You'd think that would be the case, all I know is that my tests with E-6 film turned out great, perfect fill lighting.
DG At 11:38 PM 10/19/01 -0400, you wrote: >On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, dick graham wrote: > > repeating. Simply put your camera in manual mode and set the exposure for > > the ambient background, turn flash on for TTL and turn the exposure > > compensation dial on the camera to - 1, or what ever value you > > desire. Very easy. Even easier is to use a diffuser , such as the Stoffen > > Omni Bounce, on your flash. Because it eats up about 1 1/2 stops of > > exposure you don't have to make any corrections on the camera or the > > flash. Just set manual exposure for the ambient background turn on the > > flash and shoot. I have both the white and gold colored Omni's for my > > Sunpack 444D. > >But surely, the TTL flash would have compensated the 1 1/2 stops you lost >using the OmniBounce automatically; just like using bounce flash. So I >believe you still need to use the exposure compensation dial even when >using OmniBounce in TTL mode. But as OmniBounce gives you softer >illumination, you may use different flash:ambient light ratio exposure. >And shooting it without exposure compensation may well give you acceptable >results - but not for the reason you have stated. > > >-- >--Lawrence Kwan--SMS Info Service/Ringtone Convertor--PGP:finger/www-- >[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.vex.net/~lawrence/ -Key ID:0x6D23F3C4-- >- >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 . - 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 .
