This is what I meant by "cheating the flash"... Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt
-----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Godfrey DiGiorgi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 13. september 2005 18:15 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: *ist D or DS & AF500FTZ for Weddings? Another solution is to eschew P-TTL or TTL flash: use an external flash with its own flash sensor. I've used the Sunpak 383 so far, fitted with a Lumiquest Mini-Softbox. It returns excellent results with the *ist DS. I did a photo session for a woman doing costuming workups a week or so ago, it worked splendidly. I hadn't expected to use flash at all, but the results of a test shot or two were so good I used the flash for virtually all of the shots. The only thing I missed was having a big battery pack for faster recycling time. Godfrey On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: > P-TTL has a huge problem with some people. They blink in reaction to > the first flash and end up with their eyes either closed or partially > closed. It is only some people, but for them, it is a real problem. > > I shoot weddings regularly with my *istD's. The basic way I work, is > to use AF360FGZ's for daylight fill flash - basically enough ambient > light, but fill in is needed for catchlight and/or shadow fill. That > is using the high speed synch and flash compensation that the flash is > capable of. > > Many weddings have a reception in the evening or in a darker venue > where there is not enough ambient light (this is the time the blinkers > really show up) I use an AF400T in TTL mode with camera compensation > dialed down about 1-2 stops. I take a shot of the bride in white and > the groom in black/dark and adjust from that. I get almost no > blinkers from the AF400T where I commonly got blinkers from the P-TTL > type system. I have heard the same problem from other wedding photogs > using other brands that do the same basic pre-flash. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 3:57:02 AM, you wrote: > > MR> Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Igor Roshchin wrote: >>> >>> >>>> I am not sure if it was entirely my fault or indeed, a) this flash >>>> does not work as well with the DS as it does with ZX5n as a fill- >>>> in flash; >>>> >>> >>> Having spoken to a (Nikon) wedding photographer and read this >>> list for >>> a while, TTL flash does not work consistently on digital. >>> > > MR> This seems to be pretty consistent across brands - it's why P- > TTL and > MR> its equivalents are recommended instead of TTL. > > > >
