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<blockquote data-quote="voxmagna" data-source="post: 449580" data-attributes="member: 38477">Yes I tried some more experiments. You can still use aperture priority matrix metering for the distant scene, but go into Manual Flash and set flash power low for the foreground fill. But what a pain because you have to go through the menu options to do it, when it would have been nice to press one of the buttons, select flash power and use a function wheel -&nbsp; Unless I've missed something?I just can't understand the Nikon menu option which specifically mentions fill flash. I don't know how it would work and can only guess that the far scene is exposed through the metering in the normal way on half shutter press. Then on shoot the foreground gets a flash bounce back from the first flash, then sets the flash power for the second as the fill but doesn't change the matrix metering. But I cannot get the feature they describe in the manual. I just hope Nikon haven't got rid of it in a firmware upgrade (downgrade!).Most would probably agree that the flip up flash is not the best, but just to add a little foreground lighting without carrying a shoe flash is very useful. I tried out the rather tedious manual method shooting some outdoor portraits and was pleased with the results using about 1/20th - 1/40th&nbsp; flash power.Can anybody find this fill flash feature in their flash menu settings?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="voxmagna, post: 449580, member: 38477"] Yes I tried some more experiments. You can still use aperture priority matrix metering for the distant scene, but go into Manual Flash and set flash power low for the foreground fill. But what a pain because you have to go through the menu options to do it, when it would have been nice to press one of the buttons, select flash power and use a function wheel - Unless I've missed something? I just can't understand the Nikon menu option which specifically mentions fill flash. I don't know how it would work and can only guess that the far scene is exposed through the metering in the normal way on half shutter press. Then on shoot the foreground gets a flash bounce back from the first flash, then sets the flash power for the second as the fill but doesn't change the matrix metering. But I cannot get the feature they describe in the manual. I just hope Nikon haven't got rid of it in a firmware upgrade (downgrade!). Most would probably agree that the flip up flash is not the best, but just to add a little foreground lighting without carrying a shoe flash is very useful. I tried out the rather tedious manual method shooting some outdoor portraits and was pleased with the results using about 1/20th - 1/40th flash power. Can anybody find this fill flash feature in their flash menu settings? [/QUOTE]

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