I wrote: >> Unique Multiple exposure feature - Once you select multiple exposure mode >> from the drive options, the F100 will keep taking exposures on the same film >> frame, until you cancel it. When you cancel this feature by selecting any >> other drive choice, the film will automatically advance the next time you >> half press the shutter-release. Chris Somers wrote: >You know what else this provides: an extra measure of quiet operation! >With no intention of making multiple exposures on a given frame, >you can set the drive to multiple-exp. (or said another way, >"Continuous No-Advance"), make your single exposure, change the drive >mode back and then advance the film with a 1/2-press of the shutter >(or the AF-on button?) when the moment is best. What a great idea! Thanks Chris! >My guess is that even in "Silent" advance mode, the film advance >is the largest contributor to sound (Art, anyone else, confirm?) >If you're not in a terribly rushed mode of operation, and you want >to fully minimize sound, this is a viable way to do it. Alas No! The F100 is the quietest film advance camera I have every owned. In fact when I was testing the camera with this mode I couldn't tell what was happening at first, it was so quiet. I used a dummy roll of film, so were talking about real film transport here. I sure other with confirm the following: Sometimes when I load a new roll of film I have to look twice to be sure the film advanced the first frame. The film advance is that quiet. >Can you confirm that there is no way to change release/focus-priority >in Continuous and Single servo modes in the F100? No there is no way. But I tell you, I've been experimenting with only AF-On initiating autofocus via Custom Setting 4 and I really like it. For example, this morning I went out to eastern Long Island and was able to get fairly close to some American Cotes (duck like birds, almost) using the F100 set to Continuous Focus AF mode with an AF 300 f/4 and Sigma AF 1.4X teleconverter. This is not the fastest focusing setup. Using the AF-On button, I was able to choose which Cote I wanting to focus on, letting go of the AF-On button locked focus. Then compose and shoot at will. And of course Cotes dart around, change positions, very quickly. I just hit the AF-On button again and let go and I'm ready to go again. I kept doing this, filling the frame with 2 or 3 Cotes. I really like this method of using the F-100. The AF-On button falls right under my right thumb naturally the way I hold the camera. And you can do the same thing with an F-5, though the AF-On button is kind of skimpy. Art Art Searle, W2NRA, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lake Grove, Long Island, NY, USA 20 miles east of Nikon USA www.erols.com/w2nra
