Same issue, new problem....

[ccting]

I believe you still can use off-camera speedlight of any kind that has optical sensor with any kind of camera that has at least built-in flash...as flash trigger. You can use as many speedlights as you can ;D, with care..


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I own D5100 too, and I believe 1/200s is not sufficient to darken the background (while high f-number does not create the separation that you want and you suffer from defraction?), you may need ND filter + Strong fill Flash ?? With ND filter, you may able to stick to wide aperture.. And I believe you may want Polarized filter as he is wearing a spec, unless you can determine the family of angles.. but I never have any filter... May be experts will advise on this.

I personally don't think that 1 speedlight can overpower the sun. Perhaps you want to get 2-3 speedlights? LOL

[sk66]

Originally Posted by dmann

I will look into thrid party cords, thanks! Thats just what he said, I wasn't really in the market for another flash so tbh I tuned a lot of what he was saying out. It would be worth it though to visit him again.



After you said this it jarred my memory and that is what he told me.


As for meter/recompose, if you are in TTL flash you may have issues...

Why would I have issues?

Personally, I would probably take the shot the way I do most things...In Aperture mode with spot or center weighted metering and TTL FP or BL....I would expect to need to add a little + FEC.

soooo what does FP or BL and FEC stand for ?

thanks for the help....btw your avatar is sick!

Sorry for the Nikon jargon.... FP is high speed sync (my default setting), BL is Balanced Fill, FEC is Flash Exposure Compensation.

Often Meter/recompose can be an issue and you may need to use FEL.....it's very situational...

found this for you... Canon Professional Network - Flash exposure lock and compensation

[dmann]

Originally Posted by sk66

Sorry for the Nikon jargon.... FP is high speed sync (my default setting), BL is Balanced Fill, FEC is Flash Exposure Compensation.

Often Meter/recompose can be an issue and you may need to use FEL.....it's very situational...

found this for you... Canon Professional Network - Flash exposure lock and compensation

Just seen this now thanks I will look into it.