Why should I care about inanimate objects being annoyed by a flashing white a/f assist light? It is when I am photographing people, or at least scenes with people in them, that it becomes a problem. It is when you point your camera at them and it starts to flicker or flash that they become annoyed. With the Elan 7 (and also my Maxxum 600si through the flash itself) it is really irritating. A single flash pop when the picture is snapped is annoying enough, but at least people expect it. But with The white assist light, you even get it when you are shooting with available light. Gerry ************************************************ Unless I'm seriously mistaken, if your flash isn't popped up, no white light assist will occur. Yes the lack of an IR assist is annoying, but it is not crippling and certainly doesn't take away half of the functionality of the camera. Of course you are right that if you are using flash, the AF assist will fire. But CF7-2 should take care of that. I guess I'll have to check my camera when I get home, but I have taken plenty of available light photos and I would swear that the AF assist did not fire if the flash was pushed down. Tom D. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
