flash question

[wet]

Extreme newbie question.

I am not a flash person & I don't take many evening shots. However, when I started to try out my flash with my camera, I am confused. With my flash mounted & turn on, my camera meter still read the same setting as though no flash is mounted. Is this possible? I use manual mode & normal sync speed for my flash. What am I missing?
I use canon camera & canon speedlite 420EX.

As always, thanks for all helpful advise.

 

[Village Idiot]

Yes.

With the flash on TTL mode, your camera exposes for the ambient and the TTL meter of the flash will expose to the scene that's being metered.

 

[Samanax]

I am not a flash person & I don't take many evening shots. However, when I started to try out my flash with my camera, I am confused. With my flash mounted & turn on, my camera meter still read the same setting as though no flash is mounted. Is this possible?

That's normal.

What am I missing?

Flash Photography Techniques

 

[Big Mike]

Every flash photo is actually (at least) two exposures. One is from the flash and one is from the ambient light. The camera's meter is for ambient light only. The flash is measured with the use of a pre-flash.