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XZ-1 Tips
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So -- turn the lens ring until you get to a faster shutter speed, like 1/250. This speed will
freeze anyone moving towards you or away from you. 1/500 will freeze side-to-side
motion, but might let in too little light in a dark room.
Go the the Flash menu (right-arrow on the back dial), and pick the little lightning bolt --
for auto-intensity Fill In flash (just the lightning bolt, NOT the icon with a bolt and a little
eye). The XZ-1 will send out an almost invisible pre-flash, measure the light bouncing
back from it, and then fire off the main flash at just the right strength.
This, of course, will cause your child to go blind for a few moments, if not longer. You
can put a piece of Kleenex over the flash, to diffuse the light... and try again. If the
picture is too dark, move the Flash menu setting from Fill In to Full, or 1/4, or 1/16... or
just move closer with the tissue over the flash.
Or, you can tape a little angled piece of cardboard in front of the flash, to bounce the light
up at the ceiling, and then down onto the child.
All these flash units put out 'daylight' bluish light. Which is sort of stupid, because we
mostly use them indoors, under warmer room light -- lightbulb light -- tungsten light. If
you get a little piece of light orange plastic gel from a camera store -- ask for a CTO gel
-- and then tape it over the flash, amazing! Suddenly, the light from the flash matches the
color tone of the room light -- and those candles on your kid's birthday cake.
Last thought -- take a few minutes to experiment with the Flash menu low-power
settings. Outdoors in daylight, try 1/16 and 1/64 to add just a flick of fill flash to your
subject. .. very nice (no orange flash filter needed, unless you want a 'late-afternoon'
sunlit look).
Optical Infrared Wireless Slave flash
The XZ-1's popup flash can set off other flashes... infrared or 'slave' flashes. I use a cheap
Yong-Nuo YN-460N, which is fully adjustable for intensity. It works perfectly indoors --