With the blasted out skin tones, it sounds like the human subject may
be taking up a relatively small section for the averaging meter, and
with a dark background you might get better results using compensation.
Don't know about the underexposure - is it print film? If so the shots
should be useable. If you're having trouble scanning and have one that
you like particularly compositionally speaking, why not get a lab to
print it and see what sort of job they can do. They spend their life
dealing with flash blasted people from p&s cameras so should be pretty
good at getting results.
I've had fairly consistent (taking into account subject and lighting)
results from my 2n + T32, except when trying to fill in, but that was
due to inexperience. Maybe that accounts for your underexposure?
There's enough ambient in some shots for the flash not to fire on full
auto?
James
On 31 Mar 2004, at 11:03, Daniel Tan wrote:
>
> 50/1.4 + T32 + 2n + flat diffuser made from a milk carton.
> The diffuser seems to give better results (read: no
> animal-in-headlights
> look) than without it, even though it doesn't diffuse a great deal.
>
> I would guess that the lighting conditions of where I am are just
> rather
> bad. It's sort of a tungsten light + fluros + dark red carpet that goes
> half way up the walls. I experimented with a 82B (might be an 81B)
> previously but (stupid me) forgot to bring the filter along when I was
> supposed to shoot. The flash lighting just seemed to either blast the
> subject with light or render them slightly too dark. I guess it would
> also help if my scanner would stop trying to automatically WB the neg.
> My main gripe is that skin tones either get blasted out by the flash or
> left underexposed.
>
> Everywhere else, the flash has been fine.
>
> DT
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Gordon J. Ross
> Sent: Wednesday, 31 March 2004 15:54
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: external ambient/flash/reflected Lightmeters
>
>
> Hi Dan:
>
> What are you using for flash?
> I have a PB 2 and T32 used with my OM 4 or my 4 Ti it seems pretty
> consistent to me, there are differences in the 2n and 4 in terms of
> flash
> use , and I am using the 32 well within it's operable parameters. Are
> you
> able to narrow the inconsistency to output of the flash or control of
> the
> camera?
>
> Gord
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Tan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 3:46 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: external ambient/flash/reflected Lightmeters
>
>
>>
>> I've noticed! :P
>> Unfortunately I'm not quite sure what I would do with one. My OM-2n is
>> all I need :P
>> Actually, currently I'm very disillusioned with the OM's flash system.
>> Results just don't seem consistent.
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Gordon J. Ross
>> Sent: Tuesday, 30 March 2004 19:16
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Re: external ambient/flash/reflected Lightmeters
>>
>>
>> Hi Dan;
>>
>> Note from enabling committee:
>>
>> there are a few OM 4T cameras on eb*y right now!
>>
>> Gord
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Daniel Tan,> I don't have an OM4T :P
>>
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