Time to get an external flash liao.

lao yeh...
another person call me get this and that again..

my usual reply,
if i can afford this, aeons before this sentence appear in your head.. i already have one set sitting nicely at my camera bag....

do more thinking mate, u'll get the solution... Don't just rely on ur camera functions to do the 'magic', or ask around too much.. Nothing wrong with those 2, but the most important thing is ur brain... USE IT...

You use spot metering or matrix ? Must use spot matering.
Even with internal flash also have TTL function right ? It should work.
Unless your focus point is not on you subject but at darker background.
So it intepret that need more flash. That's why overexpose on the model.

most of the time i will try different settings and different shooting modes and select the best one to shoot an event..
that day so hard to scout lights at some place... especially without wide aperture...
no choice had to use flash......

MAPA fair.. i use manual mode with center weight metering...
if i use Av mode.. the shutter speed can go as slow as 1/5.... sure handshake.......
Tv mode.. i didn`t use that much.......

i more concern on the subject exposure than the background as i know my flash won`t reach the background.....

Apart from that, if you think the subject is too bright with popup flash, you can change your FEC ma.. maybe stop down 1 stop

i tried that before.. but still overexpose with 1/250....
maybe i am too near the subject...

That is why i ask you to meter the background. Use manual mode and set the aparture and shutter speed.
The lock focus on subject (spot metering), and let your camera judge how much flash required.
If subject is very close to you, your flash must -1 or -2 stop.

Too many things to do (for a newbie) in events like these dun u think so? By the time they're done, the girls already gone for lunch/dinner and back already

nvm they have 3 days

if want to improve have to learn mah.
Don't really like to hear people say that this is what they can get with their "lausy" equipment.
Well, if they know the technique, P&S camera with manual mode can get as good as these if not better leh.

You know what's the KEYWORD for many newbie digital photographers today? It's "LAZY" : lazy to learn, lazy to anticipate and lazy to experiment. There are so many things we need to do during our film time : You have to shoot, anticipate the results, spend money buying film and spend money developing, spend money printing pics for girls and yourself. Nowadays, newbies want their butt scratched, back rubbed and well spoonfed. When they are good enough, they want their shoes polished also ... there are actually forums for people just like that, hahaha!!

Over here we learn and learn and learn, if you can't catch up, give up. That's all they can do nowadays. Pity them spent thousands of hard-earned Ringgit, or worst off, parents' Ringgit.

lao ye..
suddenly here become war zone.....

i did meter the background at first... but the shutter speed really ridiculous for a newbie like me to hold it steady....
not mistaken is 0"3, 0"5 appear at my camera....

thats y u need larger aperture lens

lao eh...ac98... you learning photography time using film kah?sure had to fork out a lot of money...salute to you...

hai yoh.. i think you didn't really raed what i wrote lar.
increase ISO lar. canon very good in noise control. no worry to increase ISO.

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Added on August 15, 2007, 2:31 pmyeah... i think you are right there.

This post has been edited by aaltong: Aug 15 2007, 02:31 PM

ya... i know the ISO thingy..
i did increase till ISO 800.. i get 1/5...
i dare not go over it as it become grainy...

how grainy will it become?
as long as it is not blur
u can always use noise ninja n neat image to remove the noise?

Buy film, develop, print and scan film enough to buy a car.

really your passion lar bro...

This post has been edited by orenzai: Aug 15 2007, 06:55 PM