Tom, F and FA lenses tell the body how far away the focus point is, and the body uses this information (along with the OTF metering) to regulate the flash.
That said, since you're shooting a dark subject in the dark, some exposure compensation would seem a good idea. I've shot raccoons (in the photographic sense) a couple of times, and they couldn't have cared less. You will probably have time to do plenty of shooting. So, you may want to bracket. One thing 'coons have is a serious case of eyeshine in flash pix. Can the MZ-S control the 500FTZ as a slave off-camera? Do you have some place you could mount the flash? Rick --- Tom Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a repeat message. The first one apparently > didn't go through. > > I have an interesting photographic situation and I'd > to get some opinions on the best way to proceed. > > I hang a suet feeder in a tree that's about 12' from > the bathroom window. The feeder brings in > woodpeckers and other birds that I photograph from > inside the bathroom. Lately, a raccoon has been > emptying the feeder every night. I want to try to > get a shot of him if I can. > > It will be very dark and impossible to focus so I > plan on pre-focusing the lens. I'd like to stop it > down to about f/5.6 or f/8 to give me some room for > error. I plan on using something between a 50 and > 100mm focal length to include the context of the > raccoon, the feeder and the tree. I'll obviously > have to use a flash to get the shot. > > I have an AF-360 FGZ and an AF-500 FTZ that I can > use with my MZ-S. I'll be shooting with slide film > so exposure is critical. I figure I'll only get one > shot before he hauls ringedtail for the woods. > > Do you think I'd have better luck using the flash on > the manual setting, the P-TTL in the AF360 or the > TTL if the AF500? I'm thinking I might need the > power of the AF500. I'm also wondering about whether > the P-TTL or TTL would overexpose the tree and > raccoon trying to light the darkness beyond. > > Does anyone have any experience with night time > shooting? > > Does anyone have any ideas or am I missing anything? > > thanks for your thoughts. > > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
