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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Branden R.
> Williams
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 10:44 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EOS Decided against an Elan 7e - a/f assist light
>
>
> On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Ken Durling wrote:
>
> > >it from the other end and found it so irritating that I don't
> ever want to
> > >impose it on other people. I will stay with the IIe, in spite of the
> > >improvements of the 7, and wait to see what they come up with next.
> >
> > Did you notice that one of the Custom Functions allows you to turn it
> > off?
>
> If you are referring to C.Fn-7 (unless the firmware in my camera is
> buggy), no setting will disable the AF-Assist that occurs while the camera
> is hunting in AF. I just tested this on my Elan7 thinking I could disable
> that crazy thing once and for all.
>
> Ah well, manual focus without external flash will have to do.
Ah, well, autofocus with a IIe infrared assist will have to do. The
problem, as I said in my other reply, is that it comes on in relatively
higher lighting conditions, which limits the whole reason for having a/f in
the first place.
>Fair Winds and Following Seas,
Thanks again. You sound like one who knows that "calm seas" is not the same
as "prosperous voyage".
Gerry
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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