Good to know the 285 supports rear curtain.
The Metz 45CT3 has photosensor Auto mode, and it can support TTL film flash automation with the suitable modules for each brand of camera that supports TTL. Is there some reason why you avoid the use of these modes?
As for your question of ratios I am sure there are far greater apug intellectual luminaries that could guide you on that but if you gave me a specific example of a particular environment you wished to shoot then I could walk you through how I might attack it with my RB.
I usually rock up with my RB67 with a Vivitar285 mounted.
Lately I have been getting right into 'rear curtain' sync on my RB67 for corporate/social scene/after party crowds.
Thanks Daniel... Say you ambient metered a person @ 125th, f8 but their face were in shadow. How would you approach flash without a meter?
I've been fluky and just running the flash at the correct distance for that f-stop, and then reducing camera exposure by a stop. Very unscientific and only working because of the latitude of film ;-) Calculating the 'two' exposures and properly averaging is doing my head in! Of course hen the flash is the primary light source it's easy.
How do you do rear curtain sync on a camera with leaf shutter lenses?
Steve.
So essentially I disconnect the flash and learn to listen to my leaf shutter on the RB. Personally I find it very simple to drag the shutter through for a second of so and then pop my disco light as the leaf closes.
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Fill flash is done according to taste as others suggested, but the flash unit should have your aperture and film speed correctly dialed in as a start. If you wish to take the fill down a notch, just up the ISO on the flash unit by a third of a stop. For example, if the flash unit has 100 iso dialed in, then set it to 125 iso -- on the flash unit only. This tricks the thyristor on the flash unit into thinking it doesn't need as much light on the subject. If you take the fill down much further, you'll wonder where the fill went. Beyond the fill portion, you use the shutter speed to adjust the exposure of the ambient portion of the lighting.
Sounds like you could use B if you wanted, with a little practice. Great technique.
Your flash has a meter built into it. The thyristor reads the light reflected off the subject (closest object) and cuts out the flash pulse when enough light has reached the camera. With the correct ISO and aperture dialed into the flash unit, of course. So TTL doesn't enter into it.
Your flash has a meter built into it. The photosensor reads the light reflected off the subject (closest object) and the thyristor cuts out the flash pulse when enough light has reached the camera and diverts the excess charge back to the power capacitor to recycle the unused energy and shorten recycle time. With the correct ISO and aperture dialed into the flash unit, of course. So TTL doesn't enter into it.
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