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- From: diamond@jit533.jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond)
- Subject: Re: Canon 10s Vs Nikon N90, Which one?
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Japan , Tokyo
- References: <1992Dec18.031906.10270@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> < <1992Dec21.233050.15308@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <>> < <1992Dec22.190513.10742@research.nj.nec.com> <>> < <1992Dec23.090900.19842@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <>> <BEN_WEN.92Dec23164250@w20-575-50.mit.edu> < <1992Dec28.031152.9205@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 09:11:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec28.031152.9205@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >In <BzyIHq.KoC@jrd.dec.com> diamond@jit533.jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec25.032603.25071@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >>>In <BzszB1.ICv@jrd.dec.com> diamond@jit533.jit.dec.com (Norman Diamond) writes:
- >>>>In article <1992Dec24.205338.11007@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih) writes:
- >>>With those "Monitor Preflashes" it should be possible to calculate all
- >>>of the exposure information at that time and set the flash's power output
-
- >>To repeat, do you want to quench the flash when only part of the film has
- >>been exposed?
-
- >From my understanding, the F90 lifts its mirror and the preflashes *with
- >the shutter closed*. The shutter supposedly has the tone of film emulsion.
-
- Yup. That's why it works better than ordinary TTL, while the shutter is
- fully open.
-
- >So, with the preflashes, one could calculate how bright the
- >actual flash has to be, pick the power output in advance,
-
- If you pick too dim a power output, the flash doesn't fire. If you pick
- too bright a power output, you fry it. All you can pick is duration.
-
- >>>(Canon had "Flash Exposure Lock" with the T-90 that did something like this
- >>>for spotmetering.
-
- >>For shutter speeds faster than the fully-open speed?
-
- >The 300TL did not support FP sync.
-
- Bingo.
-
- >The SB-25 accomplishes FP-sync (I believe), by simply keeping the flash
- >tube illuminated for the full duration of the shutter being open.
-
- Bingo.
-
- >The trick is to change the brightness of the flash, rather than the duration.
-
- Hmm. Return to incandescent flash bulbs, anyone?
-
- >But calculating exposures for fill flash is kind of a pain. I'd rather
- >have all that gee-whiz computing power do it for me.
-
- Ordinarily it does. If you want high-speed fill flash, I'm surprised to
- learn (from your previous post) that you even have two possible choices.
-
- >>>>>"Practical Photography" finds the SB-25 performance "disappointing"
- >>>>>because of "noticable darkening of the image at the edges" [...]
-
- >>>>Are they sure that's because of the flash rather than the lens?
-
- >>>Nikon F-90 with an AF 35-70/2.8 (can't see whether it's "D"-series or not,
- >>>I suppose it's possible for a cheap lens like that to have bad
- >>>vignetting problems... :-)
-
- >>Well, I have a cheap[*] but famous fixed Nikkor lens with vignetting visible
- >>through my F801s viewfinder, so I wouldn't be surprised if the zooms can
- >>have it too.
- >>[* 105 F2.5, cost 24,000 yen from a used camera store, about C$250.
-
- >I was being facetious about the 35-70/2.8 being a cheap lens.
-
- Me too. The fixed MF 105 F2.5 isn't one of their most expensive lenses, but
- neither is it one of their most despised. [Try to beat THAT understatement.]
- --
- Norman Diamond diamond@jit.dec.com
- If this were the company's opinion, I wouldn't be allowed to post it.
- Pardon me? Or do I have to commit a crime first?
-