Michael,
Have to agree with pretty much everything you say on your page about the D30. Especially with your 550EX criticism. You seem to be fairly knowledgeable about such matters (infinitely more than I) - have you contacted Canon? Will they every directly respond to complaints? I mean, this might be terribly naive of me but why didn't Canon inform us about the limitations of the D30/550EX combo? Or did they, and I just happened to miss school that day? As you can probably tell, I'm really miffed about all this. I have to used this camera every day and often under very unsatisfactory natural lighting situations, so this wayward flash/camera relationship is causing me no end of grief. I understand that the D30 was Canon's first proper foray into the digital field - but you point out that both of Canon's other digitals, the D60 and the 1D, have similar 550EX problems. Why didn't they develop a flash that would work with the digitals? It seems fairly obvious to me that if you're coming out with three cameras that don't work fully with any of your flashes, you've got a serious problem. Grrrrrrrrr. Thanks for putting up with my rant and my lack of technical know-how. I'm enormously grateful for all of your advice. Now, I'm going to go investigate that Metz. Robbi Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:59:51 +0200 From: Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: EOS D30 with 550EX - Help! > So, I'm not dreaming! And NOBODY else has experience > this besides you and me? Of course not. I have posted the link to my D30 page http://www.photoquack.de/tutorials/ed30.htm already in January 2001. > I'm wondering what the source of the problem is Matrix metering concepts. Plus the secret ingredient that is added from the reading of the active AF field. Canon analysed thousands of pictures and then thought to know what all pictures must be corrected like. Bad luck. > This is a disaster for those of us who do mostly > candid-type photography. Yep. I dug out my old Metz flash guns, and I just ordered the Metz 54MZ, because it has a metering cell of its own and does not need to rely on the crappy D30/D60 flash system. > My company bought the 550EX (along with the D30) > in good faith, assuming that since it was the > dedicated flash unit that it would perform appropriately. > And, as I mentioned before, I've never had this problem > with film (1N/450EZ). No wonder. You can implement OTF (off the film) metering with that, something impossible with digital sensors. > I'm wondering if D60 or 1D owners have experienced > the same wild inconsistencies with the 550EX. Yes, and voiced it frequently before. > Anyone? And why can't I get any daylight fill out > of this top-of-the-line-not-particularly-cheap flash? Because E-TTL tries tio be clever with your images. > Might just have to give the Thrystor a try. Yep. Metz 54 MZ highly recommended. Michael Quack * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
