From: "Martijn Stol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: EOS Metz ETTL Blitz
> Hello,
>
> I only own the mecablitz 34 af-3 (think ex220), but i've borrowed some other
> metz flashes on occasion. I'll answer as best as i can:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julian Loke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 15:26
> Subject: EOS Metz ETTL Blitz
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > An intriguing question came up on the Elan 7E list:
> > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/elan7e
> >
> > Does the Metz Mecablitz system support ETTL features:
> > 1. Pre-flash metering?
> Yes
>
> > 2. FEL?
> Yes
>
> > 3. FEC?
> Yes
>
> > 4. 2nd curtain sync?
> Yes
>
> > 5. Stroboscope
> If you mean flash at shutter speed faster than the x-sync speed, yes
>
> > 6. Modelling flash
> Don't know.
>
> > 7. AF beam emitter
> Yes, but it only seems to activate for the central af sensor on my eos 30.
>
> > 8. Wireless ETTL master
> > 9. Wireless ETTL slave
> No. Though metz does have a wireless optical flash system for some of their
> flashes, it isn't compatible with the canon wireless ettl stuff.
>
> > 10. Simple Optical slave
> > 11. Optical TTL Slave
> The flashes that support the wireless optical flash stuff also support this.
> A ettl preflash will trigger optical slaves. I've had good results using the
> built-in flash of my eos 50e (which is plain ttl) as a master. Haven't tried
> this with my eos 30, but i think it'll work, too.
>
> > (like the Ikelite Lite-link
> > http://ikelite.com/web%5Fpages/lite%5Flink.html
> > or the Nikon SU-4
> > http://www.nikonusa.com/usa%5Fproduct/product.jsp?
> cat=1&grp=4&productNr=3073NCP
> > or the Nikon SB-50DX )
> > http://www.nikonusa.com/specs/4716NCP.pdf
> >
> > Now if only Canon could come up with an SU-4 equivalent that
> > could convert any TTL flash into an ETTL slave! Would such
> > a unit sell? Perhaps if Canon also made the built-in flash
> > ETTL capable too!
>
> I think the built-in flash on the d30 is ettl, so the've done it before. (maybe
> it needs to be ettl because there's no film in the d30 to measure bounced light
> from).
> It would be even better if the built-in flash would also work as a wireless
> ettl master!
>
> >
> > Cheers
> > Julian Loke
>
> Martijn Stol
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