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So I'm going to be doing the photography for my sister's wedding. Due to the fact that I have a film camera, and don't want to have every shot be staged for a series of 3-4 shots to make sure I have the right exposure, I am looking into a flash meter.
However, what about scenes that just require the use of a flash? I have a flash that I attach to my camera (Nikon N65), and it has an automatic exposure method, iirc. But I don't wanna put too much faith in it, since its a reflective metering system, and I am not gonna be able to use a graycard for the shots due to the nature of it being a wedding.
Now, will a flash meter be something good to get? With one, can you input a desired F-stop, and it displays what shutter speed to use? Because I am going to want to take some creative shots using specific F-stops, but would need to use some kind of metering system to make sure I use the right shutter speed to get the desired effect.
And with that in mind, say I use a flash light meter (as opposed to a spot meter, which essentially requires a graycard or finding a neutral tone in the scene to meter off of) and it gives me a shutter speed to a desired f-stop, but that shutter speed would be impossible to use due to it being too low (ex. 1/60th) to pull off without a tripod... is there a rule of thumb for how much a flash will change the exposure, say a few stops worth or whatnot?
I gotta dig in to my old photography book I picked up awhile ago, but I'm not sure how much it delves into flash photography and light metering using a handheld meter.
I've had this flash for awhile, but it has goes relatively unused, especially since the photography class I took in highschool was all black and white and flash-less.
However, what about scenes that just require the use of a flash? I have a flash that I attach to my camera (Nikon N65), and it has an automatic exposure method, iirc. But I don't wanna put too much faith in it, since its a reflective metering system, and I am not gonna be able to use a graycard for the shots due to the nature of it being a wedding.
Now, will a flash meter be something good to get? With one, can you input a desired F-stop, and it displays what shutter speed to use? Because I am going to want to take some creative shots using specific F-stops, but would need to use some kind of metering system to make sure I use the right shutter speed to get the desired effect.
And with that in mind, say I use a flash light meter (as opposed to a spot meter, which essentially requires a graycard or finding a neutral tone in the scene to meter off of) and it gives me a shutter speed to a desired f-stop, but that shutter speed would be impossible to use due to it being too low (ex. 1/60th) to pull off without a tripod... is there a rule of thumb for how much a flash will change the exposure, say a few stops worth or whatnot?
I gotta dig in to my old photography book I picked up awhile ago, but I'm not sure how much it delves into flash photography and light metering using a handheld meter.
I've had this flash for awhile, but it has goes relatively unused, especially since the photography class I took in highschool was all black and white and flash-less.
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