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joseph_mcdonald

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  1. Good suggestions all! A few suggestions here that did not occur to me. I will note these suggestions and work on them. When I referred to my setting up with my film cameras and getting good results, that sort of echoed what rodeo_joe said about manual. Almost can't go wrong. Again, I appreciate everyone's responses.
  2. Here are two more. Matrix metering. 6049 looks a bit washed out, 6050 I dialed down 1 stop.
  3. If I shoot a subject in the shade and try to balance against a sunlight background (pretty much why I bought the powerful SB 910 rather than use the built in pop-up flash) and the subject is overexposed, I have dialed ec on the flash down to -3 and saw no difference. That's why I asked if I was missing something. Here are two shots, everything is the same except I dialed -1.5 ec on the second shot. I spot metered off the center girl's dress.
  4. At rodeo_joe 1, I read your answer and will read it a few more times, and also show my daughter who insists that I'm using too much flash! When I was using my F4s and even my F100 it was easy to fool the flash. If I was close to the subject my daytime balanced fill worked okay on auto but virtually all of my nighttime fill flash work was done in manual off a tripod. Sometimes it would take me almost two mniutes to set it up but nearly all of my shots turned out well. I will contiue to work on it, finding what works the best and also try to recognize when to use matrix and when to use centerweighted and spot.
  5. I'm using it with a D600. When I put a subject in the shade and try to balance it against a sunny background the subject is often over exposed. Sometimes I need to dial in almost -2 ev on the camera. I've done some experimenting and I've dialed the exposure comp. on the flash unit down two and even three stops and noticed no difference so I quit trying that. I'm watching the distance scale and my subjects are always within the limits. I normally use center weighted but I've also used spot, metering off what I think is a midtone and sometimes matrix.The flash is set to TTL and sometimes TTL BL. I'm constantly using the exposure comp on the body, dialing it up and down. Sometimes the subject is overly lit, sometimes under, and then sometimes the image is spectacular, pefectly exposed. Is there something obvious I'm missing here?
  6. To be perfectly honest, I haven't paid close enough to all of the variables that I can actually document it in a precise manner. I know the first time I saw it I panicked and thought my images were bad. But since I discovered it's okay if I calm down a bit, all good. I'll try turning on image review for every shot and see how it goes. Well, I'm sure. I love this thing. I think Rodeo Joe hit the answer. And I got a good laugh out of it too!
  7. <p>Recently I noticed if I take a shot and quickly hit the playback button the image displayed on the monitor is somewhat dark. If I quickly hit it again (off) and then again (back on) it now looks normal. The images it captures are fine.</p> <p>The first time I saw this I thought there was a problem with the camera. It doesn't do this all the time. In fact, I've only noticed it when using my SB 910 on it. Anyone else ever see this?</p>
  8. <p>I'll try taking more the wife and kid inside (ambient background) and outside tonight (dark background) and try some of the settings recommended here. </p> <p>Thanks to all who have replied.</p>
  9. <p>This is what I'm talking about. I'll guess they were 6-8 feet from me.<img src="http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i307/sombunya/DSC_3504_zpsgt9tkkuj.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p> </p>
  10. <p>Shooting with a D600 and an SB 910, matrix, program mode, single point auto focus. I'm using the 24-85 kit lens that came with it.</p> <p>The range on the speedlight said <2ft. - 30, or thereabouts. Indoors, not too bright ambient light.</p> <p>My subjects were 5-6 feet away and their faces were way over-exposed. </p> <p>Forgive me for sounding naive but I thought these newer cameras were "smarter" than my old F4 or even my F100. I flipped down the diffuser and it got a little better. Can someone here see something obvious that I am missing?</p>
  11. <p>It takes six. </p> <p>I dropped my D600 off at NSC LA because of the perceived problem with the MB-D14. They called the next day and told me it was ready.</p> <p>They explained to me the need for lithium units. They also replaced the shutter. All for free. I've actually had some very good experiences with Nikon service.</p>
  12. <p>Again, Nikon loaded my MB-D14 with 6 lithiums for free. I thought that was nice of them.</p> <p>Shun's comment about alkalines not being "smart" was interesting. I can't remember if I tested them when I pulled them out but the menu showed them as dead after a short (I thought) time and the camera was using the EN-EL15 right up.</p> <p>I bought the MB-D14 because I occasionally travel to some out-of-the-way places and don't want to worry about batteries. Same with my SB-910, don't want to eat up the EN-EL15 by powering a flash. I'll nab more Eneloops and try them out. As always, thanks for everyone's input.</p>
  13. <p>Earlier, someone posted that their battery pack wasn't being recognized the camera. I experienced a similar issue with my D600 and MB-D14. NSC Los Angeles informed me that only high performance Lithium batteries should be used. They installed some and it worked well.<br> I use Sanyo Eneloop NiMH units in my speedlight and was wondering if they would be up to the task for use in my MB-D14 when I'm out and about? </p>
  14. <p>FWIW, I experienced a similar issue with my D600 and MB-D14. The folks at NSC Los Angeles told me to use only high performance (compared to alkaline) lithium batteries.<br> They were kind enough to install them, along with a new shutter, gratis. Worked great.</p>
  15. <p>I started with an FT2 and then I moved up to an F4s, playing around trying to achieve high reproduction ratios. The TTL control of the flash helped a lot. So did the copy stand I scored for small money.<br> I now have a D600 and SB-910 and I was wondering if there are any red flags I need to consider, different from using my F4s? I have a BR2a as well as an assortment of rings to couple lenses together, 52mm to 52mm mount, lens extensions etc.<br> Any advice from people who have been here before with type of equipment is appreciated.</p>
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