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Jul 06, 2009 10:36 | #1

Quick question:

I'll be shooting an outdoor event soon and most to all of the subjects will be in direct sunlight. I will be using my 550EX off-camera(on bracket) for daylight fill and was wondering which mode would work best.

I usually shoot these types of events in Tv mode and manually adjust the flash output to what I think looks good.

This will be the first time shooting the event with my 50D and would like to hear your suggestions. Thanks.

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Jul 06, 2009 10:37 | #2

If the ambient lighting will be fairly consistant then set your camera in Manual Mode and use FEC to taste...

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Jul 06, 2009 10:45 | #3

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8232487

If the ambient lighting will be fairly consistant then set your camera in Manual Mode and use FEC to taste...

I did that the last time and was hoping to avoid having to keep messing with the FEC. :mad:

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Jul 06, 2009 10:51 | #4

AxxisPhoto wrote in post #8232546

I did that the last time and was hoping to avoid having to keep messing with the FEC. :mad:

Better that you control the equipment than the other way around...

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Jul 06, 2009 10:55 | #5

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #8232584

Better that you control the equipment than the other way around...

Touché! :lol:

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