Maybe they weren't paying you, but what do they show their grandkids? Film and processing aren't as cheap as they used to be, but they are still cheaper than screwing up a job. Two days ago I put a test roll through my camera to test one of my Vivitar 283 strobes and some diffusers that I made for it. There is no guessing or wishing now. I know what it will do.
I put a test roll through every new or new-used camera to check the light meter and film combination. If it's off one stop then its just off one stop and I make allowances for it, but at least I know before I miss something I can't reshoot. On Sunday 30 September 2001 07:27, Cory or Brenda Waters wrote: > I'm chalking it up to plane-old inexperience. I was using a > dedicated for Pentax JCPenny non-TTL flash (Only flash I have). I > hadn't really used that flash on the 5N yet so I didn't know how it > would perform, especially in a large room or on groups of people. I > had the flash set to auto-mode. The setting on the flash calls for > F8 when using ISO400 film. Probably a combination of the flash > reading the room's lighting wrong and the distances being too high. > I thought that the sync speed might have been too high but the > flash's manual says it was set-up for M series cameras and most of > them sync around 1/100 as well (per Boz's site). Did I mention that > pictures taken with my A3000 and the same flash came out ok, save for > the poor composition? The A3000 syncs at 1/60. I also took a couple > shots with the flash on manual mode (with the 5n) that came out > OVERexposed due to my not setting the aperture right. > SO > Learned that with the settings recommended, it'll underexpose with > the flash set to auto. Probably had enough light output to expose > correctly if I could have figured out the aperture setting needed. > > OH well. Live and learn. At lease they weren't paying me. > > Cory Waters > trying not to think about it anymore. > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . -- Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
