What we need is a flash adjustment on the camera for fill-flash adjustable
between +2 and -3 stops, rear curtain sync, and multi-spot metering during
exposure that limits the light contribution to any portion to what is dialed
in.
Just to start a new thread, when do people think digital cameras will eclipse
film cameras in picture quality at consumer/hobbyist prices? I predict 2005.
Tom
> Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 22:00:48 -0400
> From: "webmaster" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [OM] T32 Auto setting inaccurate
>
> 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
...
> >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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