Julian, The reason that the D30 can't use TTL is simply because they didn't put a TTL sensor it it, that is, the sensor that reads the light bouncing off the film plane/digital sensor. *Why* they failed to put this in, I don't know, whether it was technical or to keep costs down or to force the purchase of E-TTL equipment I have no idea.
But it is possible to read light bouncing off the digital sensor. I believe the 1D has regular TTL available reading off the sensor as do the other cameras you mention. If you are using the older flashes simply as slaves set at a manual power setting they should work, but not if you want control over exposure via TTL. I don't think it would work with the dedicated cords in TTL because the older equipment doesn't emit the E-TTL preflash so it wouldn't be able to meter the scene before the exposure, though I will defer to the judgement of anyone with more experience working with canon's flashes off camera. Mike Julian Dadag wrote: > > Guys, > I've seen the thread about the Older flashes not working with the > digital camera's. My question is will the "older" flashes work if one had a > EX flash on body and using Canon's dedicated cords and accessories have the > other flashes attached? And also didnt the uh was it EOS 2000 digital body > use the older flashes? > > And they were at best A-TTL... > > And I don't get the point that since the digital cameras don't have any film > there is no surface to take a "off the film" reading from... From what I've > seen from the D1 and D1X N***Ns that the company I work for uses the sensor > is probably a better surface to take a reading from, besides the fact that > its very reflective. But the surface is constant as opposed to different > film types... then again i could be wrong... are all film surfaces the same > as in have same reflectivity? > > Then again am I confused. Shouldn't the bodies revert to some "normal" TTL > flash mode to work with older flashes... > > Then again Canon makes money by having us buy new EQ all the time... which > in turn funds their research into new cool stuff... hmmmmmm > Its a near never ending cycle isn't it. > > Well there goes my christmas bonus if i have to upgrade to EX flashes. > :( > > Julian Dadag -- Michael Shupe M.J.Shupe Photography Michigan Tech University www.northernlightsgallery.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
