*ist DL2 and AF360FGZ
Posted 13/01/2007 - 19:56
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Hi Ian, and welcome to the forum.
I bought the AF360FGZ earlier in the week to go on my DL, so welcome to my learning curve..
The flash you see is the pre-flash, and with your eye up to the viewfinder, you wouldn't necessarily see the main flash, with one eye closed and the mirror up.
Just a guess, but on the controls for the flash sync (three sets of triangles, and then HS, have you got it set to anything other than the green icon to the left? If for instance, it's set to HS, then I believe that's used as a fill in flash, and would cause this??? Or, you have an exposure control, that should (normally) be set to zero. This is the scale about half way up on the left of the LCD panel. This can be adjusted by clicking the S button in the middle of the small dial, and turning said dial.
A couple of guesses anyway. Of course there are actually people on here who know what they're on about, so you could always wait for one of them to arrive instead...
Cheers
Liam
I bought the AF360FGZ earlier in the week to go on my DL, so welcome to my learning curve..
The flash you see is the pre-flash, and with your eye up to the viewfinder, you wouldn't necessarily see the main flash, with one eye closed and the mirror up.
Just a guess, but on the controls for the flash sync (three sets of triangles, and then HS, have you got it set to anything other than the green icon to the left? If for instance, it's set to HS, then I believe that's used as a fill in flash, and would cause this??? Or, you have an exposure control, that should (normally) be set to zero. This is the scale about half way up on the left of the LCD panel. This can be adjusted by clicking the S button in the middle of the small dial, and turning said dial.
A couple of guesses anyway. Of course there are actually people on here who know what they're on about, so you could always wait for one of them to arrive instead...
Cheers
Liam
Liam
"Make your hands respond to what your mind demands." Jesse James
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"Make your hands respond to what your mind demands." Jesse James
Best wide-angle lens? Two steps backward. Look for the 'ah-ha'. Ernst Haas
Posted 13/01/2007 - 20:48
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Thanks for the reply Liam.
I have the flash sync set to the green icon and the exposure control is zero. In fact I have tried altering this and am getting the same results.
The flash is definately only firing once (as wintessed by my good lady wife) and according to the manual it should fire twice in P-TTL mode.
When using the flash under normal indoor conditions, the images are almost black (totally under-exposed) yet shooting with the flash off, the images come out as expected - dark yet clear enough for the conditions.
20+ years of photography and I thought I knew what I was doing!!
I have the flash sync set to the green icon and the exposure control is zero. In fact I have tried altering this and am getting the same results.
The flash is definately only firing once (as wintessed by my good lady wife) and according to the manual it should fire twice in P-TTL mode.
When using the flash under normal indoor conditions, the images are almost black (totally under-exposed) yet shooting with the flash off, the images come out as expected - dark yet clear enough for the conditions.
20+ years of photography and I thought I knew what I was doing!!
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19 years
Darlington,
Co. Durham
I've just bought the AF360FGZ for use with my *ist 35mm and *ist DL2. My problem is that the flash is firing before the shutter opens and the resulting image is under-exposed. I am led to this conclusion as I can see the flash firing through the view finder before the mirror raises.
I have been over the instructions in the manual numerous times but I seem to be missing something.
I have tried the flash with my *ist 35mm but will have to wait to see if I have the same problems.
Has anyone got any idea's where I'm going wrong?
Cheers,
Ian