Thanks for all your input. I wouldn't use a lightmeter but would meter with my camera to get the background. And yes I can take test shots and redo as necessary. I was simply trying to avoid having to take multiple shots to get where I needed to b...
I agree. I wouldn't use it on camera. Let's say my background is f/5.6 and I want to photograph someone or something in the foreground that I'd like to be f/4 then it would be helpful to know how far away the flash should be to get that f/stop. TH...
Thanks. I've recently read Bryan Peterson's flash book and he is a Nikon person but he talks frequently about setting the distance scale on the back of the flash to ascertain the correct f/stop-power in manual without constantly having to guess what...
