EOS Re: lenses with best bokeh

2001-05-04 Thread giampi
But still It's not only a question of round and big apertures, IMHO the same prime of different manufactures has very different Bokeh. Bokeh comes out from the addition of several factors: number of blades, number and composition of the lenses and from the balance between the different aberrations

Re: EOS Quantum Power Supply

2001-05-04 Thread Dicky
- Original Message - From: "James McCauley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Alternatively, look at JackRabbit units (only availiable in US). I know > lots of press pros there use them. > Hope I've been of some help, Yes indeed you have been of some help but what are jack rabbits or should

Re: EOS Quantum Power Supply

2001-05-04 Thread Dicky
- Original Message - From: "Mick McCarron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > bodge. If you can, buy the Turbo battery pack, or buy the Canon battery > pack, they provides a high voltage supply to a speedlight and uses the > connector socket. But do or will they screw on to the camera base? Richa

Re: EOS Overexposed!

2001-05-04 Thread Ray Amos
Steve wrote: > > Hi. I've been extremely busy the last 2 months and haven't taken out > my EOS gear in ages. and so I'm pretty out of practice. My > co-housing community had a ribbon cutting ceremony today and asked me > to be the photographer (which was great for me.) Anyway I was > shooting th

Re: EOS B&W Films

2001-05-04 Thread Skip
> > Stiner, Jason wrote: > > Again, I'm not sure what speed I'm looking for. I would like as little > grain as possible. I am interested in shooting both natural and urban/urban > decay landscapes. I am currently shooting Provia 100 and Velvia color > slides. Not knowing much about B&W film

Re: EOS Re: Amateur Lens Advice

2001-05-04 Thread Skip
Karen Nakamura wrote: > > True, but if you're taking landscapes without a tripod, well. to be > blunt, you're an idiot. > > Also, most landscapes are taken with relatively short focal lengths, thus > reducing the need and effect of IS. > > For good landscapes: > * Good prime > * Short f

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Skip
Ken Durling wrote: > > My 28-135 IS is really loud. Almost every morning I can hear it > yelling from the closet - TAKE ME OUT AND SHOOT WITH ME!!! > > I hear the 100-400 IS is even louder. > > Ken Durling It is, I can hear it calling me clear from the dealer across town! Skip -- Shadowc

EOS Overexposed!

2001-05-04 Thread Steve
Hi. I've been extremely busy the last 2 months and haven't taken out my EOS gear in ages. and so I'm pretty out of practice. My co-housing community had a ribbon cutting ceremony today and asked me to be the photographer (which was great for me.) Anyway I was shooting the initial speechifying

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Jonah D. Klevesahl
> Anything I shouldn't miss in NY? ;-) yeah, if you want to shoot with a tripod in any public place (empire state building, world trade center, grand central, etc) you have to get a permit. all it really says is that you are aware that people can get hurt when there is a tripod out. I first lea

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
On Fri, 04 May 2001 20:12:50 -0400, you wrote: > > >Mortimer Snerd wrote: > >> PS The Lexus IS I test drove says: "I wanna be a BMW!" > >Geez--they're putting IS on cars now? Does it smooth out the ride?? > >fcc > Nah - it just keeps your image stable. I drive a "consumer zoom." Ken Durli

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Mortimer Snerd wrote: > PS The Lexus IS I test drove says: "I wanna be a BMW!" Geez--they're putting IS on cars now? Does it smooth out the ride?? fcc * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http:/

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Grega Fenko
>From: "Chris T. Daida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Ken Durling wrote: > > > > I'm aware > > that it makes it somewhat less stable on a tripod, or is that an > > understatement? Is it pretty quick to remove it and revert to the > > standard battery config?Any other downsides one should consider? >

Re: EOS Canon 2X TC with 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens.

2001-05-04 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Pierre Bellavance wrote: > I'm thinking of getting Canon's 2X TC to use with my 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens. > > I would use the 800mm length with a monopod, mainly for bird pictures. Hi Pierre, Consider first that you will have in effect a 200-800/6.7-11 lens. Depending on what body you're usin

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Chris T. Daida
"F. Craig Callahan" wrote: > > Kim wrote: > > > > And does it twist slightly if torqued (like the Rebel 2000's > > > BP-200)? I really hated that. > > Depends on how much force you use. :-) > > "Twist" may be too strong a word, but I can make it move if I want to. F. Craig, Thanks. Actually

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Chris T. Daida
Kim wrote: > > I was going to say, the BP-300 can't twist because it has the contact > thingies that go up into the battery compartment of the camera...but I see > that the BP-200 has the same thing so I don't see how it could twist either. I'm talking about fractions of a millimeter of movement

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode.

2001-05-04 Thread Drikus van der Veen
Michael Quack wrote: > You are not missing something obvious, it is Canon > to have missed this obvious thing. Considering that > all EF lenses feed back distance info (you can check > that by looking at the EXIF data), it is really > dumb beyond cure not to use this info. > What if you using '

RE: EOS Re: Amateur Lens Advice

2001-05-04 Thread Doug Johnston
As the *ORIGINAL* poster, let me jump in here before this starts some sort of IS/non-IS feud! =) First of all, nearly every comment I have received so far has been helpful. Even as a novice, I enjoy hearing opinions from both sides and I think that it's exhibited well here (minus a few rude/offe

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Kim wrote: > > And does it twist slightly if torqued (like the Rebel 2000's > > BP-200)? I really hated that. Depends on how much force you use. :-) "Twist" may be too strong a word, but I can make it move if I want to. fcc * *** **

RE: EOS Canon 70-210/4

2001-05-04 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
> > I need focal lengths above 105mm. The Canon 70-200/2.8 is way too > expensive, and even second hand Sigma 80-200/2.8 and Tokina 80-200/2.8 are > too expensive for my tight budget. So, I have to step down to something > slower. I see second hand 70-210/4 Canons go very cheap. Is this lens >

Re: Re[2]: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Mortimer Snerd
--- Ken Durling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My 28-135 IS is really loud. Almost every morning I > can hear it > yelling from the closet - TAKE ME OUT AND SHOOT WITH > ME!!! Really? My 70-300 IS says "Please don't drop me!". MadMat PS The Lexus IS I test drove says: "I wanna be a BMW!" __

Re: EOS Canon 70-210/4

2001-05-04 Thread Tom Pfeiffer
- Original Message - From: "Marius Sundbakken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "EOS Mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 12:35 AM Subject: EOS Canon 70-210/4 > > I need focal lengths above 105mm. The Canon 70-200/2.8 is way too > expensive, and even second hand Sigma

Re: EOS Re: New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Mortimer Snerd
Is it just me, or is just about every attempt at machine translation (ie, BabelFish) of Japanese to just about any other language howlingly funny? :-) The computer age has truly arrived if we can make computers speak with horrible accents and recent-immigrant grammar... ;-) (I can almost picture

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Kim
> And does it twist slightly if torqued (like the Rebel 2000's > BP-200)? I really hated that. I got the sense, everytime I picked > up the camera, that I was holding two separate items held > together by a screw (which they are). But it can't be > unreasonable to expect that they mate together fi

EOS Canon 2X TC with 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens.

2001-05-04 Thread Pierre Bellavance
I'm thinking of getting Canon's 2X TC to use with my 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens. Has anyone tried this combination? Is the loss of sharpness at 800mm very noticeable? I would use the 800mm length with a monopod, mainly for bird pictures. Thanks Pierre * *** ***

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Kim
> hood for my 28-135, and probably a BP-300 battery grip. People have > been speaking pretty fondly of this addition to the Elan 7. I'm aware > that it makes it somewhat less stable on a tripod, or is that an > understatement? Is it pretty quick to remove it and revert to the > standard battery

Re: EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Chris T. Daida
Ken Durling wrote: > > I'm aware > that it makes it somewhat less stable on a tripod, or is that an > understatement? Is it pretty quick to remove it and revert to the > standard battery config?Any other downsides one should consider? And does it twist slightly if torqued (like the Rebel 20

EOS Downsides to BP-300?

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
I'm going to be in NY next week, and I'll stop by B&H and get a lens hood for my 28-135, and probably a BP-300 battery grip. People have been speaking pretty fondly of this addition to the Elan 7. I'm aware that it makes it somewhat less stable on a tripod, or is that an understatement? Is it p

Re: EOS 7

2001-05-04 Thread Gary Fisher
--- Julian Loke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.canon.com/camera%2Dmuseum/tech/report/200010/200010.html > > > "Gary Fisher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Elan 7 is the Japanese domestic market name for > > the camera, just as its predecessor the Elan IIe > > was known in most countries as the

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode.

2001-05-04 Thread Bob Meyer
--- James McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but > if it's accepted that > there is a formula for producing a correct flash > exposure (e.g. ISO rating > + subject distance = X amount of light for correct > exposure) couldn't the > flash calcula

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread Bob Meyer
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So where does the EOS 3 fit in? And what will the > replacement for A2E be called, now that we have EOS > 30 > and EOS 33? The replacement for the A2 is the EOS 3 AND/OR the EOS 7/30/Elan 7, depending upon your priorities. I know that doesn't satisfy those wh

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode.

2001-05-04 Thread Drikus van der Veen
Hello Gerard, I will try to give some information AFAIK. If you use ECF, or 'automatic choosing of FP' and you set the lens to M, the camera doesn't know under which FP the subject is placed. So it switches to the most logical point: the central point. In case you use manual choosing of the FP

RE: EOS New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Félix López de Maturana
I generally like Tokina stuff as an arguable close second to Canon in many instances, so I'm hoping the 24-200 will prove to be a decent quality general purpose lens. 24mms wide would be nice to have on this kind of zoom. Gary Russell Hi Gary, Last week Amateur Photographic issue has a intere

RE: EOS Re: New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
Julian Loke wrote: Hi Gang, Is that the lens (28-200 XR = model A03E) which has the dubious honour of being the first Tamron lens that was recalled due to incompatibility with EOS Cameras? Wonder what would have happened if Henry did mount it on an EOS camera? -

EOS Re: eosdoc table

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
>> http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=bodies > "Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unless I am missing it, what your table fails to do is tell > me what the USA name for a Canon EOS Kiss was/is. > North AmericanInternational Japanese Intro Date** >

Re: Re[2]: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
On Fri, 4 May 2001 10:57:56 -0700 , you wrote: >Ken Durling wrote: > >My 28-135 IS is really loud. Almost every morning I can hear it >yelling from the closet - TAKE ME OUT AND SHOOT WITH ME!!! > >I hear the 100-400 IS is even louder. >

Re: EOS 2x converters

2001-05-04 Thread Mark
Can anyone tell me the difference between a Canon 2x converter and a generic 2x converter, such as Tamron or Jessops?? And the huge difference in price? This may be a silly question to some, no doubt... Is it something obvious such as there being a big difference with the quality of the optics. I

Re: EOS eos/camera gear prices in japan

2001-05-04 Thread Jim Davis
> > Yodobashi price for EOS 7 is 85,000 yen for body only. > > I doubt you'd get it for much less than that, no matter where you shop here > > in Japan. > > Enough said! > > Yowwch! Are you serious?? "Enough said!" is right. Thanks for the > news. > > Well, this may be a dumb question by now, but

EOS Re: New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
At 01:30 PM 05/04/2001, you wrote: >See: "Emergency notification" >http://world.altavista.com/tr?lp=ja_en&tt=url&url=http%3A//www.tamron.co.jp/ > and >http://world.altavista.com/tr?lp=ja_en&tt=url&url=http%3A//www.tamron.co.jp/ea03-01.htm Both URLs returned < BabelFish Error 3012 ... Not a valid

Re: EOS Remote release: wired vs. wireless

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
> "Tom DelRosario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... RC-1 and the RS-60E3 ... > I realize that the wireless remote can't be used behind the camera; > are there any other limitations to either one? Hi Tom, RC-1 cannot do: 1) Reliably release from behind the camera 2) Continuous release 3) Single-p

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread Skip
Tom DelRosario wrote: > > Maybe it's time to finish that table in EOSDOC cross referencing > ALL EOS camera bodies (film, digital): > http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=bodies > > I got the table to render at width 640 without scrolling. Now to > clean up the formatting... > > Do you agree with t

Re: EOS Re: bokeh

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
> "Dan Honemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, but I've been using the web access and just using the "Forward" > button and the HTML dialogue boxes for generating and sending > messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (as instructed on the opening message page). > But from now on, I'll copy messages

Re: EOS eos magazine

2001-05-04 Thread Kim
> Can anyone tell me where I can get a subscription to EOS magazine? http://www.eos-magazine.com/index.html Kim * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm

EOS Need help in understanding films.

2001-05-04 Thread Manoj Shrivastava
Hi all, I am relative newbie and a novice to photography. I am an silent observer of this list noe for little over an year. las night I was browsing on the web and through some liks I end-up on the Fuji Film web site. Just with curisity looked at the data sheets of few very widely mentioned/talke

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=bodies > "Tom DelRosario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, you consider the D30 to be in the "mid" market segment! > That is a $3000 camera (more expensive than the 1V and the > EOS 3 combined) and I thought it was used by many pro sports > photographers. Should

EOS eos magazine

2001-05-04 Thread LS533
Can anyone tell me where I can get a subscription to EOS magazine? Thanks Lee * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm

RE: Re[2]: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
Ken Durling wrote: My 28-135 IS is really loud. Almost every morning I can hear it yelling from the closet - TAKE ME OUT AND SHOOT WITH ME!!! I hear the 100-400 IS is even louder. Ken, I have both lens and mine are quiet. PK *

EOS 30 / Elan 7 - Magic Lantern Guide

2001-05-04 Thread Bob Turner
The 'Canon Eos Elan 7/7E, Eos 30/30E' Magic Lantern guide is on backorder at http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/188340388X/qid%3D988998997/026-4526 585-4091610 , have any of you guys or gals across the pond seen a copy? If yes, does it go any further than the Canon manual? It is available he

Re: Re[2]: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
My 28-135 IS is really loud. Almost every morning I can hear it yelling from the closet - TAKE ME OUT AND SHOOT WITH ME!!! I hear the 100-400 IS is even louder. Ken Durling Website http://home.earthlink.net/~kdurling/ Alternate e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * *** **

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode

2001-05-04 Thread Tom DelRosario
From: Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode. > Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 09:07:33 +0100 > From: James McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode. > > couldn't the flash calculation simply be > linked to the lens' focus distance so th

Re: EOS Generic Tripod Collar

2001-05-04 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Lance Bledsoe wrote: > I'm looking for some sort of "generic", 3rd party tripod > collar which could mount on an EOS 28-70L. I use this lens > a bunch for portraits on my D30 and I'd like to have the ability to > rotate around the lens like the 70-200L and other longer lenses. I'm looking at

Photographic Perspective (was Re: EOS lens on camcorder)

2001-05-04 Thread M.J.Shupe
> This may > sound picky, but if you use a 20mm lens on an XL1 and expect to get > the same thing as a 144mm on your EOS, you will be really surprised. > The angle of view is truly divided by 7.2 as you expect, but the > perspective is still that of a 20mm, wide angle distortion and all. > So don'

Re: EOS Remote release: wired vs. wireless

2001-05-04 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Tom DelRosario wrote: > I realize that they are only $20 each and I could probably just get both the RC-1 >and the RS-60E3, but could anyone tell me of real world experience with either model? > I realize that the wireless remote can't be used behind the camera; are there any >other limitati

Re: EOS lenses & accessories in Austria

2001-05-04 Thread Dieter Henkel
DM> Hello everyone, DM> Sorry if this is an off topic message. DM> I'm planning to visit Austria (Vienna and Innsbruck) next month and buy DM> lenses and accessories there. Here in Georgia (Caucasus) they are not DM> available, even if, they are for triple price. DM> Lenses are: 28-70 L f/2.8 and

Re: EOS Re: New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
> "Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes. It was here earlier this week, but I did not get to mount it > to a camera body. The lens itself is very compact. Remarkable what > they do these days. Hi Gang, Is that the lens (28-200 XR = model A03E) which has the dubious hono

Re[2]: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Dieter Henkel
BT> Jani, BT> At 06:30 04/05/01 , Jani Patanen wrote: >>I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the >>IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of >>stabilzing the image. I got the lens back yesterday, they had >>changed some circuit.. >> >>Before the service, the sound of IS

Re: EOS New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Gary Russell
-Original Message- From: Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Just received a press release yesterday from Tamron, they have a new smaller >28-200mm lens that now uses a 62mm filter size (older one was a 72mm). It >is significantly smaller and will make for a great travel le

EOS Re: New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
At 11:31 AM 05/04/2001, you wrote: > Anyone seen it yet? Yes. It was here earlier this week, but I did not get to mount it to a camera body. The lens itself is very compact. Remarkable what they do these days. -- regards, Henry Posner Director of Sales and Training B&H Photo-Video, and Pro-A

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode.

2001-05-04 Thread Michael Quack
> Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 09:07:33 +0100 > From: James McCauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode. > > Forgive me if I'm missing something obvious, but > if it's accepted that there is a formula for > producing a correct flash exposure (e.g. ISO rating > + subject dis

Re: EOS Re: Amateur Lens Advice

2001-05-04 Thread Robert Meier
--- Karen Nakamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >True in general, but under the conditions the > original > >poster and I have given (small aperture, polarizer, > no > >tripod, 'slow' film, landscape pictures) you are > VERY > >likely to benefit from IS. For instance on a SUNNY > day > >with ISO

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Gerard Maas
Hi Jani, Jani Patanen wrote: > I remember asking about it then from the EOS list and someone > from belgium said he had same problems after hitting the lens. > He sent his to canon for repair and it was repaired under > warranty and the work order said "re-calibration of image stabilizer". Tha

EOS B&W Films

2001-05-04 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
Stiner, Jason wrote: Again, I'm not sure what speed I'm looking for. I would like as little grain as possible. I am interested in shooting both natural and urban/urban decay landscapes. I am currently shooting Provia 100 and Velvia color slides. Not knowing much about B&W film (hence this dis

EOS New Tamron 28-200mm Lens

2001-05-04 Thread Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter)
Just received a press release yesterday from Tamron, they have a new smaller 28-200mm lens that now uses a 62mm filter size (older one was a 72mm). It is significantly smaller and will make for a great travel lens. Anyone seen it yet? Peter K * *** *

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Jani Patanen
> Jani: > > I'm wondering if your lens' IS vibration events started out > on an ocassional basis and then worked up to doing so frequently? > Or, did your 28-135 IS just all of a sudden start doing it? I think it had something to do with me dropping the lens. Could be coincidence, but it h

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Jani Patanen
> > I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the > > IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of > > My 28-135 IS vibrates also, just lasts a second or two and doesn't happen > all the time. Seems to mostly happen when panning. Does this sound like > the same problem ? Yes,

Re: EOS IS shaking in vertical

2001-05-04 Thread Gerard Maas
Ian wrote, > Anyone out there with the 28-125 IS experience a "shaking" IS when the camera > is held NEAR vertical or at odd angles? Is the IS not to be used at "odd" > angles? My 75-300 IS doesn't exhibit this behaviour. > YE, I had that. When you held the camera + 28-135 IS in the ve

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Pierre Bellavance
Mine does this maybe once every two months. I wonder what causes this. Maybe an old camera battery? Pierre At 06:29 5/4/2001 -0400, you wrote: >-Original Message- >From: Jani Patanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the > >IS sometimes started vibra

Re: EOS Elan 7 focus tracking (lost the thread!)

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
On Fri, 4 May 2001 08:19:33 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi Ken, > >The thread was actually from the Elan7E List: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elan7e > Ah, no wonder! Looking in the wrong place. >If the Servo AF is working, perhaps you might be able to open up >wider than f/11 :-) Yes, but under

EOS IS shaking in vertical

2001-05-04 Thread Ian Montgomery
Hi, all. Anyone out there with the 28-125 IS experience a "shaking" IS when the camera is held NEAR vertical or at odd angles? Is the IS not to be used at "odd" angles? My 75-300 IS doesn't exhibit this behaviour. I'm kind of answering my own question, but really don't want to be without that

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Gary Russell
-Original Message- From: Jani Patanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the >IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of >stabilzing the image. Jani: My 28-135 IS did the vibration thing very briefly about 2 weeks ago. It was disconcert

Re: EOS Re: DOF & Coverage

2001-05-04 Thread Mr. Bill
Yes, but a 20mm lens at 1.4M has the same subject magnification as a 200mm lens does at 40M. Check it out! Mr. Bill Vicente wrote: > > With a 20mm lens at 5m you get a magnification of M=0.0040, at f/8 you get > DOF from 1.4m to infinity. > With a 200mm lens at 50m you get at magnification of M

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread Mr. Bill
Better yet: EOS 33 1/3 Mr. Bill * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***

OFF TOPIC: Absent Friends (was Re: EOS lenses & accessories in Austria)

2001-05-04 Thread Bob Turner
At 14:51 04/05/01 , David Magradze wrote: >I'm planning to visit Austria (Vienna and Innsbruck) next month and buy >lenses and accessories there. Here in Georgia (Caucasus) they are not >available, even if, they are for triple price. Sorry, but this message reminded me of Edward J. Baumeister o

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Jim Arnott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said... > I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the > IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of > stabilzing the image. I got the lens back yesterday, they had > changed some circuit.. My 28-135 IS vibrates also, just lasts a second or two and doesn'

EOS lenses & accessories in Austria

2001-05-04 Thread David Magradze
Hello everyone, Sorry if this is an off topic message. I'm planning to visit Austria (Vienna and Innsbruck) next month and buy lenses and accessories there. Here in Georgia (Caucasus) they are not available, even if, they are for triple price. Lenses are: 28-70 L f/2.8 and 70-200 L f/2.8. Accessor

Re: EOS Elan 7 focus tracking (lost the thread!)

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
> "Ken Durling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subject: EOS Elan 7 focus tracking (lost the thread!) Hi Ken, The thread was actually from the Elan7E List: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elan7e If the Servo AF is working, perhaps you might be able to open up wider than f/11 :-) Cheers Julian Loke

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread Skip
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Skip, > > That question was actually posed by Gary Fisher. I just did > the cross-reference table. EOSDOC is supposed to be a self- > sustaining collaborative effort (like photo.net) > > So where does the EOS 3 fit in? And what will the > replacement for A2E b

Re: DOF & Coverage, was: EOS Lens on Camcorder

2001-05-04 Thread Vicente
>> > 3) Depth of Field is controlled by two things and two things only. >> > Subject magnification and aperture. It doesn't matter whether you >> > increase your subject magnification by moving closer or by using >> > a lens with a longer focal length your depth of field will be >> > reduced.

EOS Re: DOF & Coverage

2001-05-04 Thread Vicente
>If you put a 20mm and a200mm lens on a camera, both at the same aperture >and vary the camera-to-subject distance so the image is the same size on >the film, depth of field will not differ. It's not true at all. Not out of macro regions. You can say it louder but it will not be true. Just us

Re: EOS Quantum Power Supply

2001-05-04 Thread James McCauley
> Has anyone on here had any experience with the above power pack. > I note that the cable into the flash unit's battery container requires a > rather unsightly modification to the cover plate. > Richard Corbett I used the Quantum Turbo for @ 3 years with few complaints, until I wanted to run

Re: EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Bob Turner
Jani, At 06:30 04/05/01 , Jani Patanen wrote: >I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the >IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of >stabilzing the image. I got the lens back yesterday, they had >changed some circuit.. > >Before the service, the sound of IS was barely au

Re: EOS Re: Amateur Lens Advice

2001-05-04 Thread Tapani Tarvainen
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 02:44:33PM -0400, Karen Nakamura wrote: > if you're taking landscapes without a tripod, well. to be > blunt, you're an idiot. Most of the time, yes, but sometimes you just can't use a tripod. I've taken landscape shots from a boat with no stable surface, from airpla

Re: EOS ETTL and Metering mode.

2001-05-04 Thread James McCauley
>> What I found more interesting is the implication that evaluative >> metering simply bases the reading on the subject falling under >> the chosen AF point. > However, D30 users (who quoted Michael Quack and this List) > observed that evaluative metering is very much like spot > metering at the s

Admin: Vacation from EOS List

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Loke
> "Robert Spector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When you go on vacation, what is the best way to suspend access > to the EOS mail list? Should I unsubscibe or is there another road? Hi Robert, There is no way to "suspend" access to the EOS List. You should unsub- scribe completely. Otherwise, y

EOS how loud is your IS lens?

2001-05-04 Thread Jani Patanen
I had my 28-135 IS taken to service because the IS sometimes started vibrating, ie the effect was opposite of stabilzing the image. I got the lens back yesterday, they had changed some circuit.. Before the service, the sound of IS was barely audible. now you can easily hear it even when the cam

Re: EOS Doc cross reference

2001-05-04 Thread jul . loke
> Skip wrote: ... > Julian, you ask the question on the DOC, "Where did the A2 name > come from?" In my opinion, it was to emphasize the linearity > from the old FD mount cameras. The pro F1 begat the pro EOS 1, > thus the A-1, top consumer camera, begat the A2. Of course, > this bypasses the "T

EOS Elan 7 focus tracking (lost the thread!)

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
OK, I can't find what thread we were talking about it in, but I did an experiment yesterday with the rapid focus tracking of my Elan 7 coupled with the 75-300 III lens. In any case, I had reported some difficulty in combining AI Servo with continuous frame advance - that focus didn't seem to be h

EOS Fill flash - who was asking?

2001-05-04 Thread Ken Durling
Who was asking about fill flash? I just got back a couple of prints that illustrate one use of it pretty well - some 90 degree down shots into the open bells of some striped tulips - with and without fill flash (I even used the on-camera flash - it was perfect). With the fill flash the colors in

Re: EOS Re: Amateur Lens Advice

2001-05-04 Thread Karen Nakamura
> >True in general, but under the conditions the original >poster and I have given (small aperture, polarizer, no >tripod, 'slow' film, landscape pictures) you are VERY >likely to benefit from IS. For instance on a SUNNY day >with ISO 100 ('slow' film), aperture of 16 (with >landscape you often wa

EOS Canon 70-210/4

2001-05-04 Thread Marius Sundbakken
I need focal lengths above 105mm. The Canon 70-200/2.8 is way too expensive, and even second hand Sigma 80-200/2.8 and Tokina 80-200/2.8 are too expensive for my tight budget. So, I have to step down to something slower. I see second hand 70-210/4 Canons go very cheap. Is this lens any go

EOS compatibility

2001-05-04 Thread Julian Dadag
EOSers, Just a quick question... is the old Canon ML2 ring light compatible (in terms of ttl metering) with my EOS system? Julian Dadag _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. * *

Re: EOS Need help in understanding films.

2001-05-04 Thread Thomas Bantel
Manoj Shrivastava wrote: > > Valvia - Granularity is 9 > Provia - Granularity is 10 > Superia - Granularity is 4 > > What does this mean? > Is bigger number is better or smaller number is better? The smaller, the better. Granularity for print and slide films are calculated using different