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F I L L . I N F L A S H W I T H D A Y L I G H T
P ro o er balanc e bet w e e n f ill-i n a n d
m a i n i l l u m i n a t i o n i s a m a t t e r o f p e r s o n a l
t a st e a n d t he ef f ec t des ire d . Pa rt icu la rl y
w i t h a u t o f las h, it inv o lv e s a fa i rly c om -
p l e x se t of i nt er ac ti ng va ria b le s a nd ca n
b e a cc o mpl is hed in a n u mbe r o f w a y s.
T h e i n s truc t ions giv en h e re a re i nt e n d ed
t o se r ve as a general ly w o rk a b le ba s is f or
a d j u s t m ent t owar d obt ai n in g t h e s p ec if ic
r e s u l t y o u w a n t w i t h d i r e c t f i l l - i n . ( R e -
m e m b e r that t he w idea n gl e d if fu s er a n d
setting can be used to decrease effective
flash brightness for closer shooting where
n e e d e d .)
Auto operation
1 . U s i n g y our c am era's b u ilt -in e xp o s u re
me t e r or a s epar ate on e , d e t er min e th e
aperture/shutter-speed combinations
f o r p r o per ex pos ure w i th th e av a ila b le
d a y l i g h t .
2 . F ro m th e s e s e l e c t a s u i ta b l e c o m b i na -
tio n i n a c c o r da n c e w i t h e l e c t ro n i c -
f la s h sy nc h ro n i z a ti o n ra n g e o f th e
c a mer a an d t h e a v ai l a b l e F -s t o p s o n
t h e f l a s h u n i t c o n t r o l d i a l .
3 . Se t t h e f l a s h di a l i n d e x t o t h e m e t er e d
a p e rtu r e , b u t c l o se th e c a me r a a p e r-
t ur e d o w n o n e F - st o p f r o m t h a t a p e r-
tu re fo r m a k i n g t h e e xp o s u r e .
(Sa y , fo r e x am p l e , th a t m e t e r e d c o m -
b in a tio n s fo r p r op e r e x p o su r e i n c l u d e
1 / 1 5 s e c . a t F 1 6 , 1 l 3 O a t F 1 1 , 1 / 6 0 a t
FB, 11 1 2 5 a t F 5 .6 , 1 1 2 5 0 a t F4 , e t c.
Camera electro-flash sync. is through
1/ 6 0 s e c. , a n d a p e r tu r e s a v a i l a b l e o n t he
f l a s h d i a l a t A S A 1 0 0 o r D I N 2 1 : F 2 . 8 , 4 ,
5 . 6 , B a n d 1 1 . S u i t a b l e c o m b i n a t i o n
c h o se n : 1 1 6 0 a t F 8 . T h e f l a s h -d i a l i n d e x
i s s e t t o 8 ; b u t c a m e r a a p e r t u r e , t o F 1 1 .
Flash-to-sub ject d istance for the effect
s o u g h t : U p t o 5 . 6 m o r 1 B f t . ) .
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