Recent content by Nigel McGregor

We often see the term 'Correct Exposure' used to mean 'what the camera metering system has chosen as its meter-centred (0) value'. So you might read a passage in a book about flash photography, something like ...'the pre-flash that occurs prior to the main flash is sensed by the camera and used...

I don't think that's a daft question .... I have experienced the same confusing behaviour when I had my camera Flash Mode set to 'Red-Eye Reduction' without realising. I think this mode sends out an additional pre-flash to close down the subjects pupils, and this can cause a delay before the...