Set it on manual. You know the guide number, aperture, flash-to-subject distance, and film speed so you will get a perfect exposure (provided the flash has the power to cover the distance). There is no benefit in this situation to using a reading based on reflected light.
-- Cheers, Bob > > --- 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 > > > >
