This shot is taken at 28mm equivalent at 1/60. As I just commented on
Nathan's party pics, you could have gotten much better background
lighting by "dragging the shutter". I'm sure you could have gotten away
with 1/15 or maybe even slower. That would be a two stop brightening of
the background without affecting the flash exposure.
I don't know what modes the G11 has that would allow that but shooting
flash in manual mode is a piece of cake with digital. For this dark
venue try setting the shutter at 1/15 and then take a couple of test
pics by varying the aperture until you get what looks good. With a
little practice you can nail it within one or two test shots.
I seem to to recall that I gave you this same lesson with regards to the
5D and 540-EZ flash. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> So why flash with ISO 3200? Well, I should have lowered the ISO between
> shots, but I was trying not to fall off the folding chair I was standing
> on, avoid kicking over my wine and catch shots of dancing people. The
> answer is in some other shots, same time and place. Neither of these
> will make the gallery cut, but they show the dramatic difference in
> useful flash reach at ISO 3200 vs. 800. Greater sensitivity allows both
> ambient light and flash lighting to vastly extend the ramge to cover the
> whole room, rather than just what's up close. They are JPEGs right out
> of the camera, simply downsampled.
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/MooseFoto/index.php?gallery=Tech/G11/ISO-FlashRange>
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