Yes, the 540 flash head turns for vertical. Of course you can't use the built in bounce card in that position. But with the Lightsphere it's perfect. Since the sphere is round, I keep the head rotated 90 degrees for all shots, horizontal and vertical. When switching to vertical, it's just a matter of flipping it up. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Christine Aguila" <[email protected]> > Thanks for the quick look, Charles, Dave B, Paul, Bruce, & Bob W.: I did > forget to mention that I bounced the flash. My folks have white ceilings, > so that helped; I hate shooting in those green walls though; I've gotten > some pretty odd colors from that room. > > Paul: the 360 does have the white pull-up card, but I didn't use it for > this shoot--I forgot it was there--next time I'll try it. I wish I could > turn the flash head when shooting vertical, but I guess I'll have to wait > till I upgrade--I'm assuming the 540's flash head turns up for vertical, no? > > Bruce: There was a time or two that I thought the flash did do something > hinky--that is, miss read the scene---not put out enough or put out too > little light, but it didn't happen that often--maybe I just got lucky. > > Dave: Go put your flash on your camera right now. Set the camera to > manual---set the f stop to F4 (Use the DA 16-45mm lens) set the shutter to > 1/60 of a sec to start--set the flash to P-TTL--put the flash head at a > bounce angle--now go shoot something--open up the shutter if it's too dark > BUT KEEP the f-stop at 4--DON'T CHANGE THAT--only change the shutter---keep > opening up the shutter to achieve a better balance of flash and ambient > lighting. I was shooting between 28 - 20 mm, I think. HTH. > > Thanks, Charles. Much appreciated. > > And a grateful cheers to you too, Bob :-) > > Cheers, Christine > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David J Brooks" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2009 6:47 PM > Subject: Re: GESO Flash Practice > > > > Christine, it looks like these shots are exposed quite well. > > > > Tell us your secrets, or at least to me, as flash eludes me, much like > > over time. > > > > Dave > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 7:34 PM, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> Hi: I've been practicing with my 360 Pentax Flash. These pics ain't > >> art--just family snapshots of a b-day party earlier this week. I've been > >> setting the camera on manual F4 (with DA 16-45mm f4)and any where between > >> 1/30-1/60 sec using the P-TTL mode and flash compensation as needed. > >> I've > >> been trying to use flash to blend in with existing light. What do you > >> guys > >> think? Is it blending or overpowering :-)? > >> > >> http://faculty.ccc.edu/caguila/Flash%20Practice/index.html > >> > >> Comments/critique are welcome. > >> Cheers, Christine > >> > >> > >> -- > >> 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. > > > > > > -- > 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.
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