How to measure exposure when using Manual Flash?

[NathanFranke]

The 60D does support rear curtain sync. Not sure what screen it's on off the top of my head, but it's in the instruction manual.

The master course in flash photography is Strobist. The purveyor of the site suggests chimping like crazy until you get the exposure right. Getting it right on the first try was great for film, but it's really unnecessary with digital. With experience, it'll come, but for beginning chimping is your friend.

[Gaurav Prabhu]

Originally Posted by NathanFranke

The 60D does support rear curtain sync. Not sure what screen it's on off the top of my head, but it's in the instruction manual.

The master course in flash photography is Strobist. The purveyor of the site suggests chimping like crazy until you get the exposure right. Getting it right on the first try was great for film, but it's really unnecessary with digital. With experience, it'll come, but for beginning chimping is your friend.

I'll find that out, no issues at all.
I'm already up on strobist & been reading for a while. You seem to be right, as with time I'll get used to this & should come easily.

[bhursey]

Originally Posted by NathanFranke

The 60D does support rear curtain sync. Not sure what screen it's on off the top of my head, but it's in the instruction manual.

The master course in flash photography is Strobist. The purveyor of the site suggests chimping like crazy until you get the exposure right. Getting it right on the first try was great for film, but it's really unnecessary with digital. With experience, it'll come, but for beginning chimping is your friend.

To use rear curtan sync off camera via radio you would need a ttl trigger from my understanding. Are you talking about the 60d ir slave system for proprietary flashes?

[autofocus]

A thread I had started months ago about using, and setting your flash in manual mode may be of help to you
Flash Output Control (while both camera and flash in manual mode)

[Gaurav Prabhu]

To use rear curtan sync off camera via radio you would need a ttl trigger from my understanding. Are you talking about the 60d ir slave system for proprietary flashes?

Nope. I bought a cheap RF trigger & my flash is not a canon dedicated speedlite but an old manual one.

A thread I had started months ago about using, and setting your flash in manual mode may be of help to you
Flash Output Control (while both camera and flash in manual mode)

Thanks for pointing it out. Bookmarked, will read it leisurely.