Interesting. I found -.5 quite bright, for the baby shots. Oh well, depends on the situation i suppose, and metering patterns.
It did well for the passport photos i took yesterday, but i was farther away than the kid.:-). Dave On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:45 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've wondered myself whether the in-camera flash comp is just for the pop up. > with my 540, I use the flash comp on the flash unit. However -1.5 or -2.0 is, > in my experience, way too much for a strongly backlit subject. I generally go > with -.5 or even straight up. > Paul > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> What manual? >> >> MaritimTim >> >> 2008/6/2 Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Dave, >> > You're not on the cutting edge there, you're on the bleeding edge. >> > We haven't read that far in the manuals yet! >> > Regards, Bob S. >> > >> > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 6:08 AM, David J Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Tried taking a few shots of a 10 month old child at the farm >> >> yesterday, with the 360 attached as fill, strong back light. I had it >> >> dialed in at -1.5 and -2.0, but was not getting what i wanted. Just on >> >> a lark, i went into the Fn directory and dialed in -07 comp in the >> >> camera. I got a more pleasing photo from this. >> >> >> >> I assumed this in camera adjustment was more for the pop up flash. >> >> >> >> Hyp P in Tv ,mode and the 16-45 with ISO of 250, if that matters. >> >> Was i wrong to assume that. Does it work together with the flash heads >> >> like the 360 and 540. >> >> >> >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Equine Photography >> >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> >> Ontario Canada >> >> >> >> -- >> >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> >> follow >> the directions. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow >> the directions. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> MaritimTim >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >> the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
