 Will Condon |
Help with Fill Flash I'm looking desperatly for some help...any input would be great. I'm shooting with a Nikon D2Xs and a SB-800 (on camera for purpose of the question) Durning bright sunny days, or when the light is spotty mixed with shade & sun I try and use the TTL-BL (fill flash), however it seems that EVERY photograph is WAY overexposed. I have set the EV on my flash to -3 and it's still very blownout. Do I need to meter for ambient light if so how do I do I do this? Any help would would be very appreciated. Thanks
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Jon Close |
sample? Other settings on the camera? Perhaps you've not enabled the high speed sync and so are limited to the 1/250 x-sync shutter speed that leaves the sunny background overexposed at the aperture set.
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Pete H |
Will, I will assume you are photographing people. Are the people overexposed or the background?...or both? The D2Xs works perfectly with the SB-800 in all modes. I find it odd at -3 flash comp you are still overexposing? By the way, (TTL-BL) is basically auto balanced fill flash; AND metering must me on ***MATRIX*** for it to work properly...center and spot disable "BL" with the SB 600 & 800. I would try this: Use aperture priority. Set the SB-800 on TTL-BL auto and shoot. How's it look? Next; place the SB-800 in full manual mode and begin "dialing down" the output. ***The SB series are great flash machines, but the manuals are sometimes difficult to understand. There is also quite a bit about the SB's Nikon doesn't tell us...You usually find out about them online or BBS's like this one.*** all the best, Pete
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