--- Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In practice, I find that on my Elan II if I enable
> > CF-8 (set to "1", so that the selected focus point
> is
> > the primary E-TTL sensor) apply FEC based on the
> > reflectivity of what the AF/ETTL sensor is
> covering,
> > use flash exposure lock (FEL, the asterisk button
> > under the right thumb), and the green light comes
> on,
> > I'm home free. I then recompose and shoot.
> MadMat - I am a little confused here,
Again, apologies, *I* am the one suffering from
confusion (or at least a poor memory). Now that I've
got the camera with me, I can correct this.
> you indicate
> in the above that the
> green light will come on after pressing * asterisk
> button on the Elan II
> and then recompose and shoot the picture. I believe
> that the only time
> that the green light will come on is After pressing
> the shutter button
> and firing the flash and not before.
You're right. Once you've pressed the asterisk button,
"FEL" blinks briefly where the shutter speed is
usually displayed in the finder, and the "can do it"
indication in the finder is that the ready-light
indication (arrow-headed lightning bolt) stays on
solid. If the E-TTL algorithm determines the manual
exposure setting you've selected (including flash
exposure compensation) *won't* work, the "arrowbolt"
blinks.
The nice thing is that the camera remembers the flash
exposure for 15 seconds, during which time if you dial
in a speed and aperture that will work, the arrow-bolt
stops blinking. The green confimation light on the
flash unit comes on *after* the shutter is tripped.
Which gives you the warm fuzzy you did everything
right.
> At least this
> is how it works with
> my Elan II and 550ex.
And it's how my ElanII and 380ex work also.
> >It's MUCH
> > faster than it sounds, and you remember it about
> the
> > third time you read through it in the book with
> the
> > camera in your lap. ;-)
I'll stand by my statement that it is quick and easy.
I should have the camera in my lap when I *write*
about it, too... :-P
MadMat
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