--- Rodrigo Gimenez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 20:49 25/11/00 -0800, Gary Fisher wrote:
>
> >I got to thinking about this. I realized that when
> I
> >first set FEC on the speedlite it was on the
> camera. I
> >thought maybe it had picked up the 1/2 stop
> settings
> >the body used and stuck with that, regardless of
> >whether it's on or off the body.
>
> This is correct. If you set flash exposure
> compensation
> only on the camera, this is the one that will be
> used.
> If you set flash exposure compensation only on the
> flash,
> this is the one that will be used.
> If you set flash exposure compensation both on the
> camera
> and flash, the one from the flash will be used.
> In the first situation 1/2 stop settings are used.
> In the two other situations 1/3 stop settings are
> used.
>
Hi Rodrigo ,
This is not what I was doing. When the speedlite was
mounted on the camera bodies, there was NO FEC set on
either body. I know about FEC on the flash taking
precedence over FEC on the body when both are set. I
double checked and nether body had FEC set. When I
tried to set FEC on the SPEEDLITE it went in 1/2 stop
increments on the SPEEDLITE. This was the case
whether the speedlite was mounted on a body or not.
To get it back to 1/3 stop increments I had to remove
the batteries for 5 minutes to "clear" the memory,
because it was remembering the 1/2 stop settings even
when not mounted on a camera. Once I'd done this it
reverted to 1/3 stop increments when I set it on the
speedlite (not on a camera). When mounted on a
camera, it continued using 1/3 stop settings, like my
540EZ did (like I originally expected). Since then it
seems like it's going to stay with 1/3 stop settings.
If I want 1/2 stop FEC settings I can set them on the
camera body. If I want 1/3 stop settings (my usual
preference) I set them on the speedlite. I like this
arrangement, it's easier to set it on the speedlite
than on the body, and the speedlite is now using my
preferred increment.
I think the behaviour of the increments somewhat
bizarre (check my original post). The first time it
was mounted on a camera it picked 1/2 stop increments,
and nothing could persuade it otherwise. Remove the
batteries and try FEC while NOT mounted and it goes
back the 1/3 stop increments I expected. Strange.
Regards
Gary Fisher
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/
*
****
*******
***********************************************************
* For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see:
* http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm
***********************************************************
