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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-10-2010, 11:34 AM
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Thnaks guys!
So, back to reading and experimenting some more.
Decidedly, this flash photography business is not as easy as it seems.
Cheers.
JP
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-09-2010, 09:45 PM
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That's what I thought: use HSS for fill-in.
But! :o
Outdoors: Av and HSS?
Indoors: slow synch?
Both in P-TTL?
Sorry about me so confused, I have a rather long learning curve with this flash thing.
Exactly what you said about taking a pic with flash that does not look like you used it!
JP
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-09-2010, 04:35 PM
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Thanks aleonx3!
OK, so I did try that and it worked.
I find it rather difficult to adjust the intensity of the flash until I can get results that I want though.
If I set the camera on manual exposure, the flash still in P-TTL, can I still set the flash to HSS to get just a "fill-in" effect?
I find that the flash overexposes the images a bit and what I would like is just a "tad" of flash to fill in the shadows.
JP
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-09-2010, 02:54 PM
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Sorry folks:
just read the manual (again) and only if the camera is on manual mode will the flash be able to be used in manual mode ... ? Really?
It says that if I am using Av, the flash will automatically switch to P-TTL.
This is really getting on my nerves.:mad:
JP
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Forum: Flashes, Lighting, and Studio
11-09-2010, 02:20 PM
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Title is wrong ... should have been "Problems" instead of "limitations".
I have been using my FA 31 Ltd quite a bit as of late, with my K7, and recently started to use it with the AF540FGZ Flash.
I am very much at the beginner's stage for flash use (yeah, after all those months) and I couldn't figure out why the flash would refuse to go into manual mode with this set up.
It does allow me to get in P-TTL but not in manual.
Same thing happens when I use the K7 + AF540FGZ Flash + Carl-Zeiss 85/1.4 (manual focus).
Both lenses set to the "A" and using Av mode on the K7.
Also just tested it with the DA*16-50/2.8 and when I try to change flash mode, it always returns to P-TTL even if I was successful at setting it to manual or auto.
Would someone be kind enough to tell me what I am doing wrong and how to set the camera and flash properly?
Or else: I have a defective flash unit?
JP
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