Robert wrote:
There was a long discussion on this recently on the list. I had
believed
that using the exposure comp dial to adjust fill would work, but
it was
pointed out to me, I now believe correctly, that this will not
work if
you require your ambient exposure to remain constant. The EV
will be
affected if you do this even though you will get more or less
flash.
---------------------
I've given this some thought myself, and I don't think ambient exposure
would be affected. Assuming you set the "proper" aperature for a 1/60s
shutter speed (which is what the camera sets automatically), using the
exposure compensation dial won't (shouldn't ?) affect either aperature
or shutter speed, only flash output. The flash output will be based on
aperature, which the camera has no control over, and film speed. Thus
ambient exposure (f<x> & 1/60s) should remain constant. Make sense?
-Stephen Kudlacek
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Ashdown [SMTP:RobertA@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 1998 3:40 PM
> To: 'Olympus Mailing List'
> Subject: FW: [OM] OM2/OM4 question: fill flash
>
>
> >John wrote:
> >
> >Hi Pete,
> >
> >Using the Olympus T20 or T32 flash with the OM-2 or OM-4 you can only
> do
> >fill-flash using manual exposure with manual flash. This would work
> the same
> >way that your present Nikon setup works. You would have to set the
> exposure
> >manually and then use the exposure compensation dial to adjust the
> fill
> >ratio for the full output of the flash. Not that hard to do, but
> automatic
> >it's not. You could actually do the same thing with your OM-1 and any
> flash
> >unit, Olympus or otherwise. The Olympus flash system works great for
> non
> >fill-flash when used with an OM-2 or OM-4 and an Olympus flash.
> Olympus was
> >one of the pioneers of TTL (through-the-lens) flash. Unfortunately,
> they've
> >rested on their laurels for the past ten years as far as new SLR
> technology
> >is concerned. The members of this group are Olympus lovers. But we
> love
> >Olympus for things other than the latest bells and whistles. As you
> pointed
> >out, compactness, and build quality and feel are three of the
> biggies.
> >
> >Regards
> >John Austin
> >
> There was a long discussion on this recently on the list. I had
> believed
> that using the exposure comp dial to adjust fill would work, but it
> was
> pointed out to me, I now believe correctly, that this will not work if
> you require your ambient exposure to remain constant. The EV will be
> affected if you do this even though you will get more or less flash.
>
> >Robert A.
>
>
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