How to use a manual Fuji GW690II w/ Yongnuo YN560III Flash

[jtp145]

I just acquired a classic Fuji GW690II rangefinder film camera that I wish to use with Yongnuo YN560III manual Flash for indoors portrait photography. Can anyone explain how to use a fully manual flash on this fully manual camera? I have had great results with it using an incandescent light meter in daylight for landscapes. I've also had great results using the same Yongnuo manual flash on my DSLR's by shooting and then previewing in my DSLR's LCD. -I simply adjust the intensity of the flash, shoot and re-adjust until I find the right intensity setting on the flash. (the flash is a non-TTL and I adjust from 1/1 to 1/128) After much experience using this flash with my DSLR's I can easily "tune in" to the right amount of fill flash because I have an LCD on my DSLR.

I want to learn what I need to know to shoot reliably with an adjustable manual flash on the GW690II.

Obviously the camera only shoots 8 shots per roll @ 6x9 on 120 film and I cannot preview.

Is there a way I can use my DSLR with the same flash to find good results that will reliably translate to the same aperture/sutter/flash power for same flash on the Fuji?

Or should I use a Flash Light Meter like the Sekonic L-308 flash meter?

Help please?

 

[Derrel]

A flash meter allow you to bounce the flash or to diffuse it through a scrim or shoot through umbrella, etc. and still get the RIGHT exposure set on the camera for the amount of flash that hits the measured area, so, yeah, when shooting film, an incident flash meter like the Sekonic L-308 is SUPER-nice to have: I grew up shooting with a flash meter. I prefer it to shoot-and-chimp...buuuut....you CAN use the d-slr as a way to fial in the right f/stop...you've done it before, and you can use the d-slr as a way to gauge the right f/stop as long as the flash's positioning and distance stays the on the d-slr as it will be when used with the Fuji. Keep the ISO's the same, or close to one another; I would give MORE exposure to color neg film than I would to color slide film.

ANyway, congrats on the Fuji! Sweet deal! The SHUTTER speed will not affect the flash exposure; The aperture is the main controll mechanism with a film camera. The film is XX or XXX ISO film...set, and done. The f/stop is the real biggie...shutter speed WILL brighten, or darken the backgrounds, and areas NOT lighted by the flash, so windows, lamps, and things like that can be made brighter by slower shutter speeds, or made darker by speeding up the shutter. In VERY bright conditions, it is possible that the shutter speed CAN actually create a pat of the "daylight" exposure, with the flash filling in the shadows, or perhaps blowing the exposure out, with too much flash (not common, but it CAN happen).

You should probably stick to shutter speeds on the d-slr that are transferrable to the Fuji, like say 1/200 second or so. If you need to darken the background, you can max out the Fuji's shutter speed. Have fun!

Our very own WayneF has a nifty web site devoted to the intricacies of flash. ScanTips. Check it out--pretty good stuff!!!!! Scanning Basics 101 - All about digital images

and the flash segment here: Four Flash Photography Basics we must know - Inverse Square Law

 

[gsgary]

Use it just the same as you would normally but you have to get exposure right because you can't check and delete

 

[jtp145]

Thanks for the tip's Derrel, Im putting them to use -and they confirmed what I thought all along. Anyway, Im loving the FujiGW690ii so much, I got a Ga645zi too! This way I have metering, built in flash, and aperture and program modes -not to mention built in data stamping of the negative/slide. Its probably going to become my go to travel camera. Sure, I'll bring my DSLR but, who can turn to a DSLR for that shot of lifetime when they're carrying a medium format loaded with Fuji film!