Thanks Godfrey I'm being coinstantly amazed at the range of features in the DS. For what's often described as an 'entry level' DSLR, it packs a significant punch!
Cheers, Brian +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Feb 5, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > > > If I wanted to do fill flash with either of the external units, > I > > could do that by dialing in a negative amount of flash > compensation? > > Or have I got that screwed up? > > Yes. I normally set FEC some value between -.5 and -1.5EV to be > more > of a "fill" effect than the main light source with the built in > flash. What you're doing is adjusting the total flash output power > > using a metering sensor. However, the adjustability is a bit coarse > > so I usually fall back on traditional manual controls to manage > fill ... and since I don't own a dedicated external flash yet, I > have > to. ;-) > > The basic rule is that, given a flash power setting, shutter speed > > controls ambient light exposure while aperture/distance controls > the > flash exposure. Balancing the two is a little tricky to > conceptualize > but once you "get it", it becomes easy. For a baseline to figure > the > proper settings, I use a hand-held flash and ambient incident > meter. > > The Kodak Professional and Pocket Photo Guides (do they still > publish > these?) provide very useful and easy to use flash fill calculation > > tools. > > Godfrey > >
