Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/04/25
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Outdoors light from a flash is dispersed much more than indoors where there are surfaces from which it can bounced and therefore be more concentrated. Your little flash cannot overpower the sunlight but it can fill shadows. In most cases, depending on the distance and lens opening, it may be enough to lower the contrast ratio. If you use a wider opening, the flash can give more light but then you would be restricted to a much higher shutter speed. Joe -----Original Message----- On Behalf Of eric Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 12:04 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