FWTOQA wrote:
Davidgilmour wrote:
FWTOQA wrote:
Hoefie wrote:
Hello to all
I read a lot of great comments about the excellent fill flash of the x100s.
How do I activate the flash in fill mode ? Is there any particular setting I need to activate, or do I just need to enable flash and that's all.
Regards from Belgium
YVES
Read the top of this page from the DPR review of the X100, I expect the s works in a similar fashion:
We took the above test shot at ISO 400 with automatic ISO control turned off, but it's worth knowing that if you turn on the flash when Auto ISO is enabled, the camera will meter and set its exposure (including sensitivity) based purely on the ambient lighting, and without considering the flash, until it reaches a light level so low that it has to start dropping the shutter speed below the minimum set in the Auto ISO program to achieve correct exposure. Only at this point will it use the flash as the main light source, rather than simply as fill.
What does this mean? How do I achieve a FILL flash and not a FULL flash?
I tend to read the page on DPR and follow its logic ! I set AutoISO on, min shutter 1/60s, MaxISO 3200, built-in flash ON and then I take a shot.
The camera exposes for ambient light only BUT adds FILL as a "pleasant afterthought" catch-light to the eye etc. It's almost as if the flash effect isn't there, but it's enough.
As long as the ambient light is suffient to support 1/60 and 3200 (or whatever min speed or Max ISO you've used) then it just works.
