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Rugby presentaion evening camera/flash settings

mille19
Posted 09/10/2012 - 12:47 Link
I've been asked to do the photos at a presentation evening for my local rugby club.
I'll be using my gripped K5 with a Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 and 360FGZ flash with rogue flashbender to bounce flash.
Can anyone give me some advice on camera/flash settings.
pentaxian450
Posted 09/10/2012 - 13:44 Link
Static shots or action shots?
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MattMatic
Posted 09/10/2012 - 13:45 - Helpful Comment Link
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mille19
Posted 09/10/2012 - 14:28 Link
pentaxian450 wrote:
Static shots or action shots?

static shots
mille19
Posted 09/10/2012 - 14:35 Link
Cheers Matt,
I think I'll try
AV F4
Auto Iso 200-1600
-1 ev on flash
MattMatic
Posted 09/10/2012 - 17:26 - Helpful Comment Link
If you're indoors, I'd use Manual on the camera, f/5.6 and get an ISO + shutter speed that measures about 1Ev below ambient (i.e. so that the meter shows slightly underexposed).

Then use P-TTL on the flash.

Definitely try it out first! You'll need to be 100% confident before trying it

Oh, and preferably shoot RAW. Then you can always claw back mistakes in Lightroom

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mille19
Posted 09/10/2012 - 18:48 Link
Thanks Matt I'll give it a go.
mille19
Posted 16/10/2012 - 23:52 Link
After a bit of experimentation I found Manual on camera set at F5.6 and 1/80th sec ISO400 and flash set to -0.5 ev gave best results.

I must admit this flash photography is a bit of a 'black art', more practice needed I think.

You can see the results here Barrow Raiders presentation
Algernon
Posted 17/10/2012 - 08:11 Link
You seem to have the flash exposure spot on
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Algi
Posted 17/10/2012 - 21:10 Link
I have done a number of events and normally I set the camera to ISO200 or ISO400 and leave the camera in Program. Most of the time it works a treat. Sometimes (the P-TTL being what it is) some shots are underexposed, but the K-5 being what it is, you can pull back the images in RAW without any issue.

Hope this helps.
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