> I believe one stop underexposed would be correct for background if > you're using flash. Otherwise, why use the flash? All a flash can do is add some light to the subject so it doesn't do anything with the background. >If you used the same metering, it would overexpose. What you're asking the flash to do - is > nothing. Think about it - you meter a scene, then add light - do you expect > the metering to remain the same? It DOESN"T overexposed because the flash is for the subject/foreground and the combined shutter/aperture is for the background. Fill-in flash is like to balance the subject with the ambient light in the background. So I don't know why the camera try to underexpose ambient light by a stop (relative to when not using flash in the same scene). When I use fill-in flash with my view camera, I just take a meter reading for the background then set the exposure based on that. And then, take a flash reading for the subject/foreground. The way I want my background darker or lighter than the meter suggests is up to me - not the camera, right? And if Canon thinks as you tell me, why it doesn't apply this to all EOS. At least my EOS50E doesn't have this underexposure. Wise S. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
