But he doesn't have an E-1. Will Crockett is mum on Olympus gear
because he doesn't use it but he maintains that Canyon and Nykon digital
TTL flash doesn't work very well (meaning consistent exposure) for fill.
His claim is that the bright sun is too much competition for the weak
pre-flash exposure measurement and causes exposure error. That's why he
recommends auto mode or manual for fill flash. I don't have any of
those $400 digital TTL things so I have no first hand experience.
Dr. Flash
C.H.Ling wrote:
> I think you may also need a flash with FP capability otherwise you are
> limited to 1/200 or 1/250 flash sync. speed. The new digital TTL flash like
> FL-50 is quite accurate for fill-in with E-1. In case adjustment is
> necessary just dial in "flash" compensation in 1/3 stop increament on the
> back of the flash directly (no button required), it is independent of the
> ambient exposure, very convenient.
>
> C.H.Ling
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>
>> Nice stuff despite no fill flash. But don't go buy a fancy flash for
>> fill. TTL fill flash for digital just doesn't work very well. If
>> you've gotta have automation normal flash controlled auto mode works
>> better and more consistently. Use a T-32, a Vivitar 285HV, a Sunpak 383
>> or 422 or any of a bunch of low cost (old) flash units that provide auto
>> modes. Most (except the T-32) also provide good manual flash power
>> level control as well. See:
>> <http://www.shootsmarter.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=239&acat=16>
>>
>> Dr. Flash
>>
>>
>> Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>> Every year my village of Round Pond holds a Fourth of July parade.
>>> There is no organization, no one really in charge, and no limits save
>>> taste on entries. In the past few years, however, since an article in
>>> Down East magazine and a huge feature two years ago in the New York
>>> Times, many more people have flooded our little village on the Fourth,
>>> and now, while anarchy continues to more or less reign, we do get a
>>> lot of "no parking this side" signs and the local sheriff's department
>>> sends down a few deputies. Still and all, it's quite a day.
>>>
>>> www.bwp33.com
>>>
>>> The home page picture is from the parade, and there's a whole page
>>> dedicated to photos. This is not my usual cuppa, and the sun actually
>>> showed itself for the first time in more than a month about twenty
>>> minutes before the parade started. Gonna have to get me a fancy fill
>>> flash, for sure.
>>>
>
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