Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Francesco, Change the ISO film speed rating on the flash. The flash does not know what film you are using. Example: If you are using ISO 100 in your camera and you dial ISO 200 into the flash unit it will give you approximately 1/2 the light output that you would normally need. It will take some experimentation to get the ratios that you want but it will work. Get a Rosco sample gel pack and cover about 1/3 of the flash head with the warming color that you want and it will blend right in with the ambient. I find the #3409 - 1/4 CTO to be about right for me in most lighting situations. For a flash unit it use a Nikon SB26. It is bigger than I like and I will look for something smaller one of these days. The advantage of this unit ( and probably with lots of them if I would look ) is that on manual mode I may dial in any f stop that I choose. I am not limited to just 1, 2 or 3 stops like so many of the smaller units. I will dial in from f 1.4 to f64. You may also dial in full power down to 1/64 power if you desire. I understand that this unit is designed for automatic TTL with the Nikon brand but in manual mode with the sensor mounted on the flash it also does wonderful things. The biggest part of the whole process is to experiment and see what works best for you in your situation. Once you have the mechanics down it will be duck soup, more so in your situation because you have tight control over the subject and you have a little more time in which to work. I did see your original post by the way but assumed someone with much more knowledge would jump in. Cheers, David Medley Whidbey Is. WA USA dmedley@whidbey.net - ---------- > From: Five Senses Productions <fls@5senses.com> > > The flash I am using does not allow for altering the flash output. >