I'm fond of taking backlit pictures of individual people outdoors in
informal situations. People don't have to squint and the halo is generally
flattering. I have been pleased with the Nikon fill flash and D lenses in
this regard and wonder how my EOS3 and the 550 that I haven't yet bought
will act.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of F. Craig
> Callahan
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2001 8:53 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EOS 7 and EOS 5/A2
>
>
>
> This isn't ammunition for a flame war, and is merely anecdotal,
> but I found it
> interesing:
>
> I've been taking a rather informal photo critique class at my
> local arts center,
> and four of the eight participants are a group of young women who
> are basically
> beginners. Since the course was intended as a critique class and
> not a �how-to�
> class, I've had a couple sessions with the four outside the class
> to help them
> learn how to use their cameras. Three of them have Rebel 2000s
> (EOS 300) with the
> kit 28-80 lens, and one has a Nikon N65 with its kit 28-80 lens.
> THIS IS ENTIRELY
> UNSCIENTIFIC, but what I've observed is that while the Canon
> 28-80 has a shorter
> specified minimum focusing distance (1.25 ft. (38cm) vs. 1.3 ft.
> (40cm)), in
> practice the Nikon user appeared to be able to get a little
> closer to her subject,
> and achieved greater magnification on the film, compared to the
> Rebel users (in
> this instance, shooting butterflies in a controled environment).
> I've also noticed
> that the N65 user seems to get better results in backlit
> situations than do the
> Rebel users; she's particularly fond of side- and backlit portraits of her
> children, and these almost always come out well-exposed. It's
> true that she's
> easily the most talented of the four (she has an excellent
> �natural� eye for
> composition), so perhaps that's a factor too.
>
> I'm not looking to spark a debate here, just passing on some
> observations which I
> found interesting. For balance, I might mention that some of the
> controls of the
> N65 seem less easy to use than those of the Rebel�DOF preview,
> for example. Also,
> we were unable to discover a way to manually dial in flash
> exposure compensation
> on the N65 (she's misplaced her manual), a significant limitation
> IMO, if true.
> The N65 also lacks a connector for a remote release, although I
> believe a wireless
> release is available (?).
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