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Originally Posted by deluco
Hmmm and 3 stops isn't a whole lot of range for that strobe. I've never used the Metz but have heard great things about the exposure accuracy. I'd still use manual :'))
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I must have missed this earlier.
The Metz 45CL-4 has a settings for F2.8, 4, 5.6, 8, 11, 16.
That's a
5 stop range.
I will, on occasion shoot it manually, but the majority of the time it's on auto.
I shoot the reception the same way using the Metz 54MZ3...on auto.
I don't have to worry about keeping subjects exactly 10' in front of me...things are happening much to fast at a wedding.
This allows me to concentrate on shutter speed to control background because I know my foreground will be properly exposed by the flash.
At the reception, changing aperture will affect both flash and ambient exposure, but changing shutter speed only affects ambient, or background, exposure.
Wm,
Be careful of using that older Vivitar on a digital body. They can fry your onboard electronics.
Use it with a Wein SafeSync to get the kickback voltage under 6v.