I have recently been doing a lot of outdoor fill-flash of my daughter
heading off to various proms and spring formals. Using OTF has proven
useless, even with the F-280. So I tried the "old school" technique of
ambient metering, then metering the flash with a Minolta IV, and figuring
the balance in my head. Now that works. The only surprise I got was one
set of tight head-and-shoulder portraits from the last outing. Using the
trees and shadows of the backyard as the background and the subjects
standing on the driveway, I did not correctly account for the flash to
background difference. The subjects are properly exposed, balance of
natural light and flash is quite pleasant. But the shade of the background
went totally black. Dang it! The negatives show modest seperation between
the dark tuxedo jackets and the dark background, and perhaps will improve
when reprinted. However, I should have done better. I wonder if fancy
multi-segment metering would have been smart enough to automate it.......
John P
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there is no "never" - just long periods of "not yet".
there is no "always" - just long periods of "so far".
Trevor J. Noble <p15982@xxxxxx> remarked:
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] T32 Auto setting inaccurate
>
>Roger Hicks in his book "Learning to Light" states that auto flash is
>practically useless in fill-in situations. He recommends switching to
manual
>and calculating the exposure manually!
>
>Do any other people here worry as much about flash exposure accuracy as
they
>do daylight? Are serious OM'rs happy to trust the circuitry and resort to
>bracketing like other brand owners?
>Regards
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