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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Elan "better" than 10s?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.052653.24368@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <C09HMu.JJJ.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 10:26:53 GMT
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- In <C09HMu.JJJ.2@cs.cmu.edu> rane+@CS.CMU.EDU (Aaron Hughes) writes:
-
- >You may remember me - I asked about the 8008s vs the 10s a while
- >ago - well, I've ruled out the 8008s as being too expensive
- >at the moment and narrowed it to the Elan or the 10s. From what I
- >understand, here are the differences between the 10s and Elan:
-
- Ah. Sending we poor Canon EOS people into battle with the Nikon
- camp, and now trying to create unrest among ourselves!!! :-)
-
- >Elan 10s
- >---- ---
- [...]
- > sturdier construction
- ^--arguable
-
- quiet film drive
- 3-segment OTF metering
- 6-zone evaluative meter 8-zone evaluative meter
- 6.5% partial metering 8.5% partial metering
- Exposure comp. scale
- in viewfinder
-
- >Has anyone out there already made this choice? What made you
- >go one way or the other? [...]
-
- Well, I haven't made this choice, but then again, anyone who
- only has *one* of the two can't really give objective advice
- on both anyway.
-
- I think it comes down to this:
-
- The 10s has some extra custom functions, some of which are handy:
- autofocus start (i.e. AF lock), film leader out. The big deal is
- the 3-segment TTL flash which may be useful in tricky situations.
- Some like the intervalometer.
-
- The Elan is a quieter, friendlier camera which should be fine for
- general shooting. The quietness may allow you to go into weddings
- and whatnot and not be objectionably loud. (A big advantage in my
- mind.) Also the QCD combined with the exposure compensation scale
- combined with centre-weighted metering should make the Elan a much
- better "hands-on" camera.
-
- Film leader out would be nice, but there are film-leader retrieval
- tools, and you run the risk of botching a bunch of shots winding
- the film back on, or scratching the film. So, I wouldn't use it
- that much anyway. AF lock is useful every so often.
-
- The 10s has been around long enough that you can actually find
- these used. As much as $100 less than a new Elan (if you look
- *real* hard).
-
- > [...] From what I understand, the 430 ez
- >has the same functions as the Elans builtin flash, with more
- >power behind it (and the abilty to bounce/swivel). Is there
- >anything I'm missing? Thanks.
- >
- The 430EZ has the "A-TTL" program which allows the flash to
- tell the camera that it can stop down for more DOF. (How this
- works is described in the EOS FAQ and the "Speedlite Reference
- Guide".)
-
- It also has:
- - manual power settings down to 1/32
- - stroboscopic flash
- - ability to be driven from a high-voltage pack
- A big plus, since it's hard to get 4 nicads to last a
- roll of 36. Also allows recycling the flash in 1 or 2
- seconds! Some places rent these things out, so you don't
- have to run out and buy one.
- - exposure compensation
-
- Can any Elan owner tell me if the flash exposure compensation on the
- body affects the flash? From the looks of things, the A2 has this
- feature, which means you can use something like a 3rd-party flash or a
- Speedlite 200E and still change the fill ratios. Though the 200E isn't
- a big deal, it would be nice to be able to change the fill ratio with
- some 3rd party hammerhead units.
-
- The summary: the Elan is a nicer "hands-on" camera, the 10s a nicer
- "hands-off" camera. One winds more quietly. One winds faster.
- I don't think you'll be disappointed either way.
-
- ACS
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