Bruce Dayton wrote: > > Michael, > > I wouldn't try the red-eye reduction mode simply because too many > people let their guard down after the first flash and you end up more > often with the "after shot" look.
Do they also have a sudden urge to have a smoke? <g> keith > Bruce > > Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 12:39:39 PM, you wrote: > > MC> Bruce, > > MC> I just tried selecting the red-eye reduction mode on the camera. That > MC> mode gives a noticeably earlier pre-flash about a second prior to the > MC> shot. I wonder if the red eye mode would allow people to adjust to the > MC> flash and get their eyes back open before the shot? > > MC> Michael > > MC> Bruce Dayton wrote: > > >>Michael, > >> > >>Try about 5.6 with the aperture ring. Leave the rest of the camera in > >>program and I think that it will not set the shutter below 1/30 and > >>not greater than flash synch speed. > >> > >> > >>Bruce > >> > >> > >> > >>Tuesday, December 10, 2002, 12:13:45 PM, you wrote: > >> > >>MC> Bruce, > >> > >>MC> With the ZX-L, I cannot select TTL, my only choices are A, M and P-TTL. > >>MC> I used fast film (Portra 800). > >> > >>MC> Could you offer a little guidance about camera settings with flash? In > >>MC> this instance, I was using the FA 50mm f/1.4. > >>MC> I used the Program AE (a smiley face on the ZX-L), and the camera > >>MC> selected a shutter speed of 45 and pretty small apertures (somewhere > >>MC> around f/11). > >> > >>MC> I have also tried using shutter-priority and setting the shutter speed > >>MC> at 30, which gives larger apertures close to wide open. In these > >>MC> settings, ambient light dominates, so I get a yellow color shift which > >>MC> is not necessarily a problem. > >> > >>MC> A third possibility I considered was using M and setting the shutter > >>MC> speed at 20 or 30 and then manually selecting an aperture around f/2.8 > >>MC> to f/5.6? > >> > >>MC> What camera settings do you use in situations like this? > >> > >>MC> Thanks, > >> > >>MC> Michael
