Re: PESO: Stealing flash

[Paul Stenquist]

Auto exposure does work with an LX and stolen flash. That makes sense 
since it's metering off the film. Several years ago I was at a 
television shoot of a Dodge truck. It was in total darkness on Mammoth 
mountain in California. The scene was supposed to be in a rainstorm, so 
the production company had a big lightening generator up in a tree. Of 
course the lightening generator is nothing more than a giant flash. I 
shot on ap priority auto and just opened the shutter when the truck was 
close to film frame while pulling focus on the headlights. The next 
"lightening bolt" completed the exposure. It was in the pug a few years 
back: http://pug.komkon.org/01aug/mtgoat.html

I like the second shot you posted as well. The subtle flash combined 
with the warm color is very nice.

Paul
On Dec 23, 2004, at 2:45 AM, Juan Buhler wrote:
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 22:42:47 -0500, Paul Stenquist
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Nice. Good timing, cute shot. The light coming from the other 
shooter's
camera is just perfect. So much more interesting than a flash pic of
them looking at your camera would be. Looks like the auto exposure got
the job done, or else you really anticipated and allowed for the flash
in your exposure. Great work.
Thanks Paul!  As I was telling Frank, I did plan for it, and guessed
the flash exposure.
I don't think autoexposure would work in this case, as the camera has
no way to know that a flash is being used. Maybe with an LX. Or a
Lomo...
j
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