New SB800 saves the day

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I was trying to take some photos of myself sitting on a car using the
remote. Well, the car came out great, but with my wearing a cap you
couldn't see my face even though it was in bright sunlight. So, I grabbed
my new SB800, snapped it on the camera and set it to TTL/Fill. It worked
like a charm, and my face was as evenly lit as the car.

I think I'm going to be using this thing a lot, and probably more in the
daylight than I thought. I'm still learning. Never used a flash this much
in the daytime.

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"Tony Polson" <tp@nospam.net> wrote in message
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> "Sheldon" <sheldon@XXXXXXXXsopris.net> wrote:
>
>>I was trying to take some photos of myself sitting on a car using the
>>remote. Well, the car came out great, but with my wearing a cap you
>>couldn't see my face even though it was in bright sunlight. So, I grabbed
>>my new SB800, snapped it on the camera and set it to TTL/Fill. It worked
>>like a charm, and my face was as evenly lit as the car.
>>
>>I think I'm going to be using this thing a lot, and probably more in the
>>daylight than I thought. I'm still learning. Never used a flash this much
>>in the daytime.
>
>
> Daylight balanced fill flash is one of the best uses for a flash gun.
> Except in the studio or when shooting interiors, daylight balanced
> fill flash is about the only time I use a flash gun.
>
> You will probably find that using it on the default auto setting gives
> a little too much illumination. Try using flash exposure compensation
> to reduce it by 0.3, 0.7 and 1.0 stop and see which you prefer.
>
For my purposes it worked just fine in default mode. However, for a tight
portrait I can see your point.