I'm looking at you Graham. And that other bloke who has one. And probably OldBoy in a day or so....
Can you run a test on your camera for me please? Just check if it really does sync at 1/250 or not. My D3 definitely does but I'm getting a grey smear on the S - I want to know if it's a genuine issue or a faulty copy. (Either way it's going to Richmond....)
To check....darkish room, point it at a white wall (or anything really) set shutter to 1/250 and take a snap with flash. If you use a speedlight then make sure you have turned OFF high speed sync mode (I'm not certain it will make a difference here but it will confuse things). Check the bottom edge in landscape format. Does it look darker? Drop the shutter to 1/200 - do the pics look the same.
Thanks.
Like this.
1/250s
(http://homepage.mac.com/jonathan_ryan/filechute/250s.jpg)
1/200s
(http://homepage.mac.com/jonathan_ryan/filechute/200s.jpg)
I, um, didn't have any white walls..... ???
I'll get back to you in a bit. Iv'e got to take a floor sander back to the hire shop and get 3lb's of saw dust out of my nostrils!
Quote from: Graham on August 28, 2010, 10:37:51 AM
I'll get back to you in a bit. Iv'e got to take a floor sander back to the hire shop and get 3lb's of saw dust out of my nostrils!
Great place to take your new toy.... ;)
Well, it looks ok to me.
Iv'e emailed you the results taken from 60th through to 250th in 1/2 steps.
Graham. :)
Thanks Graham - got them. I checked them blind and the 1/60s one looked the "worst" :)
Must be just my camera then. Which is a good thing cos it means they can fix it.
Just to confirm, I have no sign of any problems at all speeds its fully exposed.
Bob
Cheers Bob - looking into whether this is camera or flash. It's possible one of the flash heads I was using has a long exposure at high power.
I forgot to say, how clever it was to place the model in front of the window to get the light through her hair, its very effective. I thought at first it was a flash down behind her.
getting back to the under exposure of one side problem, my flash is a SB 800, maybe Graham could let us know what he has.
Bob
Quote from: rksmith51 on September 10, 2010, 10:15:16 AM
I forgot to say, how clever it was to place the model in front of the window to get the light through her hair, its very effective. I thought at first it was a flash down behind her.
getting back to the under exposure of one side problem, my flash is a SB 800, maybe Graham could let us know what he has.
Bob
:)
It's flash..........
That's not a window - it's a doorway into another room. I have a flash inside the other room throwing light out and using the door frame to flag it. You can see the spill pattern on the ceiling in the second.
;D so my first guess was right, it works very well, its subtle and effective, I think non photographers would see it and think wow what great shot not realising it was planned and thats what makes the difference.
Quote from: rksmith51 on September 10, 2010, 10:15:16 AM
maybe Graham could let us know what he has.
SB800.
Graham. :)