Remember when the flashes didn't have a flash calculator on them and one
had to figure the f-stop from the guide number and the distance? This
thread and the one on Hi Fi equipment reminded me of that.
Gregg
*- DORIS FANG -* wrote:
>
> On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Charles Loeven wrote:
>
> > Manual flash is not always the answer here either.
> > If you calculate the exposure you then need to:
> > 1-change the f stop
> > or
> > 2-move closer or farther away.
>
> There's other alternatives. The "Duh" one is very simple: Until
> you learn to work a simple flash calculator at a glance, stay at a given
> distance, and use a zoom to change cropping. No need to change f/stops.
> Entirely predictable, and with a 35-70 or 35-105, fairly flexible.
> The other is to learn the distance/f-stop table. Not very difficult.
> I did a long series (aeons ago) in punk clubs using Nikons, and
> a 20mm lens with K25/64. Most of the shots were under 6 feet away, and it
> was all on manual flash. It's perfectly doable (and this was while dodging
> people slam-dancing). I could not use a flash meter there.
> I'll be a heretic here and say that I find the 310, T-20 & T-32
> clumsy for working manually and much prefer the 283's (with Varipower
> Module), the 285's and my 2 Sunpaks (one a monster handlemount unit, the
> other a lot like a 283). I use a flashmeter when possible
>
> *= Doris Fang =*
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