Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread Julian Loke
>> Julian Loke wrote: >> So, assume that you have ASA 100 film loaded. First meter >> your scene, then lock your exposure in manual mode. > "F. Craig Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok; I wasn't thinking manual. That would be too complicated for > my "students." :-) Hi Craig, You remind

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Julian Loke wrote: > You reminded me of another loss that I lament, having moved from > an EOS 1000FN to the Elan 7E. > > On the 1000FN, setting a Tv value would be carried over the M > mode. > [snip] > Not so on the Elan 7E. Tv and Av has their own memory, separate > from M mode. . . . No won

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Julian Loke wrote: > So, assume that you have ASA 100 film loaded. First meter your > scene, then lock your exposure in manual mode. Ok; I wasn't thinking manual. That would be too complicated for my "students." :-) Craig * *** **

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread Alan Bell
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Bantel > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 1:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2 > > > Alan Bell wrote: > > That night I went Ritz camera to

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread Julian Loke
> "F. Craig Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That link didn't work for me in the form that it appeared in your > message. Perhaps I'm being dense but I don't see how messing with > the ISO setting could affect only the flash output, in the absence > of any controls on the flash itself. . . .

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Hi Julian, That link didn't work for me in the form that it appeared in your message. Perhaps I'm being dense but I don't see how messing with the ISO setting could affect only the flash output, in the absence of any controls on the flash itself. . . . fcc Julian

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread Julian Loke
>> Julian Loke wrote: >> Can you do the ISO indexing trick with the N65? > "F. Craig Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This would be for. . . ? Flash exposure compensation, of course. See: http://www.geo.tu%2Dfreiberg.de/docs/eos%2Dfaq/3flash.html#q9 Cheers Julian Loke * ***

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Julian Loke wrote: > Does the Rebel 2000 / EOS 300 have a control for Flash exposure > compensation? Ah . . . I guess it doesn't. I don't own one myself, and I thought I remembered that the ones the girls had did; perhaps that's the reason I gave them all Elan 7 brochures! Now I don't remember

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-07 Thread Johan Berglund
Julian Loke wrote: > > Does the Rebel 2000 / EOS 300 have a control for Flash exposure > compensation? > No, it doesn't. regards, Johan * *** *** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: *http://www.a1.nl/phome

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Julian Loke
> "F. Craig Callahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I might mention that some of the controls of the N65 seem less > easy to use than those of the Rebel—DOF preview, for example. > Also, we were unable to discover a way to manually dial in flash > exposure compensation on the N65 (she's misplac

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread F. Craig Callahan
Thomas Bantel wrote: > > Alan Bell wrote: > > Finally, I bit the bullet and did an exhaustive comparison of > > Canon and Nikkor lenses on Photodo and Photozone. > > In general, the Canons beat the Nikkors. > Well, maybe the teles. Nikon still has a slight edge IMHO on the wide side. > What I

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Alan Bell
yet bought will act. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of F. Craig > Callahan > Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2 > > > > This isn't ammunition

Fwd: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread c . p . valentine
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ken Durling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry - don't know much about NIkon: is SW the equivalent of > Canon's USM? Yes, Ken - SW standing for Silent Wave. Exact same technology as USM and Sigma's HyperSonic Motor and presumably licensed from the same inventors as Ca

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Thomas Bantel
Ken Durling wrote: > > On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:22:29 -, you wrote: > > > > >Yes, their SW lenses are a *lot* more expensive than the normal AF or > >AF-I versions of the same lens. In the UK, the 80-200/2.8 is pretty > >much twice the price to have the SW version. > > Sorry - don't know much

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Ken Durling
On Wed, 06 Jun 2001 11:22:29 -, you wrote: > >Yes, their SW lenses are a *lot* more expensive than the normal AF or >AF-I versions of the same lens. In the UK, the 80-200/2.8 is pretty >much twice the price to have the SW version. Sorry - don't know much about NIkon: is SW the equivalent

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Thomas Bantel
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas Bantel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What I don't understand is, why Nikon uses silent wave only in > > expensive lenses and fails to combine it with their version of IS. > > This will cost them a bunch of customers. > > Yes, their S

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread c . p . valentine
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas Bantel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What I don't understand is, why Nikon uses silent wave only in > expensive lenses and fails to combine it with their version of IS. > This will cost them a bunch of customers. Yes, their SW lenses are a *lot* more expensive than

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-06 Thread Thomas Bantel
Alan Bell wrote: > > A couple of people have asked this question. First off, this is a camera > history that spans about 35 years. Second, I have been happy with the Nikon > system. I only moved from the 8008 to the N70 because the 8008 was stolen. I > moved from the N70 to the N80 because--suppo

RE: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-05 Thread Pattie Anderson
Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No. There's no such thing as . Buy a vowel -- I use Nikon. A quarter in the potty-mouth jar for you. Say that at my house and you'll get your mouth washed out with soap. ;-) > And, there is no Easter Bunny. Oh, that is just plain cru

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-05 Thread Alan Bell
y, June 05, 2001 2:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2 > > > Alan Bell wrote: > > > > By the way, all. I'm a long time Nikon user who just switched to Canon. > > Here's my odyssey: > > > > 1. Pentax K1000 > > 2

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-05 Thread Thomas Bantel
Alan Bell wrote: > > By the way, all. I'm a long time Nikon user who just switched to Canon. > Here's my odyssey: > > 1. Pentax K1000 > 2. Canon A1 > 3. Nikon 4004 > 4. Nikon 8008 > 5. Nikon N70 > 6. Nikon N80 > 7. Canon EOS 3 > Hi Alan, that's an interesting camera history ;-) What made you

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-04 Thread Daniel ROCHA
From: Alan Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Alan ! (...) > 7. Canon EOS 3 Oh ! Can we know your brand switch reasons ??! :) You must understand that we are very curious :o) Welcome in the EOS land :) -- -- PhOTo -- vOYaGe -- GrAPhiSMe -- Portail : http://perso.magic.fr/drocha Groupe français Can

RE: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-04 Thread Félix López de Maturana
"No. There's no such thing as . Buy a vowel -- I use Nikon. Five letters, two of which are vowels and no asterisks." To Caesar which is of Caesar! Well done Henry! Kind regards Félix * *** *** * For list instructions, including

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-04 Thread Alan Bell
Behalf Of Henry > Posner/B&H Photo-Video > Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 7:35 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2 > > > No. There's no such thing as . Buy a vowel -- I use Nikon. Five > letters, two of which are vowels and no asterisks. And, there

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-04 Thread Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
At 08:49 PM 06/01/2001, you wrote: > Heheh that's a good one, Henry. However, TTL does save on flash recharge >times, As does the auto circuit on my Metz 60 CT1 and the "thyristor" in my Vivitar 283. In both cases, the unused portion of the capacitor charge (which would have been u

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-04 Thread Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
At 07:46 PM 06/01/2001, you wrote: >Henry uses N*k*n? I feel like someone just told me there's no Easter >Bunny. ;-) No. There's no such thing as . Buy a vowel -- I use Nikon. Five letters, two of which are vowels and no asterisks. And, there is no Easter Bunny. He flunked his refresher cours

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Mr. Bill
I don't agree 100% but there is definitely a need for a flash-ready light and flash exposure OK light in the finder! It must be one of those patent things, just like the fact that the EOS cameras do not have "trap-focus" capabilities! Mr. Bill * *** *

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Julian Loke
> "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > And Julian, as to the 'other' features of the E-TTL 'system', the only > thing I'm missing is high speed synch. I'm not sure why I'm missing it > though, I haven't really needed it. I just think one day I might need > it :-) Hi Jim, My old REBEL had

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Ken Durling
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 23:45:41 -, you wrote: >--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Pattie Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Henry uses N*k*n? I feel like someone just told >> me there's no Easter Bunny. > >I've met the Easter Bunny; he shoots strictly EOS. > >Dan Calls himself the EOSter Bunny,

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Jim Davis
> At 11:55 PM 05/31/2001, you wrote: > > I'm not going to say E-TTL is a load of hogwash, but my old EOS 10 using > >TTL only gives me great results, in all conditions. I decided no body > >upgrade was needed for E-TTL. > > I'm not going to say TTL is a load of hogwash, but my old Nikon FM2n u

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Dan Honemann
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Pattie Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Henry uses N*k*n? I feel like someone just told > me there's no Easter Bunny. I've met the Easter Bunny; he shoots strictly EOS. Dan * *** *** * For list

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Pattie Anderson
Henry Posner wrote: [snip] > I'm not going to say TTL is a load of hogwash, but my old Nikon FM2n using > the flash's auto feature only gives me great results, in all > conditions. I > decided no body > upgrade was needed for TTL. Henry uses N*k*n? I feel like someone just told me there's no Ea

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Henry Posner/B&H Photo-Video
At 11:55 PM 05/31/2001, you wrote: > I'm not going to say E-TTL is a load of hogwash, but my old EOS 10 using >TTL only gives me great results, in all conditions. I decided no body >upgrade was needed for E-TTL. I'm not going to say TTL is a load of hogwash, but my old Nikon FM2n using the fl

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Julian Loke
>> Jim Davis wrote . . . >> I believe for those willing to do a bit of testing, and gain >> the knowledge needed to know what's going on, TTL is just as >> good, maybe better than E-TTL any day of the week. It does have >> advantages, see no pre-flash! > "Dan Honemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-06-01 Thread Dan Honemann
Jim Davis wrote . . . > I believe for those willing to do a bit of testing, and gain > the knowledge needed to know what's going on, TTL is just as > good, maybe better than E-TTL any day of the week. It does have > advantages, see no pre-flash! You make some very interesting points, Jim. D

RE: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-05-31 Thread GerryPalo
ver, Colorado > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Davis > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 9:47 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2 > I'm not going to say E-TTL is a load of hogwash, bu

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-05-31 Thread Jim Davis
> "GerryPalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now that the EOS 7 is out and about, does anyone have any opinion about it > > as compared to the A2/5? Aside from the command dial problem, is the > > technology of the older camera too radically out of date anymore? I also > > realize it has flash li

Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-05-31 Thread BlueSky
"GerryPalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that the EOS 7 is out and about, does anyone have any opinion about it > as compared to the A2/5? Aside from the command dial problem, is the > technology of the older camera too radically out of date anymore? I also > realize it has flash limitations

EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2

2001-05-31 Thread GerryPalo
Now that the EOS 7 is out and about, does anyone have any opinion about it as compared to the A2/5? Aside from the command dial problem, is the technology of the older camera too radically out of date anymore? I also realize it has flash limitations, but between its price, spot metering, and a f