DA12-24 and P-TTL Flash

GeneV · 10-31-2011, 06:02 AM

Last Saturday, I shot a Halloween party at a home. The house has 12' ceilings, and I was using bounce flash. I noticed that every shot with the DA12-24 was overexposed and washed out--it looked like a combination of overexposure and possible flare. Dialing in a stop of compensation did not help, and it happened at all FL. When I popped on an FA35 or pancake DA primes, the problem was solved. I did not have the hood for the DA12-24, but it is almost nonexistent anyway.

It occurred to me that I have very seldom used the DA12-24 with flash, before. Has anyone else had problems with bounce flash and ultrawides?

JayR · 10-31-2011, 06:11 AM

yeah funny you mention it, I lost a load of flash shots using PTTL and a fisheye recently. Some just came out way over exposed.

I usually prefer manually setting the flash power, but in that case it was event/concert photography and bouncing the flash off the inside of the tent.

asp1880 · 10-31-2011, 06:40 AM

Quite the contrary, I've had good success with K-x, AF540FGZ flash and the Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6. If anything, bounce flash with that combo came out a little dark, I remember setting FEC +1.

Regards,
--Anders.

GeneV · 10-31-2011, 07:28 AM

I've had good luck with the DA15, DA21, DA17-70 and Sigma 17-35 when shooting at the same focal lengths. Some of my worst results were at 24mm.

GeneV · 10-31-2011, 09:15 PM

Originally posted by asp1880

Quite the contrary, I've had good success with K-x, AF540FGZ flash and the Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6. If anything, bounce flash with that combo came out a little dark, I remember setting FEC +1.

Regards,
--Anders.

My shots were with the K-5.

10-31-2011, 06:02 AM	#1
GeneV Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Albuquerque NM Photos: Albums Posts: 9,830	DA12-24 and P-TTL Flash Last Saturday, I shot a Halloween party at a home. The house has 12' ceilings, and I was using bounce flash. I noticed that every shot with the DA12-24 was overexposed and washed out--it looked like a combination of overexposure and possible flare. Dialing in a stop of compensation did not help, and it happened at all FL. When I popped on an FA35 or pancake DA primes, the problem was solved. I did not have the hood for the DA12-24, but it is almost nonexistent anyway. It occurred to me that I have very seldom used the DA12-24 with flash, before. Has anyone else had problems with bounce flash and ultrawides?

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10-31-2011, 06:11 AM	#2
JayR Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Adelaide, SA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 273	yeah funny you mention it, I lost a load of flash shots using PTTL and a fisheye recently. Some just came out way over exposed. I usually prefer manually setting the flash power, but in that case it was event/concert photography and bouncing the flash off the inside of the tent.

10-31-2011, 06:40 AM	#3
asp1880 Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Lyngby, Copenhagen Photos: Albums Posts: 742	Quite the contrary, I've had good success with K-x, AF540FGZ flash and the Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6. If anything, bounce flash with that combo came out a little dark, I remember setting FEC +1. Regards, --Anders.

10-31-2011, 07:28 AM	#4
GeneV Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Albuquerque NM Photos: Albums Posts: 9,830 Original Poster	I've had good luck with the DA15, DA21, DA17-70 and Sigma 17-35 when shooting at the same focal lengths. Some of my worst results were at 24mm.

10-31-2011, 09:15 PM	#5
GeneV Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Albuquerque NM Photos: Albums Posts: 9,830 Original Poster	Originally posted by asp1880 Quite the contrary, I've had good success with K-x, AF540FGZ flash and the Sigma 10-20 f4-5.6. If anything, bounce flash with that combo came out a little dark, I remember setting FEC +1. Regards, --Anders. My shots were with the K-5.