I usually use the on-camera flash for convenience. However, when using the DA 16-45 lens, I obviously need to use an external flash. Looking for suggestions to improve the dark photos I seem to be getting unless I set the flash ev to +0.5 or +1. All of the following were taken with the K200D, DA 16-45, AF360, at ISO 200, f5.6, & 1/50 sec. All jpegs, uploaded to Picasa without adjustments other resizing for web. The room is tungsten lit.
Flash WB, 0 ev dialed into flash: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/6coy73CRBRXJnCXR6yhf6Q?feat=directlink Flash WB, +0.5 ev dialed into flash: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/26-ybAoqITr4jE_NYJWcmg?feat=directlink Flash WB, +1 ev dialed into flash: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/kAJX0B1aZw3VsPgFN6RVVQ?feat=directlink Auto WB, 0 ev dialed into flash: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/HJXVRhjicpSRxYZVuaIxGA?feat=directlink To my eyes, the flash WB with the +0.5 is the better lit of the four. I am open to suggestions on either camera or flash settings as I don't think these are terrible well lit. Thanks. Pat -- 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.
