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Re: Fill Flash Challenged?
In reply to Denton Taylor,
4 months ago
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Denton Taylor wrote:
I've come to the conclusion that it is almost impossible to get good results using everything auto when it comes to Canon bodies and flash. What I would do is use AV and no flash to get the results that you want as far as ambient light and overall exposure and so on. When you achieve that, put the camera in manual mode and apply those settings. Then turn on the flash and in ETTL mode set the exposure comp on the flash to -2. Shoot again, then adjust as necessary.
If you are going to be maintaining the same flash to subject distance, it might even be better to set the flash to manual as well and take some test shots until you get the right exposure. I would start off at 1/32 power.
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Thanks! This is the method that I typically resort to as well. I get an exposure reading for the background (AV mode) and then switch to manual mode, plug in the settings, and fiddle with flash exposure settings until I get a result that looks "natural". For me, it's a guessing game as well. I'm hoping to come up with a method to use fill flash effectively while in AV mode (for example). I've not been able to figure it out yet.....using both a 50D and 5DMKii. It might be as you suggest that it's just not very straight forward with a Canon body!
I'm going to experiment a bit this weekend and see if I can come up with something that works....based on some of the advice I've gotten here!
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