Hi,
Recently I decided to make use of my AF500FTZ as a studio flash. I want to
take a few shots of my wife. I plan to set up the lighting as following:
- the AF500FTZ mounted on a tripod, in the Manual and Slave modes, its head
turned backwards firing into a silver umbrella - all on one side of
Artur Ledóchowski wrote:
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My questions are:
- how big is the light loss due to bouncing the light off the umbrella? how
much more should I open the aperture - 1/2 stop. 1 stop, more?
The distance you must measure is the total light path,
flash-reflector-subject. In addition you should
Artur,
The best way to make this is to go all manual and use a meter usable
with flash. Then you set the flash at the camera to do a normal
exposure at your aperture and film speed, then the AF500FTZ( with
umbrella) which is mounted as a studio flash on one side, to be 1 to 1.5
stops over
- Original Message -
From: Artur Ledóchowski
Subject: Lighting advise needed
My questions are:
- how big is the light loss due to bouncing the light off the
umbrella? how
much more should I open the aperture - 1/2 stop. 1 stop, more?
Measure the distace from the flash to the center
Use of a flash meter would be a serious help in getting things right in a
studio setting like that. Otherwise, shooting test shots with a Polaroid or
a digital camera could be a lot of help, too.
Len
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Hi,
Recently I decided to make use of my AF500FTZ as a studio flash. I want
to
take a
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