tony_mair Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Need some assistance on why digital shots taken with stobe lights are all coming out dark. Just started recently using digital in studio on some portrait work. Used different settings on cameras and strobes, none satisfactory until I used just one strobe as backlight and on camera strobe set to I-TTL. I was accustomed to using three strobe set up with film of basically any type. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_nazarko Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Studio strobes don't do a thing to work the metering in your dslr. You need to meter with a handheld flash meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny_liao Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 If you have used strobes before, than you should know how to work it. If so, why are you using I-TTL? Put the camera on manual and sync it accordingly. The reason why you're getting dark/underexposed pictures is because you stopped down too much. Try opening your F-Stop 2 stops and see if that helps. Also, ditto on the light meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_cochran Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Also, be sure your digital camera and/or its on-camera flash isn't sending out a pre-flash for its metering. If it does send out a pre-flash, and if your studio strobes are being triggered via optical slaves, the studio strobes will trigger on the pre-flash and there won't be any light left for the main flash during the exposure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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