From: Christine Nielsen
Last night, I attended a "portrait workshop". We were shooting at the
beach, at the end of the day. It was still very bright, and in the
shade of a lighthouse, some fill was required on our models' faces.
No problem. I had the AF540 on my k-7...using aperture priority mode,
and -1.5 Flash EV, I took some shots. Gah. Way overexposed. I
fiddled, set the flash to high-speed sync, and tried again. Still
hot. I proceeded to try several other manipulations... none really
working, until I settled on a fully manual operation for exposure, and
flash (1/16).
It shouldn't have to be this way, though, right? I should be able to
use pttl to provide (more or less) the right amount of fill, yes? I'm
even pretty sure I've done it successfully in the past, though it
would have been with the AF360.
What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I've had the same problems
using pttl and the AF540 for fill.
The other problem I've had with the AF540 is you can't set it the way
you want it and have it stay there. If it powers down, it reverts to
full power when you wake it back up.
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