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<blockquote data-quote="triedntru" data-source="post: 112193" data-attributes="member: 12840"><p>Hi gang,</p><p></p><p>New to the forum here as a poster, but have lurked around for a while. I tried searching for the answer myself, but didn't have any luck so thought I'd post for the first time!</p><p></p><p>I've struggled with how to phrase this question, so I apologize if it is wordy. Here goes:</p><p></p><p>I like TTL for the main reason that I can spot meter on a subject's face and be pretty confident that the portion of the face I locked on is going to be exposed correctly. I can glance at the histo to know that everything else is in order and I'm good to go.</p><p></p><p>However, I like the full manual (non-TTL) because it is repetitive, predictable, and consistent. The only problem is I can glance at the histo to see if there are any issues with the overall image, but that doesn't always tell me if the face is properly exposed. In other words, I don't always know in that histogram where the midtones of the face fall. So, I can go through several shots and realize later in post-processing that I was off slightly on the face exposure. Now I have a bunch of pics to tweak.</p><p></p><p>Here is what I would prefer to do: Chimp a shot in TTL. If I like the results, I flip the strobes over to manual and dial in those settings. Now I have those settings consistently on every shot.</p><p></p><p>The only problem is: After I have just taken a shot using TTL, how do I know what those strobe settings were? It doesn't appear to show them on the back of the LCD (SB-700). Or maybe it does and I'm just overlooking it. </p><p></p><p>Could really use some advice here because it seems like it would make this process so much easier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="triedntru, post: 112193, member: 12840"] Hi gang, New to the forum here as a poster, but have lurked around for a while. I tried searching for the answer myself, but didn't have any luck so thought I'd post for the first time! I've struggled with how to phrase this question, so I apologize if it is wordy. Here goes: I like TTL for the main reason that I can spot meter on a subject's face and be pretty confident that the portion of the face I locked on is going to be exposed correctly. I can glance at the histo to know that everything else is in order and I'm good to go. However, I like the full manual (non-TTL) because it is repetitive, predictable, and consistent. The only problem is I can glance at the histo to see if there are any issues with the overall image, but that doesn't always tell me if the face is properly exposed. In other words, I don't always know in that histogram where the midtones of the face fall. So, I can go through several shots and realize later in post-processing that I was off slightly on the face exposure. Now I have a bunch of pics to tweak. Here is what I would prefer to do: Chimp a shot in TTL. If I like the results, I flip the strobes over to manual and dial in those settings. Now I have those settings consistently on every shot. The only problem is: After I have just taken a shot using TTL, how do I know what those strobe settings were? It doesn't appear to show them on the back of the LCD (SB-700). Or maybe it does and I'm just overlooking it. Could really use some advice here because it seems like it would make this process so much easier. [/QUOTE]
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