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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:42 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: EOS Bright white bothersome AF assist light of Elan 7
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> In a message dated 8/30/01 11:48:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> > > OK, now help me with this. I am walking around taking people
> > > pictures at a function. The light is dim and I either want
> to take flash
> > > pictures or, with high speed film, available light pictures, without
> buzzing that a/f assist light in their faces. I need the
> autofocus because I
> am taking
> > > them quickly and moving about.
>
> Daddy always said, "Use the proper tool for the job." Maybe here
> it's not an
> AF EOS camera. Personally, I'd use fast NPZ/NHG II and my 20 yr.
> old $25.00
> Canonet QL III rangefinder (excellent f/1.7 lens). Use hyperfocal
> and set it
> at f/5.6 w/ focus at 8-10 ft. and fire away.
But there is a one, the Elan II, and there is no reason why the newer model
couldn't have been even better, unless it was a matter of manufacturing
cost. But whatever the reason they chose to drop an excellent feature when
they went from the II to the 7. Of course there are many ways to take a
picture, but the point of this long discussion is that the Elan 7 is lacking
in an important capability. I could go around with a whole tool box of
cameras, and pick out the right one for each picture. At the end of the
evening I might have three or four cameras with partially exposed rolls of
film in them, and for sure people would love me for carrying all that
equipment around. Sheesh. All I said was that I found the lack of this
feature to be a serious enough shortcoming on the Elan 7 for me not to want
to buy it. I tend to take one camera much of the time, whatever I can put
around my neck, and without this feature, I find that the camera comes up
too short for me. In other respects, especially its light weight quiet
operation, it is a fine camera, but it is spoiled for me by this feature.
BTW, I have considered buing a QL III-17 on Ebay, and I do think that it
looks to be a good walk around hip shooting camera.
Another BTW is that I think if I went over to manual focus I would want to
do it 100%. It is definitely slower than autofocus, and not as accurate once
the point of focus is selected, but it does have its advantages. The only
thing is that it requires practice to make it, and also manual or
semi-automatic exposure control, second nature. I know that my exposure
selecting and setting skills deteriorated quickly after i got my first
match-needle camera and then an aperture priority ae model.
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Gerry Palo
Denver, Colorado
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