Hmm. I'd have to see some evidence of problems, but I imagine that if you're really diffusing the light a lot this could conceivably happen.
I don't see how the wedding photography could work with a preview ... given that most of your shooting happens in very constrained, set distances and poses, all you need to know is the right lens opening for the given scenes. I used to do weddings way back in the mists of time with a Nikon F and a Rolleiflex TLR, didn't even have an auto- flash at that time, just a good-old-potato masher, and found that in a reception situation I just had to know three-four setups and click the aperture to the correct one for the situation. With a digital preview, I'd calibrate my head to the setups more accurately and then just dial in the aperture as needed. Godfrey On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:22 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > Light modifiers are bounce cards, diffusers, umbrellas, light spheres, > etc. Where I could imagine the problem is that the pre-flash systems > only send out a very small pop to determine exposure. The situation > becomes somewhat like when you try to meter past the capability of the > meter - like old stop down - so the pre-flash is small and the light > modifier cuts 3 stops of light and the little pop didn't put out 3 > stops to begin with. Now the reading would be incorrect and the main > flash pop would be too strong. Not saying it would always happen, but > I could imagine problems with some kinds of modifiers - especially the > stronger diffusers. > > In some situations, taking a shot and then looking at the histogram > would work well. In wedding photography, that would mostly not work - > you can't afford a test shot most of the time. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
