Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try metering your flash indoors and make a note of how far away you need to be for each f-stop. I made a chart and taped it to my flash head. But you could tie knots into a rope at each f-stop distance and when you get onto location you need to be as far away as the f5.6 knot. The knots might be calibrated slightly wrong for outdoor use because the indoor ceiling might increase the power of the flash compared to outdoor use, but for fill flash this will be good enough. Tom -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tom=sleepytom.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tom=sleepytom.com@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of eric Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 2:04 PM To: LUG Subject: [Leica] outdoor portraiture - flashmeter question again. I am trying to meter my flash for outdoor portrait work. I am using - Sekonic flashmeter (very basic model), a vivitar 283 with varipower dial, my R7 , and TCN film (400ASA). Ambient light meters f8 , 1/125s Now - I am trying to get flash output of one stop less, but when I meter the flash (at any output setting) I only get reading of f8 or greater. Now this makes sense to me, because the meter 'sees' and meters the ambient + flash output. Seems to me that the flashmeter can't isolate the brief spike of flash output. What is comes down to is : How can I isolate and meter the flash output in a bright light setting? Setting the meter to higher shutter speeds helps a bit, but it is still generally overwhelmed by the bright ambient light. Thanks, Eric _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information