stephen_j

Hello all

I use a technique with my eos3 and self contained elincrom.

First you meter the general area with a flash meter and your studio

light. I usually and recommend that you meter the studio light 1/2 stop less than what you set in the camera. ( most of the time I like to shoot at f8, so I set the camera to f8 and I meter the studio flash at 56.5 on my meter) I generally use one umbrella and have it high over one of my shoulders.

Then mount a 550 on your camera, make sure you go into the

550's custom function 3 and change it to ttl from etl. this will show up in the lcd panel on the back of the flash. This is very important as the 550 ettl sends out a pre flash and will trigger you studio unit too early and throw off your exposure.

You will find the results are amazing and the recycling time on your 550 will be very fast, if you have to wait at all. The lighting will be 3d and look great, you then have a lot of freedom to move around without having to make more meter readings.

When you get really good at it you can set up multiple studio units and meter the different areas of the room an inrease/deacrease your aperture according to how close and how far your subject gets to the umbrellas. If you find that other people are using flashes and are setting off your units. I would recommend flash wizards, these are wireless transmitter/recievers that will communicate to your studio lights without using the standard slaves.

WARNING when plugging in and out of the flashwizards turn them off and your 550 as it will trip your 550 and dump a manual load, and perhaps do damage.

have fun and let me know about your results

hello all

you might want to consider the following, to ensure your film is

tightly loaded:

simply hold your thumb down on the unexposed spool as out put the leader in the other side and as you wind up to the arrow. By holding down on the unexposed side you are ensuring that the film will be

in tight and you will find that at the end when you take the film out

you will have a nice exposed spool. I used this technique with my Hasselbad ( which I no longer own ).

hello all

the solution is simple, has nothing to do with the temperature,

simply hold your thumb down on the unexposed spool as you put the leader in the other side and as you wind up to the arrow. By holding down on the unexposed side you are ensuring that the film will be

in tight and you will find that at the end when you take the film out

you will have a nice tight exposed spool. I used this technique with my Hasselbad ( which I no longer own ).

enjoy