Feroze, For flash work, if you can take the time to meter, using a hand held meter is oodles better than anything else. I use a Gossen Digital Luna Pro F and it measures flash plus ambient light. Just set the ISO and shutter synch speed and then hold the meter at subject position and fire the flashes. The readout gives you the f stop to use. Set the camera and fire away. The nicety is that you don't have to deal with reflectivity of the subject and compensate.
Bruce Wednesday, December 4, 2002, 8:20:19 AM, you wrote: FK> Hi Rob FK> Oh it is a bit clumsy but I kind worked out a FK> "system" , but I want to make my life eaiser FK> thats why I want to get studio lights. Have FK> never used a meter before, mostly relied on the FK> camera to do it. Now my K1000's meter's gone FK> a bit wonky, don't know what happend its just FK> not reading right, hope Pentax can repair it. They told FK> me its a "common" problem though. Still learning FK> the MZS. FK> How difficult is it to learn to use a meter? FK> Thanks FK> Feroze FK> ----- Original Message ----- FK> From: "Rob Studdert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FK> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FK> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 3:58 AM FK> Subject: Re: Re[4]: electra studio flash/ring flash >> On 3 Dec 2002 at 22:10, Feroze Kistan wrote: >> >> > Hi Rob, >> > Good point, my main idea is to get lights that are low >> > power so that the give off minimal heat so as not to damage >> > the product, they are provided by the client and if I trash it >> > I pay for it. Right now I use the table outdoors and use >> > white sheets to reflect the light from the back or bottom. >> > Lights good this side-about 200 days a year of it. >> > Wont I be reducing the effectivesness of the flash >> > with a softbox? Is there a formula to calculate the amount >> > of light loss or is it eaiser to bracket widely? >> >> Hi Feroze, >> >> Whilst I appreciate the use of natural light your system seems like it FK> would be >> nightmare to balance? A diffuser will lose you around 1.25 to 1.75 stops I >> guess. Have you considered employing an ambient/flash meter to determine >> appropriate exposure settings? Once you learn to use a good meter you only FK> tend >> to need to bracket a little for really wide contrast range subjects. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rob Studdert >> HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA >> Tel +61-2-9554-4110 >> UTC(GMT) +10 Hours >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html >> >>
