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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julian Loke
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 6:17 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: EOS Bright white bothersome AF assist light of Elan 7
>
>
> > "GerryPalo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...
> > With my Elan II I can focus down to reasonably low light
> > levels, using the infrared, and no one is annoyed. But with
> > the Elan 7, I can't. ...
>
> Hi Gerry,
>
> No one is disputing that the Elan 7E does not behave the
> same as the Elan II in low light. While you have chosen not
> to buy that camera, complaining doesn't help those of us
> that already have the camera.
Nor does it hurt you. Or does it?
> In the same way that a folded piece of paper can fix
> "short battery" BC syndrome on the Elan II., here are my
> suggestions for reference to other Elan 7E users if low
> light:
>
> 1) Use the central AF point in low light
> 2) Use manual focus
> 3) Turn off the AF assist using CF7=1 or CF7=2
> 4) Use an ST-E2
> 5) Use an accessory hotshoe flash. Use CF7=3 if necessary.
I think I have discussed all these options and found them wanting, which is
why I decided, as I said at the outset, not o buy the camera but to stay
with the II and wait for something better. If someone were to give me a 7e
I would probably make do with it, but my hope is that Canon will rethink
their design, either of the 7 or of what hopefully will be an A2
replacement. However your suggestion below is certainly valuable for owners
of the camera. BTW, I do have as 550 EX, and it is a big, heavy piece of
equipment. But where there is a will there is a way.
> Since setting a CF on the Elan 7 requires three dial turns
> and one button press, here is a scheme that allows a single
> switch to control flash and no-flash shots using an Elan 7E
> with a 550EX.
>
> Prepare by switching the 550EX to E-TTL "master", and set
> the 550EX main flash output to OFF (5 pushes of "SEL/SET",
> then "-").
>
> When you want flash, just switch out of "master".
> When you just want AF assist again, switch to "master".
>
> Note: the flash will still fire for E-TTL metering and
> slave flash control, but not for the exposure.
Etc. etc. Say, there are literally hundreds of cameras that every single
photographer in the world did not buy. I did not buy and don't plan to buy
the Elan 7e, and I gave my reasons. I also hope that the discussion may,
along with other discussions and frank complaints from photographers, find
its way back to Canon so that some day thay will rethink this aspect of
their design. You don't have to feel insulted as an owner of the camera
that someone else doesn't like it. Really, you are, I am sure, a fine and
worthy person, with many good qualities. I am also quite certain that you
take very good pictures with your Elan 7e and are probably much more handy
with the controls than I am. Good shooting.
Gerry
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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