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Oct 30, 2011 08:16:25   #
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Using off camera flash
gmoretti wrote:
I'm thinking about purchasing a flash trigger product like Pocket Wizard so that I can trigger my flash or flashes off camera. I've always just used my flash on camera.

My question is when using the triggering device is the camera still considering the flash as TTL. Does the camera calculate the flash output to help with the exposure as it would if the flash were on the camera. I have a Nikon D700 with Nikon flashes.


The Nikon D700has wireless flash built in. In CS menu you can set the built in flash to command mode. Then set your SB600, 800, or 900 (and probably the 700) to wireless slave and the SB will think it is on the camera. It follows all features that it follows on camera.
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Oct 30, 2011 08:04:16   #
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Camera distance to subject not showing.
May not be your problem but what lens are you using? The older NIKON lenses did not transmit distance information to the camera or to the SB600, 800 OR 900 FLASH UNITS. A D lens or a G lens does send the distance info. I I don't know if the manual mode transmits distance info.

You might download the free program, EXIFTOOL and serif the camera is recording distance.

Good luck!
patrick
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Oct 24, 2011 07:39:13   #
(Photo Gallery)
Something New Learned for Today :)
. . . . And the cow says, " Yeah, that new mash really got to me. I gotta high tail it outta here!
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Oct 24, 2011 07:35:39   #
(Photo Gallery)
Something New Learned for Today :)
"Ever hear of a highball signal."

Yeah, got one last night .

Patrick
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Oct 23, 2011 06:09:16   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
How To Correct "blowout" with PhotoShop Elements?
I don't see any blowout here, just overex.posure.
Easiest. Ctrl-J to dupe the image in a new layer, change the blend mode to multiply (darkens all), vary the opacity of the layer for the degree of the effect.
Patrick
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Oct 21, 2011 05:48:27   #
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HDR with 5 exposures?
les_stockton wrote:
ShakyShutter wrote:
Some cameras are able to shoot more than 3 bracketed exposures.


Can you tell which cameras? Just curious.


Nikon D700 and I presume just about any recent nikon DSLR's
Even the P7000 allows 5 frames. ( P7000 is one of their 'P-compact' series, in the $350 range.)

BTW: a number of the 'big boy's make the same claim: 3 frames at 2EV
is just as effective as 5 frames at 1 EV.
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Oct 16, 2011 09:51:32   #
(Photo Gallery)
Rokinon 800mm mirror lens test
[quote=KG]LOL. I just noticed the guy in the sixth picture has IStockphoto thingy around his neck :)

He IS a picture himself!
The more I look at your shots, the more see this as a street portrait lens!
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Oct 16, 2011 09:42:33   #
(Photo Gallery)
Rokinon 800mm mirror lens test
Looks perfect for street people!
I'll have to get mine out.
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Oct 16, 2011 08:35:47   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Pumpkin serve as studio model?
Hey! I was just browsing on the pumpkin photos below.
Q: could a pumpkin serve as a studio model to experiment with portrait lighting?
Is the reflectivity comparable?
Do you have a suggestion for an alternative head dummy? (no smart remarks!)
. . . . Patrick
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Oct 16, 2011 08:24:15   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Camp Fires
Suggestion: shoot just after sunset. Keep shooting until very dark. You'll get a spectrum of background detail. You might try a variety of exposures at each interval OR just set one camera on a tripod and set it for interval shooting. (I'm not sure if you can combine interval shooting with bracketing. Ok, I'll be out in the backyard tonight experimenting!)
Patrick
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Oct 15, 2011 07:08:09   #
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Manual focusing
If the picture viewed on the computer is sharp, the problem is in your viewfinder. Does the image in the viewfinder look sharp when you autofocus?. If not, it is the view finder adjustment.

When I manual focus, I pass through the sharpest point and then come back.
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Oct 15, 2011 06:42:53   #
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How to be photogenic?
You cost me a lot of money!
Just what I needed. -- another e.citing program! ;>)
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Oct 13, 2011 06:02:35   #
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Reproducing existing photograph
If you use artificial light to light the photo, Try to adjust them at 45 degrees to the photo to minimize glare. The photo probably has a glossy finish which will bounce a light flare into the camera.

BTW, does the Smithsonian know about that camera? ;>)
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Oct 7, 2011 06:43:29   #
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Black background
I agree with Bob on this one. the texture is terrfic!
Black board is very cheap.
Move the backdrop further back from the subject.
flash is very fast, over 1/2000 of a second. so open your aperture very wide and shoot at your highest flash sync speed. In TTL mode, the flash will turn off when the foreground has enough light and the background doesn't gt any exposure at all. In other words, starve the background -- extreme underexposure and let the flash take care of the foreground.
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Oct 7, 2011 06:35:51   #
(Main Photography Discussion)
Black background
I agree with Bob on this one. the texture is terrfic!
Black board is very cheap.
MOVE THE BACKDROP FURTHER BACK FROM THE SUBJECT.
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