Urgent bounce flash question 760D owners

Using flash correctly on any camera system including Nikon and Canon takes some knowledge.  I have two suggestions:

1.  Speedliter's handbook by arena is a great book.  He also teaches great classes.

2.  Shot manual:  set iso, shutter speed and aperture for the existing light without the flash on.  If you want the existing light to not show use a lower iso and smaller aperture.  Then turn your flash on in manual mode, adjust the power setting so whatever you are lighting captures the way you want.  You can adjust all your canon flash settings from the camera using the flash control panel.

Using ettl is fine but it is like using auto setting on your camera.  I call this push here dummy or phd mode.  If you are not happy with the results don't blame the camera.

There is a lot to using flash and there are no shortcuts to getting the best out of your camera system.  A lot to learn.

Bp

ozgti wrote:

Bought a 70D recently and am seriously thinking of returning it. The issue is the camera's ability to meter when bouncing the flash. With my old 350D I set the camera to manual, iso, aperture, shutter speed depending on the situation then let the camera work out the right amount of flash needed. I normally have +2/3 FEC on the flash and keep it there. This is totally different on the 70D. The exposures vary greatly, mostly under exposed. sometimes by as much as +1 to +2 stops. This can obviously be corrected by using FEC but I don't want to be mucking around with this constantly.

So my question is for those using the 760D, is this how this camera behaves when bouncing the flash. Does it get a good exposure most of the time?

The lens I am using is the 18-135mm. The consensus seems to be that it happens when using a slow lens and a longer focal length.

If the 760D is a set and forget system for bouncing the flash then I will most likely exchange the camera.

Then there raises another issue. I need to have a good video function. The 70D is one of the best cameras for video due to its dual pixel sensor. So the other question is how is the 760D vs the 70D for video. particularly for auto focusing (speed, accuracy, face detection)

Last issue is the spotting on the sensor. Seem like the news ones have no issues now?