SubliminalThought
Senior Member
AFAIK hifis extended warranty is basically THEM looking at it. I doubt they have any expertise whatsoever to service a DSLR. What they would give you in return, i'm not so sure (in eligibility of the warranty).
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AFAIK hifis extended warranty is basically THEM looking at it. I doubt they have any expertise whatsoever to service a DSLR. What they would give you in return, i'm not so sure (in eligibility of the warranty).
Thanks. I dug around and found the FP mode. Unfortunately its not persistent and so it drops out every time the shutter speed drops below 1/300!
Btw. Doesn't having an external flash on a semi-compact kind of defeat the purpose? The thing is bigger than the camera itself!
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
That's a bit silly. BTW, can you control the flash from the camera? I haven't tried it yet, but I've noticed it shows up some controls in the menus. I'm just thinking, if the camera can set the FP mode on the flash, the camera's mode might persist.
Btw. Doesn't having an external flash on a semi-compact kind of defeat the purpose? The thing is bigger than the camera itself!
It does, but it's fun fooling around with it. Since I saw this I just have to try it.
Only works for Speedlights.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
On the one hand it starts making sense to have the Canon flashes then. But on the other hand, I don't really see how controlling the flash from the camera is any more convenient than on the flash directly (unless the flash is off-camera, of course).
I'm regularly shooting with two cameras so having a second flash wont hurt and the US price for the speedlight is - as usual - much better than the local price.
Considering what I saved on my camera (even compared to B&H prices) I should have got one in Berlin.
No, it works well. I use it often for bird photography with a beamer.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Where did you buy from in Berlin? Maybe I should look at their prices. I have several German colleagues going back and forth regularly.
What I'm saying is there is a External Speedlite Control menu option - doesnt that control the flash as it says it does?
The shop is called Wüstefeld
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
Not sure about the 1d, but with the 40d (and 350d), you can control the flash level to + or - 2 stops from the camera. It's much easier to do that on the flash itself (unless you have a 420ex which has a mimimum of controls). I don't recall any other controllability (is that a word?) from the camera.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
BigAl-sa, how do you adjust the flash level on the cam? Can you set it to use one of the wheels? That would be handy.
True - http://www.calumetphoto.de/ has a nicer site (even if the camera was €500 more there).That's one horrible website
Luckily they were out of stock when I went there and suggested wüstefeld.
Also picked up a new bag and plenty of memory. Even bought a wüstefeld strap.Yip. I think it's on the ISO button, then the back wheel to set it.
Yeah - its a simple process controlling the flash level from the camera on the 400D too. The 1D seems to be able to control a speedlite to a much higher degree.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
I should really spend more time learning the flash. I use it either in fully automatic ETTL or in fully manual - don't know the in-between modes much.
I also need a bit of a refresher course - I'm using mine mostly as fill since I got my new camera thanks to the improved sensor sensitivity.
koffiejunkie
Executive Member
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