with any of the other cameras.
Good
luck!
MCC
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From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: Can we talk about fill flash pttl?
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop
Hi Dario,
Thanks for your many replies! :)
I think you were on track in your first reply -- it was still very
bright out, and the camera, set to AV, wanted a fast shutter speed
(1/500 +), even at ISO 200. After my first shot, I smacked my
forehead and realized high speed synch would be the way
: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net
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Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: Can we talk about fill flash pttl?
Hi Dario,
Thanks for your many replies! :)
I think you were on track in your first reply -- it was still very
bright out
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Mark, thank you very much for your thoughts. It's encouraging to know
that you are able to make pttl work for you, even at close range...
Your comment:
On overcast cloudy days I may set
On 11-07-17 11:52 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Hi Dario,
Thanks for your many replies! :)
I think you were on track in your first reply -- it was still very
bright out, and the camera, set to AV, wanted a fast shutter speed
(1/500 +), even at ISO 200. After my first shot, I smacked my
compensation
with
the K7 than I did with any of the other cameras.
Good
luck!
MCC
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From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 11:11 AM
Subject: Can we talk about fill flash pttl?
Last night, I
Christine Nielsen wrote:
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my k-7...using aperture priority
I wrote:
Christine, I don't think the P-TTL works perfectly (far from that!), but
the bad problem you are reporting usually happens when you use aperture
priority and have aperture ISO settings so that he camera would use fast
shutter speeds (e.g. 1/500 sec) in bright sunlight. At that
Christine,
In case of low-light shooting, I find the best way for using flash is to set
the camera in M mode for exposing the environment and then add some flash
for the main subject in the foreground. Also try spot metering, especially
in case of a small subject against a wide underexposed
Christine,
In case of low-light shooting, I find the best way for using flash is to
set the camera in M mode for exposing the environment and then add some
flash for the main subject in the foreground. Also try spot metering,
especially in case of a small subject against a wide underexposed
Hi Christine,
Can I ask what lens you were using? I had this sort of problem using
an A lens. It improved when I set the focal length for the shake
reduction (don't ask me why), though it was still not correct it was
then controlable.
Leon
On 14 July 2011 01:11, Christine Nielsen
I was using the DA* 50-135...
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On Jul 14, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Leon Altoff leon.alt...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Christine,
Can I ask what lens you were using? I had this sort of problem using
an A lens. It improved when I set the focal length for the shake
reduction (don't ask me why), though
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my k-7...using aperture priority mode,
and -1.5 Flash EV, I
On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:11, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my
On 11-07-13 11:11 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
But where were you applying the -1.5 comp: on the K-7 itself (ie in the
flash menu), or on the back of the flash? This makes a big difference. I
find that applying exp comp on the flash generally works better then
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
Much my experience as well, sadly. I think the problem is that we're using
Pentax gear. :-(
k7 is much BETTER than the K10D for this kind of thing, but it is still far
from perfect. I have the same combo with
Hi Christine, I too have been frustrated with fill flash on my K20D,
whether using the Built-in flash, or the Metz 58AF-1 (some say better
than the Pentax AF540FGZ) or the Quantaray QTB-9550D w/Promaster
5050DXR PTTL module.
In fact the Built-in flash gave better results in the Green Mode on my
From: Christine Nielsen
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my k-7...using aperture priority
I have/had the same problems with my K10D. Each shot was different and
i spent more time fiddling that shooting.
The CLS system Nikon has works a lot better for me with way less
fiddle time. Usually set and shoot.
Therefore when flash is needed for any of my photos the D200 and SB800
come along.
What shutter speed did the camera select. My habit is setting the sync
to slow speed sync or the camera in M mode. If the meter wants 1/60
and the sync speed is normal the camera selects 1/125 or 1/180 and the
flash suddenly is the primary light source.
Toine
On Wednesday, 13 July 2011, Christine
I see questions like this quite often when I'm teaching workshops,
from people with all different kinds of camera-flash systems.
If you want to understand using a dedicated, auto-metering flash
system like this, see Joe McNally's books, workshops and videos.
They're based on Nikon equipment and
On Jul 13, 2011, at 10:57, David J Brooks wrote:
Therefore when flash is needed for any of my photos the D200 and SB800
come along. Even the D200 pop up is more accurate than the Pentax
system IMO.
Frankly, even the K-7 popup is more accurate in fill-flash conditions than the
AF540 (on the
On 13/07/2011 9:11 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
What am I doing wrong?
Pentax TTL flash control has always been pretty awful. To this day, I
still set everything manually and use a big dumb auto flash that uses a
PC cord to attach to the camera.
It's sad when a 25 year old flash using
Thanks for your reply, Godfrey. Everything you said syncs with
everything I've been taught about using flash... And your
recommendation:
When I do use TTL flash automation systems for fill flash, I find the
only way to get consistent results with almost any camera and flash
system is to:
-
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong, but I usually have no problem getting the
AF540 to work as fill. In daylight, you do have to use high speed synch mode of
course, and the flash will revert to a 1/180th shutter speed if you don't
override it. I generally use program P mode on the K-5 and
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
The other problem I've had with the AF540 is you can't set it the way you
want it and have it stay there. If it powers down, it reverts to full power
when you wake it back up.
Funny, there's a problem I haven't had.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net 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
On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:05, Christine Nielsen wrote:
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
The other problem I've had with the AF540 is you can't set it the way you
want it and have it stay there. If it powers down, it reverts to full power
when you
On 11-07-13 1:15 PM, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Jul 13, 2011, at 12:05, Christine Nielsen wrote:
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
The other problem I've had with the AF540 is you can't set it the way you
want it and have it stay there. If it powers
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net 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
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
And it's worth noting that these flashes, when set to wireless slaves, will
not power off until after an hour of non-use. So you don't tend to ever see
the revert to default P-TTL behaviour when working with remotes.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm not sure what you're doing wrong, but I usually have no problem getting
the AF540 to work as fill. In daylight, you do have to use high speed synch
mode of course, and the flash will revert to a 1/180th shutter
The ceiling can be used as a diffuser, and there are diffusers that clip onto
the flash or fit over the head. The 540 also has a mini bounce card and
diffuser built in. But I use a Sto-Fen Omni-Bounce most of the time for any
work where I'm closer than 15 feet or so.
On 11-07-13 2:50 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
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
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
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
I've been less than happy with the LumiQuest Softbox III. It's harsh as an
on-camera diffuser with a hot spot in the middle. For on-camera I much prefer
the Omni-Bounce, with the flash head tilted up at 45 degrees or the
Lightsphere.
Paul
On Jul 13, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I usuall do fill flash the old fashioned way, because you know, there's
no sensors to get confused and screw up exposure.
On 7/13/2011 11:11 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Last night, I attended a portrait workshop. We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very
From: Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
The other problem I've had with the AF540 is you can't set it the way you
want it and have it stay there. If it powers down, it reverts to full power
when you wake it back up.
Funny, there's a
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Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: Can we talk about fill flash pttl?
Thanks for your reply, Godfrey. Everything you said syncs with
everything I've been taught about
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