Gareth James

Thanks - Will look into all those meters! And yes, I wasn't intending to carry the 5D round as a meter ;) It was more to collect a range of settings that I can have on record for my flash/umbrella. Either way, I think having a good meter in my bag will be really useful - I know the benefit. Thanks again.

Hi All - Firstly, thanks for the informed replies! I think the key bit of understanding I was missing was that - "most flash-capable incident meters can automatically detect and measure a flash”. This is great and means I can trip the flash manually whilst metering (although I’d probably need a friend to help trigger the flash as I would need to be metering near the subject. BillC - I also really appreciate your comments. I like the idea of holding a note of common flash/appeture/shutter settings for different conditions. Hopefully I can build this over time with some trial and error. I was actually thinking about metering everything with my 5D MKII so I don’t waste film, then transferring the settings over to the Mamiya - will this be a reliable thing to do? I also get what you’re saying about some situations not really being right to meter, but most of the people I’ll be shooting will have 'signed up’ to take some photos with me, so Im happy to take some time before to meter properly. Finally, I know the Sekonic L-308S does look to be the best mid-level meter, but I’ve spent so much on Photography gear this month, I’m really hoping I can get something a little cheaper - any suggestions would be amazing. Thanks all - great group!

Hi All. This is my first post, so hello all! I'm now the proud owner of a new Mamiya7ii, and I intend to use this for environmental portraits amongst other things. I'm a big fan of Rob Honrnstra as his images closely resemble the style of photo I'm trying to achieve. I know many of these shots are done using a very good Flash and a Mamiya7. My main question is how can I expose properly for this type of situation. I might be indoors, in a room, with a subject who I want to light well using an off camera umbrella? Currently, I have a: Canon 430EXII (for my 5D) I also have a Wireless Flash Trigger similar to something like this: http://www.photospecialist.co.uk/hahnel-captur-transmitter-receiver-set-olympus-panasonic?channable=e13528.SEFIMTAwMDcxMDM&gclid=CIPC1ZyaodICFY0W0wodeOAI6Q#group1187 I know this will enable me to trigger the flash externally from my Mamiya, but how can I meter effectively to ensure I expose correctly? Can I get a Flash meter that can somehow trigger the remote flash and meter? Or should I try to be calculating this manually? Or do I perhaps need some new gear to help enable this? Many Thanks All. Gareth