Anyone got any tips for fill in flash settings using the built in flash on my G80?
Trying to balance it a bit better.
It either seems to have no effect, or the background/image is over exposed.
I've tried the flash output setting in the menu but no real joy.
I've tried both av and tv.
Anyone had any joy with fill flash?
I've used fill flash before when I had my D7000 and a separate flash gun and had good results, but that was a while ago.
I have barely touched the onboard flash since buying the G80 7 months ago. I've never found onboard flash very reliable with any camera, mainly because they cannot be bounced, and that is mostly how Ilike to make use of flash.
Just played with the one here now [not my camera but a loan replacement as mine is in for repair] , I have it set to TTL, flash mode on the full lightening bolt symbol, flash syncro: 1st, flash adjust +2/3, Auto exp comp: off, and it's ... ok for a bit of fill, nothing more. It'll give that harsh, rabbit in head-lights look to people if it's not diffused or bounced somehow. Onboard flash tends to concentrate the light into a small space, harshly and unevenly - I'd suggest making a little DIY bounce card or even a small milk carton diffuser to help spread and soften the light for it and pushing the power a little if needed. Also, with long lenses it's useless for anything close, as the flash will just hit the back of the lens and cause shadow, same with longer hoods [I even had to remove the hood from a Samyang 122 to test there, and that's a short lens, just has a big hood]
Not equipment related but which magazines, if any, do you guys buy monthly - obviously with a bias towards MFT. (Assuming there are some)
Cheers
Chris
I used to buy at least a couple of mags p.m, I had a stack of them that I passed on to a friend's daughter who got into photography and film a few years back. Shed was delighted. I used to do all/some of the challenges or projects they would lay out for readers, also entered many of their competitions [never won, but did get mentioned a few times

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I didn't care which mag it was, I would buy whichever had the more interesting articles, reviews or assignments in any given month. Digital photography mag, Outdoor photographer, Digital photographer, Digital camera world ...etc ... it really depends who's got what each month tbh. Go to a store that allows you to flick through the magazines before buying [though many photo-mags nowadays come plastic wrapped ...Boooo!]