash):
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/Without_flash.jpg
So I switched to auto flash, which meant I needed to select a shutter
speed that would work best with f/5.6 and to get closer to the balance I
wanted:
http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/With_flash.jpg
Still not perfect, though this could be better tweaked in Photoshop (the
print looks a bit better than this).
How do you override the decision with the compensation dial? I assume by
dialing in overexposure, but wouldn't that risk overexposing the flash
portion of the shot?
Joe
William Robb wrote:
snip......
One of the LX wonks that I don't like is it's refusal to fire a flash
at all if it decides that there is enough ambient light to take the
picture without flash.
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graywolf
http://graywolfphoto.com/graywolf.html
