On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Rick Womer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been extremely busy with travel and work lately, and while I have been > shooting a lot I have been posting very little (and had 545 PDML messages in > my mailbox Saturday morning!). > > Friday I got home in time to catch the trick-or-treaters. We close our block > to traffic, children (and some adults) dress up, and besides > trick-or-treating we serve hot dogs and cider to anyone who shows up. There > are usually 250-300 kids visiting our block. > > The pix are here: > > http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=873351 > > All taken with the K10D, FA 24-90, and Sigma EF500 DG Super flash. > > A technical note: I and others have had some exposure consistency problems > with that flash. With the 24-90 it works beautifully, and that led me to do > some experiments with the 16-45. The key seems to be remembering to put down > the diffuser screen at focal lengths shorter than 20mm--it doesn't just > prevent vignetting, it also seems to change the flash metering in some way. > > Rick
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