--- Mick McCarron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 14:49 10/01/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >on 1/10/01 1:51 PM, Mick McCarron at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> I purchased the 550EZ to use on a D30 when I
> discovered that a 540EZ only
> >> works in manual mode on the D30, which happened
> to be in a press conference,
> >> an hour after picking up the D30!
> >>
> >> The 550EZ works on the EOS1n in TTL mode, as the
> EOS1n is a type B camera it
> >> is pretty poor at controlling a flashgun, thats
> why I prefer to use an
> >> EOS50e when I want to take flash shots.
> >>
> >> If I was aware of how badly an EOS1n performs
> with a flashgun I would have
> >> purchased and EOS3 instead of the EOS1n.
> >
> >You can always buy the 540EZ flash. How long ago
> did you buy your 1n?
> >
> I do have a 540EZ, it works better on a 50e that the
> 1n. The 1n was
> manufactured at the beginning of 1999.
Hi Mick,
Can you tell me in what way the 50e is better at
controlling a 540EZ than the 1n? I don't own a 1N,
but I do own an EOS 55 (same as the 50e) and used to
own an EOS 5 which is a type B body like the 1N. From
my usage of them both bodies were equally capable of
controlling a 540EZ (with a slight advantage to the 5
if you want to use a-ttl in program mode).
Most of the time I used the 540EZ to control flash
settings - IMO it's a lot easier (and more visible) on
the 540EZ's LCD panel to do what you want - this way
the body becomes largely irrelevant (unless you own a
650, 620, 850, 750 or 700 which can't use *all* the
features).
I would have thought that a 1n being one step up from
the 5, would have been equally if not more capable of
controlling flash. For one thing, the body has 1/3
stop flash exposure compensation built in compared to
the 1/2 stop increments found on the 5 and 50.
Or, as I've never owned a 1n, am I missing something
else (apart from the experience of a 1n that is!)?
Regards
Gary
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