 older camera = more flash thinking
TTL is great for flash control on macro work, or at kids birthday parties etc.
When I shoot to do fill, I just use the cameras meter/handheld meter to determine the ambient lighting. Then I use an old Vivitar or Metz flash that allows different aperture settings, depending on which slider position puts more ND in front of the flash light sensor eye.
Say ambient light is metered to give f/5.6, (at focal plane shutter synch speed - I wont go into in lens leaf shutters here) and I want -1 stop fill - so I set the flash to expect the camera lens to be set to f/8, and make the exposure - bingo - -1 stop fill lfash (don't let the sun shine stright into the falsh eye when back lighting withe the ambient lighting though) . |