At 08:53 AM 12/10/2002 -0500, Pschings@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 12/9/2002 10:30:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
"OK, I need advice whether to spend the bucks or not. To recap, the problem
to solve is that w/ the F280, I get too many flash burn pictures -
typically the face is overexposed. The F280 is set to auto and the OM-4T
aperture is usually set to F4. I recall that my attempt to put a Lumiquest
tiny lightbox in the front of the F280 about 10 years weren't all that
successful. Also, I do have a fairly portable set of Studio flash, so this
is for walk around shooting, mainly inside hotels and convention centers,
of informal portraits."
Richard,
I'm not quite up to the knowledge of some of the experts on this list, but
this doesn't sound like a problem with the F280. I think you'll see the
same results with a Metz, or any other, flash. It sounds to me like you
are getting overexposure because the background falls away too far and is
always dark, so the camera, trying to get 18 0ray on the film, causes the
central subject to be overexposed. If you are shooting negative film, you
should be able to correct this in the print, although your backgrounds are
likely to go completely black. Somewhere between 1 and 2 stops of exposure
compensation might also be helpful.
I think you're right, as other thread has discussed the (non-)merit of the
diffusers. Sigh, so we are stuck with a problem with no simple solution?
This has caused me to wonder: Does the OM-PC/OM-40 use ESP metering for flash?
Paul Schings
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