Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote:
On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Tom Reese wrote:
I have one that I've used occasionally. It does give odd looking
highlights in shiny surfaces including eyes. If you're pointing the
camera at non-reflective surfaces and you're close and you aren't
stopping the lens down too far then the flash will give you some
pretty good results.
What's "too far"? By default is stops the P line down to f13 (from memory).
I guess I should elaborated on that a bit more. I meant that the flash
isn't very powerful. It may not have enough oomph at f/22 unless you're
very close to your subject. I've tried some high magnification
combinations (macro lens plus extension tubes plus teleconverter). In my
experience, the flash doesn't have enough pop for high magnification work.
<irrelevant on digital>
Does the Phoenix/Sunpak emit blue-ish light?
</irrelevant on digital>
Not that I've noticed. I'm shooting daylight balanced transparency film
and I haven't observed any color casts.
Tom Reese
