g3

i have a g3 it pretty good camera i bought a slave flash for it not a bounce. i was tring to get some pictures of my kids for the christmas cards but i'm having a hard time with lighting. the pictures are comming out to bright. I had the iso at 50 because i didnt want alot of "noise" and i enjoy using the program mode. but having a hard time with the proper settings

any suggestion on getting a half decent picture of my rug rats?

thanks

Here's a cheap idea: place a piece of tissue paper (the gift wrap kind, not the hygiene kind) over the flash. It does a remarkable job of diffusing the flash's harshness.

crap that's a great idea i will have to try it tomorrow

thanks!

mamabravo , i've the omnibounce with the 420EX and it does a great job, i always flash the bounced way .

Two things:

1. Set your "flash exposure compensation" to -2/3. It should be on your Function menu. You can vary this as needed, but -2/3 works for most purposes. The flash is generally too bright (which is a good thing -- better than not being bright enough).

2. If you start getting blurry photos, set your mode to Av and your f-stop to f/5.6.

Cheers,

Don

thanks for the advice

i will try it

Yeah, that's worked wonders for me, it's always too bright at default and i'd rather have underexposed photos than overexposed, you can usually correct an underexposure with software.