Chris T. Daida wrote:
> As I recall, Greenspun's comments about Canon's poor flash
> metering were most critical on his review of the EOS 5, which
> used A-TTL. Some of the images he posted on photo.net
> demonstrated subject overexposure and background
> underexposure--not very good as far as "fill flash" goes. I'm not
> sure if much improvement has been made since A-TTL, since I never
> used a type B camera, but I've read glowing (and also some not so
> good) comments regarding E-TTL. My own experience has been
> generally good. Most problems have been my fault.
And just like most of your problems Greenspun didn't use the metering of the
EOS5 correctly. (Greenspun metered and then recomposed) You can link your
flash-metering to your used focus-point, but then you have to set the
appropiate CF and *don't* use ECF. If I do that, than I get very good
pictures in situations just like that!
> I know a lot of criticism comes from Canon's non-use of distance
> information as given by the lens to determine exposure.
> Apparently Nikon's does, and so it provides more information to
> aid in determining the proper flash exposure.
>
In many situations distance info is of no value at all. Like when you're
bouncing, use filters, use hyperfocal focusing, etc. (See also a thread
about two weeks ago)
BTW Nikons new 3D-system is only working on some high-end body's with
expensive new D-lenses. And then only in specific situations. So almost
no-one of the Nikon-users benefits of this system, and E-TTL does work with
any EF-lens and all A-type bodys. I think we're the lucky one's!
Drikus
Technic isn't the truth, it is just an aid.
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