P1 Steve

Somethings for a gloomy Saturday morning.

dhorwich

camels foot 'ALERT'..!!!!!








Dan


[Edited by dhorwich - 12/7/2002 11:53:44 AM]

Apple

P1 Steve,

A fine set of piccies

Are these taken using centre-weighted metering and aperture / shutter priority or "idiot mode" as I've tried all sorts of combinations with my EOS 5 / 430EZ flash and don't seem to be able to get a decent exposure - either burnt out foreground or underexposed. Don't want to take flashmeter with me and start working manually

Do you alter the exp. compensation on the flash down by anything so you don't get burnt out highlights?

I'm thinking of just taking my digi S40 compact to Autosport - at least you can check and dump the picture there and then

TIA

Apple

Brun

All these semi-naked birds, and you're talking about cameras.

Apple

just finding out how to play with my equipment to get the results I want...

Brun

Oooo-errr.

dhorwich

what equipment are we talking about here..!!!! Dont tell me your friends call you the..... tripod..!!

Dan

Apple

that's one of the names - you should see the size of the ball & socket head on the end

Brun

Do you like to flash?

Apple

you mean for maximum exposure? sometimes...

Brun

If you push the right buttons, you can usually get a nice zoom.

Apple

long telephoto or wide angle? and how big's the aperture?

Attu

Apple, if you use the fastest lense youve got and use your EOS 5 on apature priority or shutter priority you realy shouldnt be able to go wrong with a Canon 430ez.
I use an Eos 1n and a 540ez with great results.
Try and buy the Hove users guide for Canon speedlites, it carries on from where the manual finishes.
Also have a look atwww.camera.canon.com.mythis site has some good tests and guides on how to use various pieces of kit(its a bit slow at times though) but this site helped me through me City and Guilds course.

Andy

Crush

Nice Evo!

Rasher

trmennnnnnndooooooous!!!!!!!!

Apple

Attu,

thanks for the info

I've generally used a tamron 28-105 f/2.8 which should cover most things but never seemed to get exposures back I was happy with.

My main problem is wanting to get natural skin tones rather than contrasty / burnt out skin & black background

Apple

jploveparade [NL]

helloooooooo ladies

C

Camels toe anyone

Chris

STi-Frenchie

Apple, what you need to do is to use some fill-flash so that you balance the foreground and the ambient light in the background.

Try dialling in some flash compensation on your gun. I generally find that -0.7 (or -2/3) works well but you should do some tests to see what works for you. You might also want to try using a diffuser (Stofen or Lumiquest) to reduce the harshness of the flash. Don't use both techniques at the same time for obvious reasons !

P1 Steve

Agree with the above - I generally set the flash to 1 to 1 1/2 stops under to get a balance of fill in and ambient light. The lighting at shows is hard to get accurate as there is normally so much light around anyway. Good luck !

Steve

what would scooby do

I spotted the "camel toe"

LOL

Attu

Apples, just a quick update for the url i posted have a look at http://www.camera.canon.com.my/photography/index.htm
And for a test of the 430EZ on the same site http://www.camera.canon.com.my/photo...ms21/index.htm
Oppps its a 420 he tests but it has some good tips.

Andy

salsa-king

is this back to front??


camel toe! i like it.... lol

Phil

AndiThompson

*falls off chair*

Rasher

'kin ell!!!