 Tom Lekas |
Flash and Overexposure I have a Canon EOS Elan II with a Tamron 28-300mm lens. During a work party I was taking some pictures using the built-in flash and in many pictures the faces of the people are almost white. I'm not sure what setting I need to change. I read something regarding the aperture setting but I'm not sure. I have read that I need an external flash and I'm not sure which one I need.
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Jon Close |
To know which setting needs to be corrected, we need to know what settings you used. How close were you to the subject(s)? Were they centered in the frame or off to the side? The Elan II has flash exposure compensation. Was this set to 0? Which shooting mode were you using - automatic mode PIC, or green box or creative modes P, Tv, Av, M? What focal length(s) were used? Did you have a lens hood mounted? Taking a wild guess, the 28-300 lens is wide enough to block some of the light from the flash, especially to the lower portion of the scene. Since the built-in flash of the Elan II uses simple off-the-film TTL flash metering it may be overcompensating, extending the duration of the flash trying to fill the shadow at the bottom of the frame. An external flash will almost always give better results than the built-in unit. Get one with a tilt or tilt/swivel head that allows "bounce" flash, and the most power (highest guide number) you can afford.
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Tom Lekas |
It was generally set to the full auto mode or the P mode. Nothing was adjusted. The camera set everything itself. The only time P mode was set was to change the focus area. The lens hood was not mounted because the instructions for the lens said not to when using the onboard flash. In some pictures the lower portion was dark which I also read was caused by the onboard flash. It seems that the closer to the subject the worse. When I zoomed to a far away subject it seemed a better. I also looked at Tiffen filters specifically the 812 warm filter which is supposed to make skin tones look better. Thanks for the info.
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