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AnOvercomer 02 wrote:
>
> I recently obtained my first camera with this feature. When should I
> apply flash compensation? Should it be applied when shooting a portrait,
> a large room, or doing fill flash? Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
The flippant, but fundamentally true, response would be "when you have
too much flash". Whenever you're shooting with mixed flash and other
light, you're balancing the amount of flash versus ambient light. With
modern electronic SLR's and fancy computer flashes, this is done
automatically for you. But you may not agree with how the automation
does the adjustment. And that's when you would use the FEC to correct
the automation.
I find that whenever there is significant ambient light of reasonable
color balance, I seldom shoot without reducing the amount of flash to
give more emphasis to the ambient light. My "normal" setting for FEC is
-1/3 to -2/3 stop , the setting that I leave my cameras set to.
You've been given a number of concrete examples, but ultimately, your
guide is your slides/prints/LCD.
Lisa
AnOvercomer 02 wrote:
>
> I recently obtained my first camera with this feature. When should I
> apply flash compensation? Should it be applied when shooting a portrait,
> a large room, or doing fill flash? Any feedback would be appreciated.
>
The flippant, but fundamentally true, response would be "when you have
too much flash". Whenever you're shooting with mixed flash and other
light, you're balancing the amount of flash versus ambient light. With
modern electronic SLR's and fancy computer flashes, this is done
automatically for you. But you may not agree with how the automation
does the adjustment. And that's when you would use the FEC to correct
the automation.
I find that whenever there is significant ambient light of reasonable
color balance, I seldom shoot without reducing the amount of flash to
give more emphasis to the ambient light. My "normal" setting for FEC is
-1/3 to -2/3 stop , the setting that I leave my cameras set to.
You've been given a number of concrete examples, but ultimately, your
guide is your slides/prints/LCD.
Lisa
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