Please give me a simple explanation in this.

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Kaj E
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In reply to Fave Photog, 3 months ago

Fave Photog wrote:

Sener wrote:

Last night I was photographing at an event. I had a manual 35mm f/2 lens on my D700.

My normal settings with my camera are; Auto ISO 200-6400 and 1/60 min. shutter speed.

Ambient light was a little off, so I decided to use my flash. I set the flash to -1.0 EV and REAR. When I set it, also SLOW popped up in the info screen.

Normally I don't resort to using flash much, so I am not good with its controls. I just thought that if I set the basic parameters (flash exposure compensation and REAR) it would all be set.

Then things got out of the way. I couldn't control my exposures. When I checked I saw that the camer did not move the ISO beyond 200 (altho I left auto iso ON) and my photos came out underexposed. I manually increased min.ISO to 3200, and then I got good exposures.

From this I understand that with the Flash on and set to REAR, the camera sticks with the min.ISO setting.

Now I made some ISO and flash exposure experiments and I got so much various exposures that are too much to explain. I just could not find the logic.

When I use flash, I always intend to use REAR. So plese save me from digging into this ocean of unknowns, and give me the simplest explanation to use the built-in flash in REAR mode with the least hassle.

Thank you.

The purpose of REAR curtain sync is to allow for using SLOW shutter speeds, so that anything lit by ambient light will be properly exposed, AND so that if the SUBJECT of the image is MOVING, that it will be 'frozen' by the flash and not be blurry like it would be when using FRONT curtain sync.

With FRONT sync, the flash fires as soon as the shutter opens, therefore any motion by the subject AFTER the flash fires and BEFORE the shutter closes will cause the subject to be blurry. With REAR sync, it fires just before the shutter closes, thus 'freezing' the subject immediately before the shutter closes, so there is no possibility of recording any further subject movement.

Now, Auto-ISO will always choose the lowest ISO setting needed to achieve proper exposure. That's why it consistently chose ISO 200 when you had the flash connected. The FLASH didn't need any higher ISO than 200 to insure that the dominant (foreground) subject(s) was/were properly exposed.

Using REAR sync does not lock ISO at 200. As explained above, that is the ISO that the camera determined was sufficient to properly expose the foreground subject(s) when using the flash. Otherwise, when you set the ISO to 3200, the camera should not have functioned, according to your mistaken assumption(s).

Try again.

The rear sync. slow tries to balance background exposure with foreground. The determining factor is background exposure (not flash, the flash just fills in). Read the manual and find the correct answer.

Hint see my reply above.

The OP said the image is underexposed. I would guess about two stops, based on camera metering, not knowing his settings in detail.

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Edited 3 months ago by Kaj E
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