Darren, P-TTL is hit-or-miss at the best of times, but trying to measure light bounced back from a bird's breast at the distances Paul is dealing with -- forget it! Manual settings are necessary in this situation.
Were you using a flash extender like a Better Beamer here, Paul? On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > Haven't looked at EXIF or anything, but change in background is > probably due to underexposure thanks to higher shutter speed with the > flash. > > One reason that leaf shutters are much preferred for flash fill. > Shutter speed controls the amount of ambient light getting to the film. > Aperture controls the amount of flash getting to the film. > (This applies to old school flash. Never have figured out TTL/PTTL > flash, but assume similar principles as far as shutter speed affecting > ambient light is concerned). > > Darren Addy > Kearney, Nebraska > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Bulent Celasun > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Why the background is darker in the flash shot? >> A change in lighting? >> >> I wonder if a little overexposure (say, plus 0.5) would have made a >> difference in that one. >> >> Too tricky for me, anyway :( >> >> Bulent -- -bmw -- 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.
