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A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
I've been trying to get fill flash, in an outdoor setting, working for me and have been having some trouble nailing it down. On another board, I read that, on a sunny day, you wanted to set EC to -1 and FEC to +1 and move those numbers to zero as cloud cover increased. But, I've never seen any "proof", with pictures, of… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
When I went to look at my pics, I was surprised to see how they looked on a propper monitor vs. how they looked on the camera LCD display. I actually don't see that much of a difference between -2/3 FEC and +1 FEC. The difference seemed much more dramatic in camera. I do notice, however, that the further away the subject… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
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Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
Velcro ties and elastic bungies can create light stands out of any poles, chairs, trees etc along the way. I always keep a couple in my backpack for this reason. A Gorillapod, which is a flexible, bendable tripod like device with a 1/4x20 screw on top should be able to mount a hot shoe adapter for a strobe also.… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
Here is a quick rundown on HSS and to use it: Remember, once the shutter speed is faster than the sync speed, the shutter is a slit that sweeps the sensor. As you increase the shutter speed, you change the width of the slit but the sweep time stays the same. That is the key to understanding how HSS works. Lets take my 5D… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
This was a test of a number of different things:* Does my light meter "correctly" measure incident light. Or, put another way, does my camera agree with the light meter? * Can I manually set the camera to "correctly" expose the background? * To what do I set the FEC to "correctly" expose the subject with fill light? *… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
Here are my guesses as to why you need those settings: EC -1: Generally when the Canon metering system thinks there is mixed sun and shade it overexposes the sunny areas to recover some detail in the shade. You are getting that service from the flash, so would rather properly expose the sunlit areas. FEC +1: In typical… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
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Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
Very nice study Scott. The use of fill flash is such an easy way to improve images, especially outdoors in sunlight or shade, that the more we know about its subtleties, the better photographers we can be. In theory, shooting in Av mode, an EOS camera will choose the correct exposure for the background, and illuminate the… -
Re: A Test: Flash Exposure Compensation w/ 9 Examples
Scott. Good morning. This Fill flash business interesses me very much. Your experiments were very interesting and instrutive. Today, Sunday, I can't write here much because I have to go and shoot kite surf for my son and friends, but allow me to suggest a photo in P mode, flash straight on with compensation of (-) 1 1/3,…
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