I have a metz 45 cl4 which i bought cheap secondhand. I have till now used
TTL flash. The 45cl4 has a ttl option but cannot afford to get the adaptors
so for now would like to use it on manual. How do i start using this flash
in manual?. How can I calculate the f stop and shutter ...

I've been trying to do a lot of concert photography lately. I use a Nikon
N65 with a Sigma 28-80mm lense with 800 film. A lot of my phots turn out
very grainy. I use either 1/30 or 1/60 shutter speed, and 5.6 f-stop. I try
to only shoot when there's good light on stage / the ...

At what shutter speed and/or focal length is mirror bounce a concern
when using a tripod so that mirror lockup needs to be used?  I noticed
when shooting how the viewfinder would "bounce" even on a tripod when
shooting last week...

I am going to pthograph a friends concert outdoors and I wonder what
colortemp they are useing on these events.
/Thanks
Stefan

How to get narrow light but soft light beam using strobes? Grids and
snoots tend to be too harsh, I guess fresnel spots as well. So?

I am learning macro photography. It is fascinating to take lifesize
pictures of very small objects.
I have a question for more experienced people. When using macro lenses,
how does the depth-of-field depend on the focal length? When shooting at

Hi All,
A new site with some random pictures of mine. Would like some
advice/help on improving.
http://www.smallpotato.co.uk

people say the 18% grey point on a characteristic curve should be
0.745 units lower from the brightest exposure point in the Log
Exposure axis. that's because 0.745 = Log(100%/18%).
I think this is right and I can still figure out there is 2.5 stops