Another solution is to eschew P-TTL or TTL flash: use an external
flash with its own flash sensor. I've used the Sunpak 383 so far,
fitted with a Lumiquest Mini-Softbox. It returns excellent results
with the *ist DS.
I did a photo session for a woman doing costuming workups a week or
so ago, it worked splendidly. I hadn't expected to use flash at all,
but the results of a test shot or two were so good I used the flash
for virtually all of the shots. The only thing I missed was having a
big battery pack for faster recycling time.
Godfrey
On Sep 13, 2005, at 9:00 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
P-TTL has a huge problem with some people. They blink in reaction to
the first flash and end up with their eyes either closed or partially
closed. It is only some people, but for them, it is a real problem.
I shoot weddings regularly with my *istD's. The basic way I work, is
to use AF360FGZ's for daylight fill flash - basically enough ambient
light, but fill in is needed for catchlight and/or shadow fill. That
is using the high speed synch and flash compensation that the flash is
capable of.
Many weddings have a reception in the evening or in a darker venue
where there is not enough ambient light (this is the time the blinkers
really show up) I use an AF400T in TTL mode with camera compensation
dialed down about 1-2 stops. I take a shot of the bride in white and
the groom in black/dark and adjust from that. I get almost no
blinkers from the AF400T where I commonly got blinkers from the P-TTL
type system. I have heard the same problem from other wedding photogs
using other brands that do the same basic pre-flash.
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Best regards,
Bruce
Tuesday, September 13, 2005, 3:57:02 AM, you wrote:
MR> Kostas Kavoussanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Sep 2005, Igor Roshchin wrote:
I am not sure if it was entirely my fault or indeed, a) this flash
does not work as well with the DS as it does with ZX5n as a fill-
in flash;
Having spoken to a (Nikon) wedding photographer and read this
list for
a while, TTL flash does not work consistently on digital.
MR> This seems to be pretty consistent across brands - it's why P-
TTL and
MR> its equivalents are recommended instead of TTL.
