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Bit more testing this morning and I discovered the problem.Was doing some testing tonight with 3 Di700s and Air 1.
The TTL results are inconsistent.
One will be under exposed, next properly exposed then next over exposed.
Im testing in my basement work room so that may be a concern.
Anyone else seeing anything unusual?
Thanks for not being too proud to share your lesson/mistake! I've been considering getting these strobes, and your earlier post had me a bit worried.The camera was set to bracket 2 EV plus and minus.
Mike, I have learned over the years, and there are a lot of them under my bridge, that most of the time unexpected behavior has a user error component. That is one reason I always test and then test some more before taking new equipment on a job.Thanks for not being too proud to share your lesson/mistake! I've been considering getting these strobes, and your earlier post had me a bit worried.
Good news than. I have not really tested it too much myself so good to hear that and thanks for letting us know right away. **** happens and that crop mode gets me sometimes too. Flashing warnings would be handy. Obviously in my case age does come to bear as well.Mike, I have learned over the years, and there are a lot of them under my bridge, that most of the time unexpected behavior has a user error component. That is one reason I always test and then test some more before taking new equipment on a job.
Now that I know how to set them up they look like a useful system. I know I can fall back to manual but I do like the freedom TTL offers.
Glad I'm not the only one!...that crop mode gets me sometimes too...
Mike there is a warning it turns out . Answer on minor complaint thread. Go check that outGlad I'm not the only one!
I used Canon 600EX-RT from the day they were available. Before that I struggled with Pocket Wizard ControlTL.The two biggest pluses here for me is one to be able to get the flash off camera without cords and second having that built in optical to sync with my studio stuff. TTL is great and having HSS is very useful shooting people outdoors. At some point I will add more units to the system.
Guess there hard to get now.
I would have went Phottix but that several months of back order was not good. I'm happy so far.
I have slightly more texture going on. ROTFLMAOHere's a test shot of my ever patient Mannie.
70-200, F8, ISO 100, SS 1/200.
There are two Nissan Di700a speedlites being used and controlled by Air 1.
The main (camera left) is plus 1.5 FEC. The fill ( a bit camera right) is minus .5 FEC.
Main is in a 24in pop up square softbox. The fill is in a similar 16" softbox.
Raw was imported into Lightroom CC using a custom camera profile that applies the Base tone curve which is a bit flatter than the Adobe Default.
Then I applied a medium tone curve in the Develop Module and -50 highlights, +50 shadows.
Reading the color checker gray scale black and white squares indicates that the image is maybe .25 EV below optimum readings.
Mannies gray paller is about the same reflectance as northern european caucasian skin. The white background is a really old piece of once white foam core about a foot behind Mannie. The main is about 2 feet from him and the fill about 2.5 feet. That's one thing I like about TTL for headshots. I can get the ratio I want even if I can't get the lights in precisely the right spot without having to jiggle power settings.
Not as handsome as Guy, but a quick illustration of two light setup with Nissin NAS lighting.
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