At 19:05 6/12/02, Winsor Crosby wrote:
My success rate with flash is not so great and I prefer to blame it on the
emulsion reflectivity. :-)
Aside from the film reflectivity, the effect of which you cannot change
(other than calibrating for a film and compensating), there are some other
things that may help. At home indoors, I've been using bounce and
softboxes more. The Metz is more amenable to this than the T-32, but I
have a diffuser for it too. If the room is bigger (reception hall size) I
use the Metz with softbox or a bounce card. This tends to spread light
around more and illuminate the area more evenly. A direct, bare flash tube
is harsh and produces proper light level for a specific distance. The
closer the subject, the narrower the depth of acceptable lighting
level. Similar to depth of field and how it narrows with shorter focus
distances, but with light level instead of apparent sharpness.
If you haven't tried some of these things, you might experiment with them
to see if they help.
BTW, my most accurate flash exposures occur using fixed flash output and an
incident flash meter reading at the desired distance. Works for some
things that are more static but is admittedly impractical for candids of
fast-moving curtain-climbers and ankle-biters.
-- John
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