Enablement: Flash

2005-11-16 Thread Dave Kennedy
Well, I finally did it. I received my new Sigma EF500 Super from CameraCanada.com yesterday. After putting it off for the past several months, the final straw happened when my Vivitar 840AF failed me on my Father-in-Law's 70th birthday. ('course the flash had fallen on a ceramic tile floor about

Re: Enablement: Flash

2005-11-16 Thread Kostas Kavoussanakis
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005, Dave Kennedy wrote: Well, I finally did it. I received my new Sigma EF500 Super from CameraCanada.com yesterday. Out of curiosity, is the new Pentax flash available? Just wondering if it lost out in a comparison. Kostas

Re: Enablement: Flash

2005-11-16 Thread Dave Kennedy
Not as far as I know. I was tempted to wait for the new Pentax flash, but seeing that the expected price was out of my budget, and knowing that this flash has received rave reviews here I decided to go with the Sigma. dk On 11/16/05, Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 16 Nov

Re: Enablement: Flash

2005-11-16 Thread brooksdj
Well, I finally did it. I received my new Sigma EF500 Super from CameraCanada.com yesterday. After putting it off for the past several months, the final straw happened when my Vivitar 840AF failed me on my Father-in-Law's 70th birthday. ('course

Re: Enablement - Flash terms

2005-03-08 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
GN == Guide Number ... A number that allows you to calculate the correct aperture for proper exposure using flash at a given distance and ISO sensitivity. For instance, if a flash has a GN (in feet) of 50 with ISO 200 film, it has the full power enabling you to set f/5.6 for photographing

Re: Enablement - Flash terms

2005-03-08 Thread Shel Belinkoff
Thanks to Godfrey and Paul for explaining the flash terms. Time to take a few aspirin LOL Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi GN == Guide Number ... A number that allows you to calculate the correct aperture for proper exposure using flash at a given distance and ISO