On Aug 12, 2010, at 9:20, P N Stenquist wrote: > > On Aug 12, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > >> On Aug 12, 2010, at 2:14, eckinator wrote: >> >>> 2010/8/12 Rick Womer <[email protected]>: >>>> >>>> Is it set to anti-red-eye-flash mode? >>> >>> You mean eyes-inevitably-shut mode? >>> Even P-TTL gives me lots of closed eyes unless I bounce or diffuse it. >> >> My trick is to do trailing-curtain flash with the shutter speed at something >> like 1/15. The pre-flash and the real flash are so far apart at that point >> that *most* people are done blinking. >> >> -Charles >> > The best "trick" is to never, ever use the pop up flash for anything.
I wasn't talking about the pop-up flash.... (but I actually used the PUF all weekend at a party so that my K7 would be lightweight and with me, rather than something I kept setting down because of the weight. K7 with kit lens and pop-up still yields better party shots than a P&S) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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.

