Using speedlite with manual lens
 

Howdy folks.

Mucking about with indoor shots.

Using a 35mm M42 manual lens on my 1000D.

Setting the speedlite up by feel really.

Got it to 1/32 strength, HSF (dunno if that does anything), and set the zoom
to 50mm. Or should I set it to 35mm? I assumed the larger figure because
it's not a full-frame camera.

With the camera/lens set to 1/320 at f5.6 and ISO 100 it seems to perform
well at 2ft.

Am I going in the right direction? Should I take up fishing instead?

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Pablo

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/
http://paulc.es/piso/index.php

Re: Using speedlite with manual lens
 

Pablo <noone@nowhere.net> wrote:
> Howdy folks.

> Mucking about with indoor shots.

> Using a 35mm M42 manual lens on my 1000D.

> Setting the speedlite up by feel really.

> Got it to 1/32 strength, HSF (dunno if that does anything), and set the zoom
> to 50mm. Or should I set it to 35mm? I assumed the larger figure because
> it's not a full-frame camera.

Easily checked by photographing a plain flashlit wall to check coverage.

> With the camera/lens set to 1/320 at f5.6 and ISO 100 it seems to perform
> well at 2ft.

> Am I going in the right direction? Should I take up fishing instead?

You'll get better results when you move the source of your light away
from the camera. First way of doing that is to bounce the flash off a
nearby large pale surface, such as the ceiling. The next step is to
take the flash off the camera and operate it remotely.

> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wibbleypants/

See

http://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/

and

http://www.flickr.com/groups/one_strobe_pony/

> http://paulc.es/piso/index.php

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Chris Malcolm