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Subject: Re: [OM] Have E-M5 and E-M1 users noticed...
From: "C.H.Ling" <ch_photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 23:30:03 +0800
My comment is based on what you said: ".... I see low ISO as an aid to bright sun fill flash."

I assume you mean lower the camera ISO make fill flash easier, I understand you are based on non HSS flash.

Camera ISO has nothing to do with fill flash working distance, no matter you are using ISO 100 or 200, the working distance of the flash will be the same provided other factors are the same (such as the flash, ambient light and shutter speed).

Even for HSS flash, ISO also pay no part in the flash working distance equation.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


I disagree and think you have misunderstood my two (unrelated) comments. Low ISO helps non-high-speed sync flash precisely because the brightness problem *is* the ambient light. A flash as powerful as the T-32, for example, has plenty of power for daylight fill and can easily deal with the lowered ISO. My concerns about flash power had to do with high-speed sync where the ambient light problem is being handled by the shutter.

Chuck Norcutt


On 12/29/2014 6:23 PM, C.H.Ling wrote:
Low ISO will not help fill flash, fill flash effectiveness only affected
by ambient light, shooting distance and flash power. You need high flash
power to get long working distance, reduce ISO will reduce flash GN at
the same time.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Norcutt"
<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


I don't know why Canon did it but I see low ISO as an aid to bright
sun fill flash.  It may well have reduced dynamic range but that may
be a small penalty to pay for getting the shot at all.  You can maybe
solve the problem with high-speed sync flash units but that produces
problems of another sort... the flash range is pretty short because it
requires a lot of flash power to fire the flash multiple times in a
short time interval. Even so, I (grits teeth) am actually considering
buying a Metz 52-AF1 digital flash for micro 4/3 cameras.  It's
regularly $289 (same as an FL-600R) but it's more powerful and has a
$60 rebate from Bogen/Manfrotto if you buy by the end of January.
B&H's site says by the end of December 2014 but if you download the
actual rebate form you'll see it's January 2015.  B&H error or big fib??

Dr. (don't say it, TTL) Flash ???

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