On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 11:59:51PM -0400, Doug Franklin wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > As for the lighting it was quite simple. I just put f/11 to put a > > background into dark, and 360 flash with the little white plate (it is > > called 'catch light' in the manual as I remember) brings the flower > > from the dark. > > Hmmm. I don't have the 360, but I have the Sigma EF-500 (?). It has a > little flip out diffuser for the head. I wonder if that's the same sort > of thing you recall the manual describing as a 'catch light'.
No - they're different. The 540 has both a diffuser panel (for use with wide angle lenses) and a catch light plate (for use when you're using the tilt head to bounce flash off the ceiling); it reflects a small amount of the flash output towards the subject so you get some highlights. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
