--- Keith Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith Green wrote: > > > If you use a lens set at 22mm on an EOS 10D, > with flash, does the camera > set > > > the flash to as wide an angle as possible, or > does it do the 1.6 > > > multiplication and set it to 35mm focal length? > > Tapani Tarvainen wrote: > > > It doesn't seem smart enough to do the > multiplication. > > I just tried it with EF 20-35/3.5-4.5, and the > focal length displayed > > by 550EX matches the actual focal length of the > lens, without taking > > the 1.6x factor into account. :-( > > > > -- > > Tapani Tarvainen > > Tapani, > > Thanks for the information. > It seemed such an obvious and simple thing for Canon > to have done, so I > thought that they probably had not.
What's interesting is that on the G3 Canon was smart enough to think of it. The flash zooms to something near the effective angle of coverage. Of course, if it didn't, it would always be at the widest setting, given the actual focal length of the lens. ===== Bob Meyer I wish I knew what I know now, when I was younger... http://www.meyerweb.net/epson __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
