Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I prefer about 2 stops under and get squirmy looking at images that show any more than that much artificial light. Just enough to soften raccoon eyes is plenty of added light to my eyes. For certain things, the tiny keylight reflection in the subject eyes can enhance and on others, it seems to be a distraction. Randy Jensen wrote: >Is this for fill flash? I usually go TWO stops UNDER when I use fill flash. >I can't stand it when you can tell there's flash. I just want to reduce the >shadows a little. Sometimes I go under more than that. > >So if you're shooting at f5.6, I would set my flash (on auto) to f2.8, to >fool it into thinking the lens is open more than it is. Does that make >sense? lol > >Randy > >-----Original Message----- >From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of vipul patel >Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 5:50 AM >To: leica-users-digest@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] flash exposure technique > > > >Hello LUGGERS, >Recently I was at the web site of www.kbcamera.com . I was in flash >exposure section of techique subset. It is written that if one wants to >take picture of potraits or people then one stop should be added to >flash gun. My question is as follows: >Suppose I take potrait picture with flash gun SF20 and decided to keep >camera's aperture(leica M6TTL) at f5.6, then do I open aperture of >flash gun to 4.0 or do I reduce it 8.0 prior to taking picture? > >thank you in advance >vipul > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html