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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 352132" data-attributes="member: 12496"><p>What is the SB-800 flash mode? It has menu and a mode button. Tell us what you're doing? Have you adjusted flash compensation or exposure compensation? (they should show 0 EV, and in the top LCD, you should NOT see a little +/- icon reporting compensation).</p><p></p><p>Camera Auto mode ought to be OK. Camera metering should be Center Weighted or Matrix. Exposure and Flash Compensation 0 EV.</p><p>If on camera, flash menu ought to be <strong>TTL</strong> mode indoors, and if using it for fill flash in bright sun, then instead <strong>TTL BL</strong> mode (balanced fill mode).</p><p>This should make it be just aboutright, automatically. Point&shoot flash.</p><p></p><p>Wild guess, not sure how likely: If it is already in TTL or TTL BL mode, then the top right corner of the flash LCD should be blank. It should not say something like +2 2/3 EV, which is more flash compensation, making it bright. Use the down arrow buttons to reduce it to zero, and it eventually disappears.</p><p></p><p>There can be times when flash exposure is a little off, and then Flash Compensation can correct it for a second try. That is how we control TTL flash. But your story suggests some more basic issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 352132, member: 12496"] What is the SB-800 flash mode? It has menu and a mode button. Tell us what you're doing? Have you adjusted flash compensation or exposure compensation? (they should show 0 EV, and in the top LCD, you should NOT see a little +/- icon reporting compensation). Camera Auto mode ought to be OK. Camera metering should be Center Weighted or Matrix. Exposure and Flash Compensation 0 EV. If on camera, flash menu ought to be [B]TTL[/B] mode indoors, and if using it for fill flash in bright sun, then instead [B]TTL BL[/B] mode (balanced fill mode). This should make it be just aboutright, automatically. Point&shoot flash. Wild guess, not sure how likely: If it is already in TTL or TTL BL mode, then the top right corner of the flash LCD should be blank. It should not say something like +2 2/3 EV, which is more flash compensation, making it bright. Use the down arrow buttons to reduce it to zero, and it eventually disappears. There can be times when flash exposure is a little off, and then Flash Compensation can correct it for a second try. That is how we control TTL flash. But your story suggests some more basic issue. [/QUOTE]
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