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Subject: Re: [OM] Flash in the auditorium, was: John Hermanson intro for the OM newbies
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 19:01:02 -0400
I think I already have my exposure from the prior work unless they've 
changed the lights.  Your advice is good for a film user but I hardly 
use anything but the histogram these days.  One or two test shots and I 
have my ETTR exposure.

Chuck Norcutt


On 6/20/2012 5:51 PM, philippe.amard wrote:
> If I may intrude; I'd simply try to get close before it all starts -
> preferably on the stage at rehearsals if any - and check the light on
> the palm of my hand, the rest is as easy as pie IF the metering
> remains within the sensors/speed/aperture acceptable limits.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Bien cordialement
> Philippe
>
> Le 20 juin 12 à 23:40, Chuck Norcutt a écrit :
>
>> You are correct about the flash's effectiveness at high ISO.  But
>> maybe
>> I don't have to go there.  I just reviewed the last photos I took
>> there
>> (almost 3 years ago) and see that I was getting a good exposure at ISO
>> 3200, 80mm @ f/2.8 and 1/50 second.  Not exactly great if anybody is
>> moving but most are reasonably crisp.  I don't remember it but I must
>> have been using the monopod.
>>
>> Looking at the field of view at 80mm I must have been about 35 feet
>> away.  Not as bad as I thought but I'd guess the back of the
>> auditorium
>> is double that distance.  I know the flash will throw plenty of light
>> but I think I'll try to avoid that to avoid the mixed color light.
>> Somewhere I have an appropriate colored  gel to cover the flash but I
>> haven't seen it in like years.  :-)
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>>
>> On 6/20/2012 4:46 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>> You'd think I'd be more
>>>> knowledgeable and better prepared having been there twice
>>>> already.  :-)
>>>
>>> It's simple math, my friend. Your flash is what? GN 54 (ISO 100) at
>>> telephoto setting? ISO 1600 (or even 800) will give you gobs of power
>>> from just about any distance inside that auditorium provided you
>>> aren't trying to shoot at F11 or something.
>>>
>>> Of course, if you really wanted to make a statement, use a T45 flash.
>>> It's ONLY a GN 45 flash, but that's at wide-ange coverage. Throw that
>>> upward to the ceiling, let it go full-blast and you'll be golden.
>>>
>>
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