Need advice, gang. My wife has set up a bird feeder that is the most popular thing (for birds) since day-old bread. Every time I try to approach with my camera on monopod, though, off they fly. I don't have time to wait for them to get used to me. But I can shoot them in the mornings from our kitchen window (with the window open). Trouble is, the feeder is in shade and the background is quite bright. I can shoot with the AF 360 FGZ flash to get enough light into the feeder itself. But how do I meter for this? If I set the cameras' meter to spot, will the *ist D's flash sensor read only that area, or will it insist on reading the whole scene (as, I believe, P-TTL does)?
Yes, I could probably calculate the flash manually, but I have paid for all this automation, and I want to use it. Advice appreciated. Joe
