I'm not entirely certain why using an external auto-flash sensor
would be termed "cheating the flash".
I've used electronic flash in my photography with greater or lesser
frequency since 1969. Auto-flash control and TTL flash metering are
great conveniences for when they do the appropriate thing. When the
situation I'm trying to light gets tough, however, I find it much
easier to pull out the flash meter and set the flash units on manual
operation. Is that cheating too?
Another technique: I often use the flash meter to obtain a Guide
Number and then just set aperture per distance, control ambient light
fill via shutter speed. I guess that's more than just cheating. ;-)
Godfrey
On Sep 13, 2005, at 12:12 PM, Jens Bladt wrote:
This is what I meant by "cheating the flash"...
Another solution is to eschew P-TTL or TTL flash: use an external
flash with its own flash sensor. I've used the Sunpak 383 so far,
fitted with a Lumiquest Mini-Softbox. It returns excellent results
with the *ist DS.
