Find the reason YOU are not using the camera correctly. Most often
the user will expose against the wrong gray tone and/or use metering
that will throw off the exposures. This is why some learn exposure with
the use of a gray card.
The camera user has to meter carefully to get it right. Flash will over
power at close distances, so you may have to power it back.
When learning flash, put the flash on manual. Power it down to 1/8
or so and look at the distance scale in the flash window. Are you within
that range of the subject? Good flash is about understanding those distance
settings, proper ambient camera settings and some techniques in metering
modes. One might use spot metering at times and evaluative or partial at others.
Develop a system for yourself. There are several ways to get the same results so
you have to use one that makes sense for you. I enjoy spot metering quiet a bit
for outside daylight work for example. I might switch back to evaluative for
shade.
Do some reading on proper fill flash on the web. Set your camera near to
ambient settings as possible and let the flash do the rest. ****** it or boost
the compensation on the flash as needed.
Guess I am doing something wrong but whenever I am using the 580,
almost all of my pictures are underexposed...
Anybody similar issues? Any suggestions where this could come form?
Thanks,
Eddy
, an 580ex.