Sounds possibly consistant with the effects of a point light source at close
distance.
Larry
dtlocke wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am flash-challenged more often than not... I'm hoping someone can help me.
>
> The problem: I have a "bright spot" in the middle of some pix from a roll I
> shot last weekend. The problem shots are of our
> cats, and are much worse with the black cat than the orange cat (but there
> are problems with some of the orange cat shots). The
> bright spot size is roughly the area covered by the prism focusing thing.
> The bright area is washed-out/blue looking. The shots
> were "close" (maybe too close), probably 3 to 5 feet distance.
>
> Equpment: OM2n with the bounce grip, T32 flash with diffuser, 50mm MC f1.4
> lens with Hoya HMC skylight filter. I played with
> some shots on "automatic" and some with manually setting the flash using the
> calculator panel (and took no notes, of course).
>
> If it would help describe the problem I can email or post a scan.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
>
> -Dick Locke, dtlocke@xxxxxxxx
>
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