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
d? Thanks, Lasse - Original Message - From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 3:42 AM Subject: fill flash problems on the *istD > Last weekend, we shot a bunch of photos of my friend Sue, a musician and >

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
the flash as fill in, not main light. And - BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better. All the best Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 02:42 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTE

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
BTW - don't use F3.5 for portraits. Use F5.6 or better. All the best Jens mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: Amita Guha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 7. november 2004 02:42 Til: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Emne: fill flash problems on the *i

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 cam

Re: fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-06 Thread John Coyle
it's something to do with the exposure algorithms in the *istD. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 11:42 AM Subject: fill flash problems on the *istD

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

fill flash problems on the *istD

2004-11-06 Thread Amita Guha
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, but some came out really dark. Here are some samples. The first two are dark, the third is too