On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Christine Nielsen <[email protected]> wrote: >> ... Is 'zactly what I did. (manual exposure/ pttl flash/ -1.5 to -2EV/ hss >> was one of my iterations) Still, I got uneven results. Now, maybe I >> still goofed in setting the flash EV in camera rather than on the >> unit... or in any number of other ways... > > Usually when that happens in TTL-auto, the reason is that you are too > close and/or at too high an ISO setting for the flash to be able to > accommodate the desired exposure by throttling down the power. flash > units typically have a pretty limited range of auto adjustment to work > with at closer distances, which is where a lot of diffuser material > can help quite a bit, by cutting the total light output hitting the > subject substantially. > > Even manual control has limits in this regard ... I never go anywhere > with my flash kit without some kind of diffuser materials to spread > and cut the light output.
Distance may have been a factor. We were in fairly tight quarters, huddled in the shade of the lighthouse... Bear with me for one more question? When you say "diffuser", what do you mean in this situation? I use diffusers all the time with off-camera flash, but on-camera, what do you prefer? I have resisted purchasing the sto-fen/tupperware-type accessories, but maybe they are worth a look...? (ok, so that was 3 questions...) :) -c -- 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.
