have i got this right?

Hi,

I'm reading a few book's at the moment and they talk about underexposing my flash. So does this mean i meter the scene and underexpose it by home many stop's i need or do i use my flash exp comp?
Also i have a hotshoe flash.

Cheers

If your flash is in E-TTL mode, then I would use a negative flash exposure compensation to get an under exposure with the light produced by the flash.

In what context are they saying it? It sounds like they are talking about bumping down FEC like Jim said.

Yes, it has to be done with FEC if you are in ETTL mode.

Are they talking about maybe fill flash to tell you to bump it down?

Dermit wrote in post #5531343
Are they talking about maybe fill flash to tell you to bump it down?

Spot on, thats it, i've been underexposing the scene by -1 stop and my shots were not looking like a fill flash, this all makes more sence now.

Thanks for the help