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I am not sure how tall the ceiling is at this location, but I am a bit concerned that the SB-700 is on the under-powered side. I would favor a more powerful flash. At least I wouldn't add a diffuser, and adding color gels to it could be an issue also.

 

I would set exposure mode to M so that you have full control. ISO to maybe 200 or 400 or, if necessary, 800. I doubt that using Auto-ISO would be helpful in this case. (I use Auto-ISO frequently outdoors when I need to guarantee a minimum shutter speed for action photography, under varying lighting conditions.) For my taste, I would use 1/30 or 1/60 sec shutter speed so that ambient light will have some contribution to the overall exposure. Usually that generates more pleasing results than mainly having harsher contribution from the flash. Bouncing off the ceiling should help.

 

With a new camera, I would test it under different flash and exposure settings under casual situations to find what you like most. Being FX, the D750 should give you much better high-ISO results than the D7100.

Thanks for the heads up about reducing shutter speed to let in more ambient light. Will try this in future.

I doubt flash output power is the problem since it worked satisfactory with the D7100.

 

Since the FX D750 should manage with less flash power (better at high ISO) I suggested adding a gel to the flash. I have not looked at any EXIF data to get an idea of how close to the flash’s maximum output the OP might be. I know the ”general rule” says gel the most powerful lightsource when using lights of different colour temperature, In the OP’s case, that is really not an option hence my recommendation to gel the flash.

Thanks, but really not up to par on flash filters to correct ambient lighting. I don't feel quite comfortable using them at this time. Will try to investigate further.

Thanks guy. Probably expected that. Wouldn't hurt to have used full bounce flash, either. OK. That's my answer. Thanks again.

When I was younger I routinely shot at 1/60, sometimes handheld at 1/30 with pleasing results. Now I am 62 and have a bit of hand shake so nothing under 1/125. These two are among the first set from my new D750. In image of couple, the ISO was 320. Shutter speed 1/125 at f/2.0. Flash power was -0.7. Only I had my diffuser on. Simply removing the diffuser should give the results I want. Plenty of keepers before without it on the D7100. From there I can simply adjust the power of the flash directly (i.e. -0.3, +0.7). Thanks for the good info. And happy hunting.

I am not sure how tall the ceiling is at this location, but I am a bit concerned that the SB-700 is on the under-powered side. I would favor a more powerful flash. At least I wouldn't add a diffuser, and adding color gels to it could be an issue also.

 

I would set exposure mode to M so that you have full control. ISO to maybe 200 or 400 or, if necessary, 800. I doubt that using Auto-ISO would be helpful in this case. (I use Auto-ISO frequently outdoors when I need to guarantee a minimum shutter speed for action photography, under varying lighting conditions.) For my taste, I would use 1/30 or 1/60 sec shutter speed so that ambient light will have some contribution to the overall exposure. Usually that generates more pleasing results than mainly having harsher contribution from the flash. Bouncing off the ceiling should help.

 

With a new camera, I would test it under different flash and exposure settings under casual situations to find what you like most. Being FX, the D750 should give you much better high-ISO results than the D7100.

Will also add I shot with my NIkon 85mm prime at 320 ISO.

Couple shot in Manual at f/2, 1/125 sec w/ flash diffuser over head of flash. From everyone's comments I think I just need to remove the diffuser to increase strength of flash to overpower ambient lighting. Will try this first because I didn't have a problem until I put the diffuser on. All the others turned out fine for my taste. Thank you, all.

I am using the Nikon D750 and a Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G Lens. I have a Tiffen 67mm Black Pro-Mist 1 filter attached with the HB-62 Bayonet Lens Hood that came with camera. Some of my shots had very, minor vignetting at the top corners. One in particular (see attached image) bothered me. Can anyone tell me what caused this? Help.

 

The diffuser does very little with bounce flash, except cut the light down. What you're seeing is a reflection of the yellow ambient lighting showing more because the flash is weaker.

 

The fix is to stop using the diffuser.

 

If it wasn't bust, why try to fix it?

 

BTW, RAW can do nothing to alter the different white balance between ambient room lighting, at around 2700K, and flash at 6500K. If you correct for the room lighting, then the flash will look blue. You need to 'overpower' the room lighting by increasing the flash power.

 

Maybe setting the shutter speed manually to 1/125th or 1/250th would help. Looks like the camera is setting a long shutter speed and wide aperture. Auto-everything rarely works well with flash.

Thanks. Leave the diffuser off. Simple. KISS. "Keep It Simple Stupid" HaHa. Guess I can't leave well enough alone. Thanks for I think this is the answer I was looking for.

Could you post a couple of sample images, showing what you don’t like about those images?

It doesn't happen when far away (image 1). Only when closer ( image 2). See above.

It doesn't happen when the flash is far away (image 64). Only when the flash is close (image 13).

 

 

Taken 1000's of photos in church social hall with D7100 + SB700 with no problem. Changed to D750 and my first batch are terrible. The main thing I did differently (other than Auto ISO) is, previously, I used bounce flash w/ catch light panel 90 degrees from flash head (the flash was pointed straight up and the catch light panel was facing subject). This time I used the included diffuser accessory w/o the catch light accessory. All the peoples heads have an awful yellow glow around the top. This is the first time taking pictures with the diffuser. Should I have set my filters different? I am shooting in RAW. Please help! The setting for the D750 are similar to my previous camera (D7100).