RE: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Chuck Skinner
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John > Pattenden > Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2000 12:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L > > > this sounds like a perception and relative view

Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread John Pattenden
this sounds like a perception and relative viewing problem. Resolution through the view finder is quite different than that of the film. we can much more easily percieve degress of focus in a print than throught the view finder. Things that are obviously out of focus will appear that way both thr

EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Don Weiss
| Correct again. I have done some more focused observations based on the | comments posted here and indeed I have discovered that the field is | not in focus as much as I had thought it was (strange how my | perception based on informal use was different than when I really | focused (pardon the p

Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Greg Lynch
> Greg Lynch wrote: > >I've never ever on ANY camera > >had the viewfinder show me what's in and out of focus without using DOF > >Preview. Unless the whole image is out of focus. Part of the viewfinder > >image in focus, and the rest out of focus (like when the autofocus fails) > >is something

Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Paul Prior MD
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 17:44:07 +0100, Gerry Morgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greg Lynch wrote: >>I've never ever on ANY camera >>had the viewfinder show me what's in and out of focus without using DOF >>Preview. Unless the whole image is out of focus. Part of the viewfinder >>image in focus, a

EOS Sensitive content?

2000-11-18 Thread Paul Prior MD
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RE: EOS Mailing List parameters web site

2000-11-18 Thread Willem-Jan Markerink
On 18 Nov 00 at 8:53, Mike Carroccio wrote: > HELP... > > I seem to have lost the link to the WEB page where I can adjust the > parameters for this mailing list. Would someone please forward this to me. > Thanks...Mike The web-interface you are thinking of only existed with the previous Mailman

Re: EOS Re: VR vs IS !

2000-11-18 Thread Terry Danks
> > > From: "Daniel Rocha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS Re: VR vs IS ! > > > > I believe that it is usefull for Canon users to know what is happening > outside. I agree. > I am a Canon EOS 1V user and, besides, a Nikon F-5 user, so not suspicious > of any bias. I have the 100-400 I

Re: EOS Canon Teleconverters

2000-11-18 Thread Bob Talbot
> >Will the Canon Teleconverters work properly with other lens' > >than the L series? > >Nate > no, the elements poke out too far from the bayonet. Indeed: but stick on a 13mm or 25mm extension tube and they work fine: at least that's how I get my 100 macro lens to yield 2.5:1 magnification.

Re: EOS Canon Teleconverters

2000-11-18 Thread Bob Turner
- Original Message - From: "Bob Sull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Nathan D Burns wrote: | > | > Will the Canon Teleconverters work properly with other lens' | > than the L series? | > Nate | | No. The front element of the tc extends outward and the L lenses can | accept this but the others can

Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Gerry Morgan
Greg Lynch wrote: >I've never ever on ANY camera >had the viewfinder show me what's in and out of focus without using DOF >Preview. Unless the whole image is out of focus. Part of the viewfinder >image in focus, and the rest out of focus (like when the autofocus fails) >is something totally fo

EOS RE: IS and VR

2000-11-18 Thread Felix Lopez de Maturana
-- Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:00:00 +0100 From: "Daniel Rocha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: EOS Re: VR vs IS ! De : Robert Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That means they gained more then 3 stops!! Well, it > always depends on the standard you set. At least it is > the

Re: EOS Canon Teleconverters

2000-11-18 Thread Bob Sull
Nathan D Burns wrote: > > Will the Canon Teleconverters work properly with other lens' > than the L series? > Nate No. The front element of the tc extends outward and the L lenses can accept this but the others can not. Bob -- // ( 0 0 ) -73 de [EMA

Re: EOS Is Modeling Light on 550/420EX Flashes Useful?

2000-11-18 Thread Karen Nakamura
John - I find it very useful for my macro photography (which I usually bounce off something). If the ambient light is dark, you have a good sense of where shadows are falling. If the ambient light is high, then you really can't see it that much. KN * ***

Re: EOS Canon Teleconverters

2000-11-18 Thread John Pattenden
no, the elements poke out too far from the bayonet. >Will the Canon Teleconverters work properly with other lens' >than the L series? >Nate John Pattenden MacSourcery Visit Blinky and pick up a crispy treat.. http://www.macscreensavers.com * ***

Re: EOS Why doesn't my 1.4 50mm or my 2.8 70-200L....

2000-11-18 Thread Paul Prior MD
On Sat, 18 Nov 2000 13:06:19 +0800, "Greg Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I can't believe this discussion has gotten so esoterical--learn how to use >the DOF preview button (that's not the same thing as the CF) and what it is >telling you, and just push the damned thingI've never ever on A

EOS Canon Teleconverters

2000-11-18 Thread Nathan D Burns
Will the Canon Teleconverters work properly with other lens' than the L series? Nate Nathan D Burns Gustine, CA Nathanb @writeme.com * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/mar

RE: EOS Mailing List parameters web site

2000-11-18 Thread Mike Carroccio
HELP... I seem to have lost the link to the WEB page where I can adjust the parameters for this mailing list. Would someone please forward this to me. Thanks...Mike * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *

Re: EOS Elan 7 - AE lock?

2000-11-18 Thread Julian Loke
>> "Julian Loke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> http://www02.bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/charts/comp_canslr_1.html >> According to that B&H chart, the Elan 7 does not have AE lock. >> Can this be true? > "Darrell Dorsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks like an error, further down the list they

Re: Black reflectors [WAS] EOS ST-E2....

2000-11-18 Thread Olli Liuksia
> < small amount of diffuse light given off.>> > > > Chuck > > Surely you mant to say > > Since no objects are completely black, there will > I'm not sure if that's what he mant to say. All objects that we consider black do reflect some light. Comletely black objects only exist in theory (o

Re: EOS Elan 7 - AE lock?

2000-11-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
De : Julian Loke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > According to that B&H chart, the Elan 7 does not have AE lock. > Can this be true? It's false ! See the specs at a most precise website ! The button "*" is for the AE Lock. :) -- PhOTo - vOYAGe - GrAPhiSMe -- Portail : http://perso.magic.fr/drocha * **

SV: EOS stabalizer

2000-11-18 Thread Christian Laurila
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EOS stabilizer

2000-11-18 Thread mehrdad sadat
I have heard it is very heavy and slow in auto focus. In a recent "meet the rep" @ my local camera store I asked the rep about more vr lenses and the answer was," we are back logged on the 8-400 for a year and we can not make any more of any kind since we are backed up" so the Nikon fans must wait

Re: EOS Re: VR vs IS !

2000-11-18 Thread Daniel Rocha
De : Robert Meier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That means they gained more then 3 stops!! Well, it > always depends on the standard you set. At least it is > the same for IS and VR. yes, the most important thing is that it's the same for both IS & VR :) -- PhOTo - vOYAGe - GrAPhiSMe -- Portail : h

Re: EOS stabalizer

2000-11-18 Thread Robert Meier
--- Bradley Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a Canon list and only Canon pertains > to this list. Is this a > Nikon list or a Canon list? > > If we could, let us EOS users put "pissing > distance" aside and look at what > is available to us. I do agree with you that this is a Ca