The little FL-20 ain't all that wimpy and rinky-dinky. I thought so, too,
until I tried it a few times. Here's a shot I made just last night, straight
out off the card, ISO 400, 14-54 @ 54mm, from a distance of about 40 feet, in
nearly total darkness -- just the light of one 40-watt bulb in a wall fixture
on our deck the same distance from the critters that I was. It's not exactly
in sharp focus because it was too dark for both me and the autofocus to get it
right, but I think this shows that this little flash has a fair amount of
oomph! And I keep the diffuser on it so I won't lose it, and I forgot to take
it off, so consider that, too. :-)
http://home.att.net/~hiwayman/wsb/media/192375/site1062.jpg
Walt, who could've used a T-45 (or two)
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> So, I'm an idiot when it comes to flash, and all I have for my E-1 is the
> rinky-dink FL-20 (?) that came with it. So tomorrow morning I'm going out on
> a lobster boat to do some shooting. We're leaving the dock at 4:30 a.m.,
> which is and hour and a half before sunrise. I can see the possibility of
> some flash pictures early, and some fill-flash pictures later as the sun
> pops over the horizon. I wonder if anyone can give me a quick and dirty, set
> your shutter speed for this, your f-stop for that and your flash for this,
> kind of advice.
>
> Thanx!
>
> --Bob
>
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