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Bruce MacNeil

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« on: November 05, 2007, 04:17:33 pm »

How does this work? I mean - with the H3 is there a flash meter?
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« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2007, 04:58:02 pm »

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How does this work? I mean - with the H3 is there a flash meter?
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In terms of the onboard flash in the finder being TTL metered and controlled, this exists in the H3 body. But with studio strobes, you are bound by your histogram or flash meter when on the H-series.

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« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2007, 07:56:04 pm »

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How does this work? I mean - with the H3 is there a flash meter?
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From H3D manual:

Flash measure of separate flash unit
You can measure the effect of an attached flash unit (with PC connected
flash units and SCA3902 compatible flash units set to M
mode), where the camera acts much as a flash meter would. The
aperture setting can be adjusted and more trial exposures made
until the information on the grip LCD is satisfactory.

To use flash measure:
1) Press the FLASH button on the grip to access the flash option
screen.
2) Turn the rear control wheel until Flash measure appears.
3) Press Save (DRIVE button) to access the flash exposure
screen.
4) Make preliminary required aperture setting by turning the
front control wheel.
5) Press the AE-L button. The camera will close the aperture,
raise the mirror and fire the flash. Light reflected from the
flash lit subject will be reflected off a white spot on the auxiliary
shutter to the meter sensor.
6) Deviations from a normal exposure are displayed as differences
in EV on the grip LCD and the viewfinder LCD. If ‘high
or ‘low’ appears, change the aperture accordingly and make
a new test reading.
Change the aperture until Diff EV: 0 appears, or the desired
amount of deviation from the normal exposure.
Diff EV: Low signifies more than 2 EV under
Diff EV: High signifies more than 2 EV over
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« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2007, 08:00:43 pm »

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But with studio strobes, you are bound by your histogram or flash meter when on the H-series.

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Not really.  With studio strobes, the built-in flash meter works exactly the same way as an attached hotshoe flash.  The AE-L button will close the aperture, raise the mirror and fire the flash (hot shoe or wireless triggered) and measure the exposure.
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« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2007, 08:58:27 pm »

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Not really.  With studio strobes, the built-in flash meter works exactly the same way as an attached hotshoe flash.  The AE-L button will close the aperture, raise the mirror and fire the flash (hot shoe or wireless triggered) and measure the exposure.
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Thank you very much - seems possible though not straight forward.
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2007, 09:39:57 pm »

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Thank you very much - seems possible though not straight forward.
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In the studio, I connect my strobes to Pocket Wizard receivers, and the PW transmitter on H3D.  Normally I would use my Sekonic flashmeter to get the metering.  But if I don't have my flashmeter with me, I use the H3D's internal flashmeter.  I select the Flash measure from the LCD menu.  I set the camera to Manual exposure mode, and I manually set my aperture and shutter speed. Then I press the AE-L button, which triggers the Pocket Wizard to fire the strobes.  I look at my H3D to see if I am under or over exposed, then adjust my aperture to get the exposure I wanted.
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« Reply #6 on: November 05, 2007, 10:13:35 pm »

All of the H series cameras (H1/H2/H3) will measure off-camera flash as described above by paulhu with the instructions from the H3D manual.
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« Reply #7 on: November 06, 2007, 02:00:27 am »

WOW, shows how little I have read from the manual!

Still, I'd say buy yourself a meter with the outlined procedure looking a bit "third nature".

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From H3D manual:

Flash measure of separate flash unit
You can measure the effect of an attached flash unit (with PC connected
flash units and SCA3902 compatible flash units set to M
mode), where the camera acts much as a flash meter would. The
aperture setting can be adjusted and more trial exposures made
until the information on the grip LCD is satisfactory.

To use flash measure:
1) Press the FLASH button on the grip to access the flash option
screen.
2) Turn the rear control wheel until Flash measure appears.
3) Press Save (DRIVE button) to access the flash exposure
screen.
4) Make preliminary required aperture setting by turning the
front control wheel.
5) Press the AE-L button. The camera will close the aperture,
raise the mirror and fire the flash. Light reflected from the
flash lit subject will be reflected off a white spot on the auxiliary
shutter to the meter sensor.
6) Deviations from a normal exposure are displayed as differences
in EV on the grip LCD and the viewfinder LCD. If ‘high
or ‘low’ appears, change the aperture accordingly and make
a new test reading.
Change the aperture until Diff EV: 0 appears, or the desired
amount of deviation from the normal exposure.
Diff EV: Low signifies more than 2 EV under
Diff EV: High signifies more than 2 EV over
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