I mainly use manual mode for fill flash, if the ambient is bright, use the
max flash sync shutter of 1/160s so that you can keep the aperture larger
and make use of most of the flash power. At dawn when ambient is dark use
slow and holdable shutter speed and set exposure -1 to for the background.
Set flash compensation -0.3 to avoid burn out of foreground objects.
For the FL-36 and FL-50, the control can be more accurate. I set the camera
in manual mode, set exposure for the background, the flash also in manual
mode, adjust the flash power by looking at the flash cover distance. For
subject of 10 feet, set the flash power to cover 6-8 feet.
If you have enough memory, use RAW mode, it can save over exposed image up
to 1.5 stops.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> So, I'm an idiot when it comes to flash, and all I have for my E-1 is the
> rinky-dink FL-20 (?) that came with it. So tomorrow morning I'm going out
> on
> a lobster boat to do some shooting. We're leaving the dock at 4:30 a.m.,
> which is and hour and a half before sunrise. I can see the possibility of
> some flash pictures early, and some fill-flash pictures later as the sun
> pops over the horizon. I wonder if anyone can give me a quick and dirty,
> set
> your shutter speed for this, your f-stop for that and your flash for this,
> kind of advice.
>
> Thanx!
>
> --Bob
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