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opium - 24 Jan 2006 22:52 GMT

Ok, this may sound like a silly question. I have just got myself a
Nikon D-70s & a SB-600 Speedlight. And I am trying to find out which
program setting I should have the camera set to for the best results
when bounceing the flash...and how many stops differance there will be.

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Matt - 24 Jan 2006 23:25 GMT

> Ok, this may sound like a silly question. I have just got myself a
> Nikon D-70s & a SB-600 Speedlight. And I am trying to find out which
> program setting I should have the camera set to for the best results
> when bounceing the flash...and how many stops differance there will be.

A mate of mine soon found out that flashes do not bounce... as his son
pulled camera and flash off of bench, and he looked at his speedlight in two
pieces with electronics spewing out.

Sorry I cannot help you with specific settings for the Nikon body and
speedlight however there may be some other general resources that will help.

As for calculating stops, are you using the camera in full manual mode and
flash in manual mode?
If so, go for light meter, there are many variations in bounce light, with
distance to bounce surface, reflective nature of surface materia and colour.

Again I am not aware of the Nikon features of iTTL - however with Canon ETL
and ETLII the options are fairly wide, in determining to use either body or
flash in a program or manual mode.

some possible articles:
http://www.nikonians.org/html/resources/guides/teddy/teddy-bear-1.html
www.nikonusa.com/pdf/SB800_techniques.pdf

http://photography.about.com/od/photoaccessories/a/a042605.htm

http://photonotes.org/articles/eos-flash/ (Canon)

http://www.planetneil.com/faq/flash-2.html

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Julian Mattay - 24 Jan 2006 23:34 GMT

> .
>> Ok, this may sound like a silly question. I have just got
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> looked at his speedlight in two pieces with electronics
> spewing out.

Is his son Mark Latham?

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opium - 25 Jan 2006 02:36 GMT

Thanks Matt,

For taking the time to help out a complete stranger. The links were
very helpful and I will have no problem with this in the future, after
a bit of practice.

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Matt - 25 Jan 2006 18:07 GMT

> Thanks Matt,
>
> For taking the time to help out a complete stranger. The links were
> very helpful and I will have no problem with this in the future, after
> a bit of practice.

No problem at all, that is what the spirit of these news groups are about. .
Unfortunately this one is frequentlly filled with the usual slagging matches
between usual suspects, and those quick to criticize in a less than
constructive manner.
In general most are here because they enjoy their hobby or job in
photography.

Practice and experimentation not only master techniques, but often identify
new and interesting effects. Enjoy

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[BnH] - 25 Jan 2006 00:47 GMT

My setting :
TTL , vertical up , use diffuser if the ceiling is not too high [3m] or take
it off if its higher.
or if the ceiling has light absorbing colours [ black, brown] tilt the flash
45 degree and use a diffuser + bounce card [rubber band and name card shud
do the trick ]

=bob=

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