But at the risk of revealing just how thick I really am, I honestly don't get why it does that. It seems to be backwards. For example, if you put a 70 mm lens on the camera, you are shooting at an effective 105mm, but the flash shows 48mm. Shouldn't it be the other way around - i.e. - you put a 48 mm lens on the camera and the flash displays the effective focal length of 70?
My camera is also acting inconsistent with the table in the manual - e.g. my 50mm lens results in a flash display of 48mm when it should show 34mm, per the manual. It does not seem to matter since, shutting the camera off and getting the flash back into 35mm mode, it seems to be at the right setting for the zoom. But it does seem quirky, IMO, unless I'm missing something...
- MCC
At 07:29 PM 12/2/2003 -0500, you wrote:
that's what the *istD manual says it is supposed to do.
Herb... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: *ist-D and Flash Auto-Zoom
> Just stumbled into something interesting... > > I popped my FA 20-35 on the *ist-D, along with the AF360FGZ. I wondered if > the flash auto zoom would match to the effective focal length of the lens > or the actual focal length. > > Checking to see what the auto zoom would do, I was surprised to see it > displaying focal lengths from 19mm to 34mm as I zoomed the lens in and > out... Pretty weird since the flash only goes down to 24mm.
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