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JeffOwen

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  1. I have been using this Canon 430EX II with no problems recently and went to use it today and saw the pilot light was ON even though the ON/OFF switch was off. I changed the batteries, but the problem persisted. The flash seems to work OK except that the pilot light stays on even when the timed auto switch off operates. I am not sure how much this drains the batteries when the flash is not in use, but the only way to make sure is to remove the batteries when not in use! Any ideas anybody?
  2. Just bought a Canon Speedlite flash and if I put it into Manual it does not send out the pre flash and my slave flash now fires in sync. Happy days! Jeff
  3. Wow, thanks for that answer, it has really put my mind at rest. I will now go and try a workaround to see if I can sort out my idea of using two flash guns for a certain set up. Jeff
  4. I have started to use a slave flash with my Canon 80D and can't understand why the 'with slave' exposure is so poor. The top photo shows the camera set to Manual 1/100th, f8, ISO400 and using the camera built in flash. The histogram is not perfect but acceptable. The bottom photo uses a slave flash (this is an old Olympus with a photo cell trigger, see photo) placed about the same distance from the subject but at 45 deg. The camera settings are identical, but the resulting photo is well under exposed (see hystogram). How can that be? I have taken several photos and all result in the same effect.
  5. At 76 years of age I do all my own scanning using my SLR (Canon) with a close up lens (in my case extension tubes) and a home made light box. The light box uses a LED lamp and diffusers from a dismantled laptop screen. I have done hundreds of old negatives and slides and use Photoshop to crop and sort out any corrections including negatives.
  6. I use Gadwin PrintScreen. It is free and easy to set up. You can select any full screen or just a selected part. I use it all the time.
  7. That is exactly how I copy all my negs and slides. I use a Canon 50mm f1.8 with a 21mm extension tube. I fix the f number at f8 to give a reasonable depth of field (card mounted slides tend to have a bow). I use auto focus and shutter speed.
  8. When you say you can't update images from your camera are you trying to connect the camera direct (via USB cable) or are you using a card reader? If you are using a USB cable then there might be an issue with W10 not having the up to date transfer program. W10 PCs should have not problem with handling any images you upload. I guess the main issue you might have is a suitable card reader.
  9. As Rodeo_joe said: Magic wand the sky area (50), Fill 100%, Add noise 22%. I have reduced the image size to 1000 pixels.
  10. Thanks for that info. I had done pretty much as you said and even uploaded my photo. The problem came when I tried to get it to stay as a posted image. I tried 'More Options' but all that did was to get me into deeper trouble because there was no way I could see to cancel or delete the attatment. I will have one more go and see if I can get it to work.
  11. How can I upload my photo and delete these errors that keep appearing?
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