FP Zoom TTL - Creative Lighting Techniques; Creating Catchlights in Eyes; Setting Flash Coverage and Diffusion

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If you set the ash coverage manually, make sure it covers
the lens focal length so that the picture will not have a
dark periphery.
Point the ash head straight ahead and then upward to 90°. The
catchlight will not appear if you swing the ash head left or right.
For best catchlight eect, stay 1.5m/4.9ft away from the subject.
If the wall or ceiling is too far away, the bounced ash
might be too weak and result in underexposure.
The wall or ceiling should be a plain, white color for
high reectance. If the bounce surface is not white, a
color cast may appear in the picture.
With the catchlight panel, you can create a catchlight in the subject’s
eyes to add life to the facial expression.
Creating a Catchlight
Pull out the wide angle
diusion panel.
The catchlight panel will come
out at the same time.
Point the ash head upward
to 90°.
Push the wide angle
diusion panel back in.
Push in only the wide angle
diusion panel.
Follow the same procedures
as for bounce ash.
ZOOM: Setting the Flash Coverage and Using
the Wide Angle Diusion Panel
The ash coverage can be set automatically or manually. It can be
set to match the lens focal length from 20mm to 200mm. Also, with
the built-in wide angle diusion panel, the ash coverage can be
expanded for 14mm wide-angle lenses.
In Manual Zoom mode, press the
< ZOOM/C.FN > button.
Turn the Select Dial to change the
ash coverage.
If < > is displayed, the ash
coverage will be set automatically.