silentknell
New to Mu-43
Hi, I'm fairly new to using external flash, and completely new to using a light meter, and I have a question hoping that someone here can answer it.
My goal is to take a portrait, with the subject at the correct exposure with flash, and the background 2 stops underexposed.
I'd like to keep my shutter speed no faster than 1/160th in order to keep from using HSS. I have a ND16 filter on my camera to keep it at fairly low shutter speed, and wide aperture in bright sunlight.
So how do I use my light meter to make this happen?
From what I've read, I meter for the background first by putting the light meter into ambient mode. And since I know I want to have the final output at 1/160, I put it in shutter priority.
But then what? Before I use my flash meter in flash mode on the subject, what adjustments do I need to make, given that 1. I want the background underexposed, and 2. that I have a 4-stop ND filter on my camera?
Thanks for your help!
(Edit: Also, when you test for your flash exposure, what is the usual method in testing the flash (without a cord)? Do you just press the "test" button on the flash, or do you usually start at a certain power output, like 1/4 or 1/8?)
My goal is to take a portrait, with the subject at the correct exposure with flash, and the background 2 stops underexposed.
I'd like to keep my shutter speed no faster than 1/160th in order to keep from using HSS. I have a ND16 filter on my camera to keep it at fairly low shutter speed, and wide aperture in bright sunlight.
So how do I use my light meter to make this happen?
From what I've read, I meter for the background first by putting the light meter into ambient mode. And since I know I want to have the final output at 1/160, I put it in shutter priority.
But then what? Before I use my flash meter in flash mode on the subject, what adjustments do I need to make, given that 1. I want the background underexposed, and 2. that I have a 4-stop ND filter on my camera?
Thanks for your help!
(Edit: Also, when you test for your flash exposure, what is the usual method in testing the flash (without a cord)? Do you just press the "test" button on the flash, or do you usually start at a certain power output, like 1/4 or 1/8?)