First shoot with the R and Profoto A1

herion said:

Does turning off exposure simulation help the dark EVF issue? I'm taking a guess that in bright light, the aperture closes down and you're seeing the simulation of a smaller f-stop in the EVF. On a DSLR, you see the image wide-open and the aperture closes down when you press the shutter button.

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BJonesy22 said:

It performed great and the A1 worked great also in HSS and TTL.

I do wish the EYE AF worked better farther away from the face. update?

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BJonesy22 said:

Sharpness of the RF 50 1.2 is amazing!!!!

Also I've noticed when outside in bright sun the EVF seems very dark..? How do I change that?

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gimp_dad said:

BJonesy22 said:

It performed great and the A1 worked great also in HSS and TTL.

I do wish the EYE AF worked better farther away from the face. update?

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Great looking shots. Love the colors, foreground to background rendering, etc.! I couldn't agree more that the RF50/1.2L is amazing.

I don't quite understand how eye AF would be used in any of these photos. For the group photos you have two rows and should be using F4 to make sure all the faces are in focus unless you are standing pretty far back. You aren't that tight so maybe F2.8 would have worked out. I assume for a family shot like that you aren't looking to get the eyes sharp on just one of the seven subjects.

For an individual full body shot at F1.2 (like the child in your second shot) you are looking at a DOF of about 10 inches (if shot 10 feet away). Face AF should be perfect for that. If AF doesn't give you a sharp face and sharp eyes, something else is probably going wrong.

gimp_dad said:

Sharpness of the RF 50 1.2 is amazing!!!!

Also I've noticed when outside in bright sun the EVF seems very dark..? How do I change that?

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aftab said:

Lovely images.

How do you like A1 compared to other flashes?

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BJonesy22 said:

No the AF worked great on these shots. I was talking about individual shots at 1.2 or so. I didn't see the eye af light up till I was pretty close to their face.

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BJonesy22 said:

gimp_dad said:

BJonesy22 said:

It performed great and the A1 worked great also in HSS and TTL.

I do wish the EYE AF worked better farther away from the face. update?

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Great looking shots. Love the colors, foreground to background rendering, etc.! I couldn't agree more that the RF50/1.2L is amazing.

I don't quite understand how eye AF would be used in any of these photos. For the group photos you have two rows and should be using F4 to make sure all the faces are in focus unless you are standing pretty far back. You aren't that tight so maybe F2.8 would have worked out. I assume for a family shot like that you aren't looking to get the eyes sharp on just one of the seven subjects.

For an individual full body shot at F1.2 (like the child in your second shot) you are looking at a DOF of about 10 inches (if shot 10 feet away). Face AF should be perfect for that. If AF doesn't give you a sharp face and sharp eyes, something else is probably going wrong.

BJonesy22 said:

Sharpness of the RF 50 1.2 is amazing!!!!

Also I've noticed when outside in bright sun the EVF seems very dark..? How do I change that?

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herion said:

Does turning off exposure simulation help the dark EVF issue? I'm taking a guess that in bright light, the aperture closes down and you're seeing the simulation of a smaller f-stop in the EVF. On a DSLR, you see the image wide-open and the aperture closes down when you press the shutter button.

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lawny13 said:

herion said:

Does turning off exposure simulation help the dark EVF issue? I'm taking a guess that in bright light, the aperture closes down and you're seeing the simulation of a smaller f-stop in the EVF. On a DSLR, you see the image wide-open and the aperture closes down when you press the shutter button.

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The R is supposed to shoot wide open all the time.

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