First night with a flash on the R-D1s

Nice work! Tell us about the flash setup please. Did you use a bounce directly on the flash? Pretty high flash I think? That can cause the relative dark parts in the lower part of some photos.
 
laptoprob: I used a Nikon SB-24 and I didn't have an attachments for it, I just bounced the flash off the ceiling. What do you mean by pretty high flash? The angle or the strength? I couldn't know less about using a flash. I haven't calculated a guide number yet.
sleepyhead: you have to see these gigs out, I was invited via Facebook :)

thanks for the feedback,
James
 
You may want to advise people who may be browsing at work of the content of the images - half naked women on a company screen is not always a good thing :D (and ya ya ya... don't give me the "you shouldn't be surfing the net at work anyway" :D)

That said I'm not sure if the SB-24 swivels or just can change angles (a la Vivitar 283). If it swivels you may want to try aiming the flash slightly behind you and not directly up (i.e. not at 90 degrees to the floor).

Cheers,
Dave
 
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I meant the distance between lens and flash. At closer focus this distance causes a hotspot and a shadow. When bounced at close focus this also happens, but then the light is softer than direct flash.
For flash on a SLR, I have one of those 'low profile' Metz flashguns. I aim it straight upwards and bounce off of a white plastic card at 45° above the flash window. This creates soft light like bouncing off of a ceiling but without the 'ceiling light' effect: dark lower parts or too heavy shadows.
 
is it ok to use a pentax 540 flash with the rd-1? together with the off-camera cord? will there be no issues? also, do you guys use manual or A mode? thanks!
 
dcsang: I don't think I ever had it at 90 degrees, but thanks for the input. Also you are right I should have mentioned that these aren't work safe.

thinkfloyd: If the flash is on the camera you need to find out the voltage of the flash, I would say search the forum or go to the sticky with the R-D1 FAQ. Lots of people ask questions about flash compatibility.

laptoprob: I want one of those plastic cards, I have seen a ton of options for flash bounces.
 
thanks jmarcus. I'm using it for a DSLR, so hopefully it's voltage is low... google time...

BTW, I use the Jumbo Demb bounce and diffuser. It works great! I've tried sto-fen and lumiquest, but the demb is the best for me... lumiquest softbox is also good. The sto-fen sucks for me... though I know a lot who uses it. To each his own I guess...
 
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