http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/fill.jpg
My technique, for anyone who's interested, was to set the shutter at 1/150 (I was using a non-a lens), then adjust the aperture (using the DOF preview + meter method) to expose correctly off the bright green in the lower-right. Then I just clicked away!
When, for example I'm shooting (macros with a non-a lens) at night or in low light, with the on-board flash as my primary light source, I just set the aperture to whatever I want and click away and the camera generally knows exactly what to do with regards to flash. The single gripe with this method is that flash exposure compensation appears to be disabled.
I haven't experimented enough with the AF360FGZ to work out exactly what to do with it, but my initial feelings are it's quite tricky...
Cheers, David
Jens Bladt wrote:
Hello Amita You have been shooting in very difficult light. The very low sun is giving you trouble. Believe me, we Scandiavians know this from experience. That' what gives the camera eeposure automatics problems. You uses Av setting, letting the camera chose shutterspeed, but with the flash turned on, the camera will use a minimum shutterspeed, leaving no or just a little "space" for the flash to work in.
Problem: The two first pictures are kind of backlit, causing underexpsure, The two others are partly lit by the low sun, thus better exposure/overexposure.
Solution: Use "M" setting and a flash. Make sure the setting will not - even without the flash - overexpose your shots, but slightly underexpose. Let the flash provide the rest of the light needed. If F8, 1/100 gives you slightly underexposed frames, use this setting AND the flash set to TTL. Alternatively, don't use TTL. Use "A" setting on the flash to provide enough light for a sertain Aperture. The flash will then cut off the light beam when it has reached the sufficient ammount. Set the camera accordingly or one aperture darkier to use the flash as fill in, not main light.
And - BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better.
All the best
Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 02:42 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: fill flash problems on the *istD
Last weekend, we shot a bunch of photos of my friend Sue, a musician and singer, for her website. This was the first time I really got to use my new Sigma EF-500 flash. A lot of the photos came out fine, but some came out really dark. Here are some samples. The first two are dark, the third is too bright and the fourth looks good.
http://www.sunny16.net/sue-flash.htm
I shot everything at aperture priority, and the flash fired every single time. What went wrong?
Thanks, Amita
