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<blockquote data-quote="paul_b" data-source="post: 280561" data-attributes="member: 15676">Wow great advice thank you so much, I've learnt a lot.Here's my plan now:Ok,&nbsp; with Auto ISO on and with external flash the camera was giving me an&nbsp; Auto ISO value of 200. So this must of meant that because the ISO was&nbsp; low the camera was using more flash power instead and probably explains&nbsp; why my subject was always blown out with too much flash light.So,&nbsp; therefore i'm turning Auto ISO off and using ISO 800 for indoors in the&nbsp; evening. So now I need to work out my ideal settings (maybe i can&nbsp; program them so i can reach them with just a touch of a button or 2?)I&nbsp; therefore with ISO 800 need to work out my other shooting settings with&nbsp; a combination of shutter speed (minimum to stop camera shake from my&nbsp; non VR 35mm f1.8 prime lens), aperture, and flash power, taking into&nbsp; consideration that i need to balance ambient light with flash power.I&nbsp; would imagine im going to need about 160th of a second to prevent&nbsp; camera shake and maybe even 200th of a second (max for my flash).So&nbsp; i have my first 2 values - 160th or 200th of a second (shutter speed&nbsp; mode) and iso 800 (if ambient light is not enough then i will need to&nbsp; reduce shutter speed). I would imagine i would need to go right down to&nbsp; f1.8 for the widest aperture to let in the most light thus reducing the&nbsp; need for flash power from the flash. So my indoor evening values would&nbsp; be 200th sec shutter speed, f1.8 aperture and ISO 800. The only thing&nbsp; that remains is to work out how much flash power i need and if the&nbsp; default looks ok. The SB400 is obviously an automatic flash, but flash&nbsp; power can be adjusted in camera. I'm going to use bounce flash (straight&nbsp; up, as i have to get quite close with this lens). Its probably&nbsp; advisable to reflect some of it forward using a white buisness card&nbsp; poked into the flash unit to reduce those bottom shadows.So&nbsp; i'm now experimenting with test shots and see what the images look like&nbsp; at the default flash power and then either decreased or increase it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="paul_b, post: 280561, member: 15676"] Wow great advice thank you so much, I've learnt a lot. Here's my plan now: Ok, with Auto ISO on and with external flash the camera was giving me an Auto ISO value of 200. So this must of meant that because the ISO was low the camera was using more flash power instead and probably explains why my subject was always blown out with too much flash light. So, therefore i'm turning Auto ISO off and using ISO 800 for indoors in the evening. So now I need to work out my ideal settings (maybe i can program them so i can reach them with just a touch of a button or 2?) I therefore with ISO 800 need to work out my other shooting settings with a combination of shutter speed (minimum to stop camera shake from my non VR 35mm f1.8 prime lens), aperture, and flash power, taking into consideration that i need to balance ambient light with flash power. I would imagine im going to need about 160th of a second to prevent camera shake and maybe even 200th of a second (max for my flash). So i have my first 2 values - 160th or 200th of a second (shutter speed mode) and iso 800 (if ambient light is not enough then i will need to reduce shutter speed). I would imagine i would need to go right down to f1.8 for the widest aperture to let in the most light thus reducing the need for flash power from the flash. So my indoor evening values would be 200th sec shutter speed, f1.8 aperture and ISO 800. The only thing that remains is to work out how much flash power i need and if the default looks ok. The SB400 is obviously an automatic flash, but flash power can be adjusted in camera. I'm going to use bounce flash (straight up, as i have to get quite close with this lens). Its probably advisable to reflect some of it forward using a white buisness card poked into the flash unit to reduce those bottom shadows. So i'm now experimenting with test shots and see what the images look like at the default flash power and then either decreased or increase it. [/QUOTE]

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