I'm just having some fun experimenting with fill-in flash on some images and trying to master the nuances of my D300/SB400 combination.
I think that I'm right in saying that the only way to 'select' Standard i-TTL as opposed to the snappily entitled "i-TTL Balanced Fill-flash" mode is to select spot metering? If I've got this right, the proof of the pudding should be in the eating, in that I should gain some control back over flash and exposure compensation, as opposed to the "camera does it all", i-TTL Balanced Fill-flash method? I seem to have achieved this in some pictures that I have taken.
I've attached an image taken at f22, 60sec, flash given as "i-TTL" in View NX and taken at -1.0 OEV flash compensation. Tokina 11-16mm, f2.8 lens, ISO 800, auto white balance.
Also, using View-NX, should I be able to see a difference in the entries in the View-NX meta-data report? Using, what I believe to be Standard i-TTL, I'm seeing "i-TTL" in the View-NX report.
Any thoughts or further tips on the technical side of fill-in flash would be very helpful.