MDJAK
6th of May 2005 (Fri), 19:02
I've read the link to Canon flash photography a couple of times and did learn some things. I apologize in advance for being dense. I probably should have paid more attention in school. Here goes:
Today I was shooting my daughters' dress rehearsal for tomorrow night's dance recital. I was in the front row with the stage perhaps 15 feet away and the dancers 20-30 feet away. I had my 1dsmkII along with my 580ex and the 70-200f/2.8 IS. I started out with the 24-70 but its reach was just too short.
While the pictures on the whole came out quite good. (sorry, I'm still a retard when it comes to posting. I upload to pbase and last time it just rejected them. I think my file size is too large.)
Sorry for the preamble, but here's the question. I was in manual and the meter was doing nothing. No amount of switching shutter or aperture would make the meter do anything. Why? (Thanks in advance for being as simple as possible in your answer to an obvious dolt like me.)
Today I was shooting my daughters' dress rehearsal for tomorrow night's dance recital. I was in the front row with the stage perhaps 15 feet away and the dancers 20-30 feet away. I had my 1dsmkII along with my 580ex and the 70-200f/2.8 IS. I started out with the 24-70 but its reach was just too short.
While the pictures on the whole came out quite good. (sorry, I'm still a retard when it comes to posting. I upload to pbase and last time it just rejected them. I think my file size is too large.)
Sorry for the preamble, but here's the question. I was in manual and the meter was doing nothing. No amount of switching shutter or aperture would make the meter do anything. Why? (Thanks in advance for being as simple as possible in your answer to an obvious dolt like me.)