RE: SPAM-LOW: Re: fill flash problems on the *istD turned WOW

2004-11-07 Thread Amita Guha
#x27;m planning to post a batch of the best ones when I get back from my trip next week. Amita > -Original Message- > From: Lasse Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 9:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SPAM-LOW: Re: fill flash pro

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Juey Chong Ong" Subject: Re: fill flash problems on the *istD That depends on the kind of portrait you're going for. At f/3.5, you might not be able to get the entire subject in sharp focus. It might be preferable to shoot at a smaller aper

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Juey Chong Ong
On Nov 7, 2004, at 5:46 AM, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: And - BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better. I had not heard of this before. I thought you shoot portraits as open as possible. That depends on the kind of portrait you're going for. At f/

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD turned WOW

2004-11-07 Thread Lasse Karlsson
Hi Amita, Sorry I can't be of much help in answering your question. However, since I was interested in your istD shots and the problem you reported on, I downloaded your pictures just to take a look at them in PS, as I sometimes do with pictures posted to the list. I fiddled around a bit in tryi

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
dt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 13:35 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: fill flash problems on the *istD On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:51:01 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMA

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 20:51:01 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As has been noted here before, flash photography with the *istD is > tricky. First, you should shoot at iso400. Second, shoot RAW, so you > can easily correct exposure problems. In truth, if these were RAW > format, and

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Jens Bladt wrote: > And - BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better. I had not heard of this before. I thought you shoot portraits as open as possible. Kostas

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 09:41 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: fill flash problems on the *istD New technologies, new photographing techniques. I have used this procedure successfully for mixed and difficul

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread David Nelson
An example of fill flash I used today with a rather pretty model in some bright sunlight: http://davidavid.whatsbeef.net/fill.jpg My technique, for anyone who's interested, was to set the shutter at 1/150 (I was using a non-a lens), then adjust the aperture (using the DOF preview + meter method

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
lelse- Fra: Kevin Waterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 09:19 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: fill flash problems on the *istD This one time, at flashing camp, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to the wonderful world of TTL flash pho

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 09:51 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: Re: fill flash problems on the *istD I always thought one should use a larger aperture for portraits to get a nice soft out of focus background that does not distract from the person? Sam - Original Mess

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Sam Jost
I always thought one should use a larger aperture for portraits to get a nice soft out of focus background that does not distract from the person? Sam - Original Message - From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> And - BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better.

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
istD). Shoot! Now your shots will be perfect. Jens Bladt mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Jens Bladt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 09:04 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: RE: fill flash problems on the *istD Hello Amita Y

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at flashing camp, "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Welcome to the wonderful world of TTL flash photography with the > istD. > Go out and buy yourself a plain, ordinary, not TTL auto flash. This is not silly advice. I have a 360FGZ and now find myself with my ol' trust

RE: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-07 Thread Jens Bladt
Hello Amita You have been shooting in very difficult light. The very low sun is giving you trouble. Believe me, we Scandiavians know this from experience. That' what gives the camera eeposure automatics problems. You uses Av setting, letting the camera chose shutterspeed, but with the flash turned

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-06 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: "Amita Guha" Subject: fill flash problems on the *istD Last weekend, we shot a bunch of photos of my friend Sue, a musician and singer, for her website. This was the first time I really got to use my new Sigma EF-500 flash. A lot of the photos came out fine,

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-06 Thread John Coyle
Amita,I've found this recently too,with my AF330FTZ. My view is that I have to experiment to find out why, whether I need to use manual exposure, manual flash, or perhaps (shudder!), green mode to let the camera do the calculations! The flash was superb with the MZ-S, so I suspect it's somethin

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
As has been noted here before, flash photography with the *istD is tricky. First, you should shoot at iso400. Second, shoot RAW, so you can easily correct exposure problems. In truth, if these were RAW format, and I had to work with them to produce a suitable shot, I'd opt for the first one. Bo