10D ::duck:: Built on flash

[Yeager]

I am using the built on flash for some minor pictures indoors or at night where sufficent lighting isnt possible. Please dont hate me. :wink:

I was in Av mode and the flash blinked multiple times. Was this for the AF or the light metering? I turned off the AF and used manual and the flash quite doing it. But when I set the apeture, the pictures came out fairly overexposed as if the camera wasnt metering the flash. Am I right or wrong? Any feedback is good.

[leony]

10D uses flash bursts in the dark to help it focus as it doesn't have an IR focusing assist beam found on Elan II cameras. You can turn it off/on in custom functions.

The exposure problem is usually fixed by lowering ISO - if the minimal power output for a flash is set, being too close at to high an ISO will over expose the subject.

Hope this helps.

[Yeager]

I know there is a list somewhere that tells you all about the custom functions. Is there one posted somewhere on the internet?

[robertwgross]

The 10D manual is available in PDF format. It lists all of your custom functions.

---Bob Gross---

[Yeager]

Thanks! Too lazy. So excited. Just got it!