All these shots had the pre-flash. It is hard to say whether that affected their eyes or not. Other factors include general lighting conditions (could be bright), some people just don't open their eyes wide, some people start to shut their eyes when they smile, etc. If there is pretty good ambient light, then the pre-flash is not as noticeable. Certainly at the point that the flash becomes a main light, the pre-flash can be seen and the blinkers start to blink.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 2:36:45 PM, you wrote: JB> This sounds very nice, except I don't want any pre-flash. JB> These are very, very nice shots. JB> But I do believe some of them was made using a pre-flash. JB> The slighly "slimmer than normal" eyes gives it away. Right??? JB> Regards JB> Jens Bladt JB> Arkitekt MAA JB> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt JB> -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- JB> Fra: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] JB> Sendt: 13. september 2005 22:19 JB> Til: Igor Roshchin JB> Emne: Re: *ist D or DS & AF500FTZ for Weddings? JB> It should be noted that when the PZ-1p came out, it had the ability to JB> control the flash output/compensation from the body. You could JB> actually dial in the amount of flash compensation you wanted. This JB> worked with any TTL flash. Most of the competitors did it the other JB> way around - you dialed in the flash compensation on the flash unit JB> rather than the body. With the release of the MZ-S and then the *ist JB> family, Pentax has changed it so that flash compensation is a feature JB> of the flash unit rather than the body. So with a 360FGZ flash, you JB> can dial in the amount of compensation you desire and use P-TTL on the JB> MZ-S, *ist, *istD and *istDS. It is no longer a feature of the body JB> like the PZ-1p. JB> I use this feature all the time with weddings and portraits, typically JB> dialing in between -1.5 and -2 stops on the flash and using the JB> ability of the flash/body to do high speed synch to do daylight fill. JB> Works very well. JB> Here are some examples with *istD and AF360FGZ: JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/0110_amber_042.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Wedding/0084-wagner_0045.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Wedding/0043-slaugh_011.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Wedding/0084-wagner_0071.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Portrait/gold_0004.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Portrait/imgp0826.htm JB> http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Portrait/harris_0001.htm JB> -- JB> Best regards, JB> Bruce JB> Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 12:42:39 PM, you wrote: >>> >>> Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:11:17 +0200 >>> From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: RE: *ist D or DS & AF500FTZ for Weddings? >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> I believe you talking to me, Kostas. >>> Moving the slider in the back of the AF280T does not have any effect, JB> when >>> working in TTL Mode. The camera sensor will determine flash duration >>> according to the camera settings. >>> >>> Cheating the flash means using it in NON TTL MODE, that is using the >>> built-in automtics in the flash unit. (The AF500FTZ is - AFAIR not JB> equiped >>> with such automatics). >>> >>> In TTL mode only two things work AFAIK: A flash compensation utility in JB> the >>> flash unit or in the camera body. In any other case the flash duration JB> will >>> be adjusted to accomodate "the total exposure" - meaning NO consideration JB> of >>> the ambient light involved and NO compensation possible. >>> >>> Of course there's one more option, which is hardly useful: >>> Adjusting the shutterspeed (more time) to allow the ambient light to JB> "play >>> it's part" so to speak, in the final picture. This technique is known as >>> Slow Flash. As I said - hardly useble for daylight shooting. >>> >>> Now a question for you and Bruce: >>> It seems that the AF360FGZ has a flash compensation utility (fill flash >>> option) which will allow the flash to give LESS light than it normally >>> would. Is this true??? If yes - will it work without usin the P-TTL mode? >>> >>> I still would prefer a body with a +/- option for the flash only - like JB> the >>> PZ-1p had. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Jens Bladt >>> Arkitekt MAA >>> http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt >>> >>> IR>> Jens, IR>> I am not sure about D, but DS has the flash-only compensation option. IR>> Oops, I just checked the manual, and found that for DS it should work IR>> only for the built-in flash (p146). Ghm.. IR>> I wonder if this is correct? IR>> And I was not able to find anything about flash compensation in the JB> manual IR>> for D, but found that on page 90 it talks about "daylight-sync shooting" IR>> Try if it works for you.. IR>> Igor
