> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julian Loke
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 11:40 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EOS Decided against an Elan 7e - a/f assist light (plus
> flashassist)
>
>
> > "GerryPalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > ... I would really like to have a completely separate a/f assist
> > feature that I can turn on and off with an external switch,
> > completely independent of the flash. To be sure, it should also
> > be able, manually, to engage the flash too, but only when I say so.
>
> Hi Gerry,
>
> That's why I still have a fondness for my EOS 1000FN. Want AF
> assist? Pull up the flash unit. Don't want flash, push down
> the flash unit. Can't AF? Use the split-image focussing aid!
That seems like the right idea, but apparently it still uses the flash
itself. I want it all: an infrared assist that I can turn on or off easily,
plus the optional and easy to control ability to draw the flash into
service, but only when I want to. Unfortunately, a/f camera designers seem
to put it in as an afterthought and don't really think it through.
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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