Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 15, 2015 Share #1 Posted July 15, 2015 Advertisement (gone after registration) Yesterday I had an unsuccessful day shooting with my Leica S and Profoto B1 heads on a beach in bright sunlight. I really think it was operator error so I am reviewing my settings and set up for yesterdays shoot. I have a basic question that I need to get my head around and that is Which flash synchronisation mode should I have set on the Leica S Start of exposure End of Exposure ?????? I say unsuccessful because the images were all looking good on the histogram but the fill light that I was trying to get from the B1 heads just didn't seem to work and look like the flash sync was off. I shot most of the shots with camera on a tripod at 1/125 and whatever f stop was needed to get an in camera balanced exposure. Anyone have any advice or experience to share on what setting they use with strobes (preferably Profoto B1 heads ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 15, 2015 Share #2 Posted July 15, 2015 Here is the screen shot that says the flash did not fire but in fact it did, it just maybe didn't fire at the right time ?? Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247838-flash-synchronisation-mode-leica-s/?do=findComment&comment=2854972'>More sharing options...
Guest NEIL-D-WILLIAMS Posted July 16, 2015 Share #3 Posted July 16, 2015 Okay I have just done some more testing at home that has completely bamboozled me. I set up a shot looking out of my living room window with a light and dark cushion as my model (as least this one docent talk bak )Anyway pointed my Leica S at the pillow and it read ISO 100 and f8 at 1/125 took a picture and the pillow was dark (expected)1/. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I then used my D800 with the same setting and got the same result (expected) 2/. I then took a picture using the D800 and this time using the profoto set at TTL and took a picture 3/. I then kept the same setting on the profoto head at that time it was 5.6 and took another picture using my Leica S and got this (notice the EXIF shows flash did not fire even though it did..... hu) 4/. Now the the bit that does my frigging head in is that when I metered the flash light using my Sekonic L308 it showed f5.6 (WHY NOT F8) ...........................(funny how the f stop was similar to the profoto head read out) anyway I then got the meter and dialled the profoto head up to the same f8 that I had set in the camera (profoto head now set at 6.7) and took this picture. 5/. I hope all of the above makes sense to someone out there as it is starting to get me pi**ed off how a simple thing like this can be so NOT SIMPLE. Any feedback will be much appreciated Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! I then used my D800 with the same setting and got the same result (expected) 2/. I then took a picture using the D800 and this time using the profoto set at TTL and took a picture 3/. I then kept the same setting on the profoto head at that time it was 5.6 and took another picture using my Leica S and got this (notice the EXIF shows flash did not fire even though it did..... hu) 4/. Now the the bit that does my frigging head in is that when I metered the flash light using my Sekonic L308 it showed f5.6 (WHY NOT F8) ...........................(funny how the f stop was similar to the profoto head read out) anyway I then got the meter and dialled the profoto head up to the same f8 that I had set in the camera (profoto head now set at 6.7) and took this picture. 5/. I hope all of the above makes sense to someone out there as it is starting to get me pi**ed off how a simple thing like this can be so NOT SIMPLE. Any feedback will be much appreciated ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/247838-flash-synchronisation-mode-leica-s/?do=findComment&comment=2855051'>More sharing options...
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