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From: dees@sid.sps.mot.com (Randy Dees)
Subject: Re: CANON off camera flash cord. Operation with 630. Any info?
Reply-To: dees@sid.sps.mot.com (Randy Dees)
Organization: Motorola MOS Telecom
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 16:31:25 GMT

In article <1992Sep5.184455.25324@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>, 
ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins) writes:
> > 
> Does anyone know WHY the 630 and RT don't work with this cord? If it were
> just a pin-for-pin extension cord I don't see how the camera would know that
> the flash wasn't on the camera. What else does it do? When I asked a Canon
> rep, he said that the cord didn't work with the 630 but he had no 
explanation
> of why this should be so. The speedlite reference manual is equally
> informative!

I use the Canon cord all the time with my 630. according to a dealer here,
is that because of the higher clock speed used on the 630 & the RT, the 
cord  does not meet the FCC requirements for EMI/RFi transmission......
it is therefore illegal to use the cord with the 630....if anyone complains 
about your emi/rfi

live from Austin, Texas (Live Music Capital of the World)
randy
dees@sid.sps.mot.com
From: savoia@sw.stratus.com (Rick Savoia)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Nikon Photo School: is it good?
Date: 9 Sep 92 13:32:52 GMT
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.

In article <b3rn5sn.hchong@netcom.com>, hchong@netcom.com (Hoi Chong) writes:
> From article <wefBU=C00WBL42orBE@andrew.cmu.edu>, by Luis Abdon Cifuentes <lc0v+@andrew.cmu.edu>:
> > Hello netters, 
> > 
> >  I just received a brochure about the Nikon Photo School. It will be in
> > town this weekend, so I wanted to know if somebody has attended it and
> > has  comments about it. Being a graduate student, I have very good uses
> > for $75, so I want to know if the thing is worth it before trying it.
> 
> If nothing else, all the snobbish F4s'ers (your truly included) can get
> togather and compare their cameras and say bad things about Canon.
> (of course, we can also thump our noses at the 8008s'ers and F3'ers...)
> 
> Feeling a bit cocky today...  


Of course, us 8008'ers, will be able to get to the food table
first, because we won't be weighted down by the mega-ton F4 :)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: kar@cs.rit.edu (Kenneth A Reek)
Subject: Info on multiple flash photography
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 12:13:13 GMT

	I am getting interested in photographing birds using multiple
flashes with my N8008s.  Nikon sells all kinds of cords to connect the
flashes together, but they don't say very much about how the flashes
will work together (e.g. can the exposure compensation be set
individually on each flash unit?).

	Does anyone know of any sources of information that would address
using multiple Nikon flashes wired together in more detail than given in
the instruction manuals?  I am specifically interested in the point I
mentioned above, and also how using two different model flashes works
when the units have different features and one is more powerful than the
other.

	E-mail is fine.  Thanks.
-- 
Kenneth A. Reek				kar@cs.rit.edu
Rochester Institute of Technology	rutgers!rochester!rit!kar
From: bjones@weber.ucsd.edu (Bruce Jones)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Nikon F-1 Manual Wanted (postscript)
Date: 7 Sep 1992 21:04:23 GMT
Organization: U.C.S.D. Department of Communication
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: weber.ucsd.edu
Keywords: Nikon F-1 stuff wanted

BTW - if you have any Nikon F-1 parts, accessories, lenses, backs,
etc. that you want to sell,  I'm interested (and willing to pay a
fair market price - this stuff is getting difficult to find!)

Bruce Jones 			Graduate Program in Communication
bjones@ucsd.edu/bitnet		University of California, San Diego
(619) 534-0417/4410		9500 Gilman Drive
FAX (619) 534-7315		La Jolla, Ca. 92093-0503

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From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
Subject: Re: 430 EZ flash for Canon (grey market imports)
Organization: AT&T
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 20:56:57 GMT

In article <trevor.716065597@bcserv>, trevor@bcserv.wustl.edu (Creamer (Trevor)) writes:
> jchen@smdsctt.bellcore.com (C. Jason Chen) writes:
> >In addition, the "meter" version must be grey market. 
> 
> When I bought my 430EZ from B+H the guy on the other end of the line
> told me up front that the metre-scale model was grey-market. Splurge
> and pay the extra $20.
> Trevor
> -- 

Pay the extra $20 if you want to, but note that Canon (unlike Nikon) have a
policy of honoring the warranty on grey market imports. If you want to be
certain that they will do this, you can call them. They have an 800 number
which I seem to have lost. There was some suggestion that they might not
offer full support of items not supposed to be imported into the USA (like
the EOS10s QD), probably because they don't stock all the possible replacement
parts at US service centers. I would think the 430EZ units differ only in
programing, not in component parts, so service should not be a problem.

On a slightly broader note, are Nikon the only company that refuses to honor
warranties on grey market imports? I know that Canon and Sigma will support
their equipment however it is purchased. Any info on other manufacturers?

===============================================================
Bob Atkins  AT&T Bell Labs  email (direct)  att!clockwise!rma
===============================================================
From: andyc@hplsla.hp.com (Andy Cassino)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: Slide indexing ideas(?)
Date: 4 Sep 92 18:21:33 GMT
Article-I.D.: hplsla.5360791
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA

| 	I don't necessarily want the name of a particular piece of
| 	software here, I would just like to hear suggestions on how to 
| 	index large numbers of slides.  i.e. cataloging.
| 
| 	Would you use:    i)   year-month-roll#-frame#
| 		          ii)  year-month-image#
|                           iii) roll#-frame#-year
| 
| 	etc etc, get the picture ?
| 
| 	What do YOU do ?
| 
|     Craig Hamm, Memorial University, 

I use i) for 35mm and roll films, though the frame number and format are 
kept in separate fields. I use ii) for sheet film. I usually group
any bracketed sheet films together under one catalog number. If it becomes
necessary to distinguish them later (for instance, to identify the one I
print from), I append a letter. This seems to work pretty well. Not fancy,
but I can find things.

    %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
    % Andy Cassino                                       %
    % Hewlett-Packard - Lake Stevens Instrument Division %
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From: jxt@calmasd.Prime.COM (Jawahar Tembulkar)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Pentax Program cameras have problems with electronics....
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:33:50 GMT
Organization: Computervision, San Diego, CA


Just happened to be visiting my favourite used camera shop.  The
owner was speaking from experience when he said that he has seen
too many Pentax Program cameras ( SuperProgram, ProgramPlus, etc. )
which have electronic component failures.  They end having to send
them to Pentax for repairs, which is not cheap.  So one should
check out these cameras very thoroughly before buying.  This problem
does not exist with the newer Pentax cameras ( autofocus genre ),
or with the slightly older LX, etc.

Just thought I would inform the net for what it is worth.

regards,


Jawa


P.S.	I have a ProgramPlus on which the "Program AE" mode results
	in very under-exposed shots, but the rest of the camera
	modes work just fine.  I figured that it was not really
	worth fixing.....-- 
* UUCP : uunet!calmasd!jxt	voice : (619) 587-3078	*
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: boh@fraser.sfu.ca (Changhao Boh)
Subject: Re: Nikon N90 technobabble
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 18:50:59 GMT

jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts) writes:

>: 3. Autofocus --

>Maybe after the technology matures.  Right now, autofocus is one of those
>things (like power wind/rewind, power zoom, built-in flash) that force
>cameras to use AA or lithium batteries.  I want to use 2 button batteries
>maximum, and I want them to last a while, too!

[Stuffs deleted]

>Jay Ts

Well, while there is going to be more improvements to auto-focusing systems 
down the road, I don't think we are gonna get an auto-focus camera that runs
on purely 2 button cells.  I think you know as well as any of us that fast
and accurate auto-focusing requires FAST electric motors with HIGH tourque and
an even faster micro-processor.  All these will suck up battery juices like
nobody's business !

One thing I cannot understand is the camera manufacturers' larvish use of those
expensive Lithium batteries.  Maybe the battery companies are lobbying...

Well, as for auto-focus as a standard camera feature, I totally agree.  Focusing
an SLR with the split prism can be a pain under low light conditions unless
the camera's focusing screen is interchangable, or you happen to have some
very fast lenses around.  So autofocusing, to me is a fair game.

Good Health.

Changhao.

PS: I also happen to think that autofocusing SLR opens photography to the
    visually impaired.

x
From: phr@soda.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: MF cameras and candid shots
Date: 11 Sep 92 17:43:36
Organization: CSUA/UCB
Distribution: world
	<1992Sep11.170518.15046@pony.Ingres.COM>
	<92255.1807393IU6YVN@CMUVM.CSV.CMICH.EDU>
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
In-reply-to: John Meixner's message of Friday, 11 Sep 1992 18:07:39 EDT


    Waist-level finders are less obtrusive in candid photography IF you can get
    the shot quickly.  Often speed is of the essence, and an AF from eye-level
    will be less intimidating to a subject simply because the shot was made
    so quickly that the subject never knew it was made at all.

There are other things you can do too.  People seem less intimidated
by, or at least interested in, weird looking cameras.  There is a
guy shooting around here with a 5x5 (inch) aerial camera that
people are always curious about.  A speed graphic or something like
that might have a similar effect.

At some events I shoot with a Polaroid Spectra and give the prints
to the subjects.  This makes them feel better about someone being
around taking pictures.  Then when I start also shooting with a 35,
they're not bothered as much.

There is also a gadget called a Squintar which is a 45-degree-angled
front-surface mirror that you screw into the front of your lens (best
with short teles).  Then it looks like your camera is pointing 90
degrees from the true direction in which you're shooting.  I've
seen these in stores (~$40) but haven't tried one yet.  It seems
a little bit obnoxious to me, likely to attract unwelcome attention
if someone notices it.

Finally, you could try a concealed camera, like a motorized point and
shoot hidden in a belt pouch or backpack, controlled by a hidden cable
release with the lens looking through a small hole.  The hole could be
a bunch of smaller, like the microphone grilled on a telephone, so you
couldn't see that there was a lens behind it.  (Just hold it up to
your eye and see that you can see a clear image).  You want to use a
fixed focus P+S, not an autofocus.  The image quality wouldn't be
great, of course.  I've been wanting to try this for a while.
Chintzier version involves a disposable 35mm or "key chain" 110
camera.  You have to reach into the belt pouch to push the button and
wind the film.  Those cameras are very quiet, by the way.

Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: badboy@netcom.com (Jay Keller)
Subject: Re: Slide Viewer - Recommendations wanted 
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 92 07:39:27 GMT
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Sep9.171827.10802@ncsu.edu> mittal@eos.ncsu.edu (RAVI O MITTAL) writes:
> Please recommend a good viewer for standard color 
>slides. I don't want to spend the $200 on a slide
>projector!

Reflecta makes a nice tabletop viewer, the MB-300.  I bought mine for about
$65.  It has a 6" square viewing screen.  Reflecta is distributed by Bogen,
so Boen (in New Jersey) can direct you to a dealer.

BTW, Reflecta projectors are also very nice and very good value.

Regards,

Jay Keller
Sunnyvale, California

badboy@netcom.com

Newsgroups: rec.photo,ingr.gen
From: campbell@mikec.ingr.com (Mike Campbell)
Subject: Canon AE-1 Prog. for sale
Reply-To: campbell@mikec.b30.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:04:29 GMT



FOR SALE

	Canon AE-1 Program
	50mm Canon f1.4-22 lens
	Skylight 1B filter for the lens
	case
	camera strap
	brand new battery
	All instruction manuals
	
This camera is in excellent condition and works flawlessly. It has film
in it right now and is used whenever I take pictures. I'm selling to
re-coup some of the cost of upgrading to a new auto-focus camera.

All this for only $150.

If you would like to see the camera or some recent pictures it has taken
feel free to give me a call or e-mail me at the address below.



==============================================================================
Mike Campbell                         Phone     : (205)730-3623
Customer Engineer                     Mail Path : (ingr)!b30!mikec!campbell
Intergraph Corp.                      Internet  : campbell@mikec.b30.ingr.com
Huntsville, AL 35894-0001             Fax       : (205)730-3300
                                      Mailstop  : GD3002
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: bohus@math.lsa.umich.edu (Geza Bohus)
Subject: B&W darkroom question or how to increase contrast?
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 92 17:26:06 EDT
Organization: University of Michigan, Mathematics Department, Ann Arbor

Forgive me if this is a stupid question.

I have some very flat (if that's the word) negatives. Can I increase
contrast more (when printing) by using two contrast filters together (as
opposed to one)?

AdvaThanksnce,

g
bohus@math.lsa.umich.edu



Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: levay@stsci.edu (Zoltan Levay)
Subject: Re: Monopods and Monopod heads.
Originator: levay@lithops.stsci.edu
Organization: Space Telescope Science Institute
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 21:03:24 GMT


In article <1992Sep14.222845.14855@walter.bellcore.com>, hsong@ardour.bellcore.com writes:
|> About a head for a monopod.   There must be heads which are
|> designed specifically for monopods.  Is there any monopod head 
|> with the tilt action only?

Bogen makes a very small and inexpensive head specifically for monopods
(Model #3232, I think).  But be aware that its movement is along one
axis only (pitch, if you will).  With the ability to swing around the
axis of the monopod itself (yaw), this is fairly flexible.  However,
it's tricky to rotate the camera to take verticals (roll).  Of course,
this is only an issue for non-square formats, i.e., 35mm.  The word
seems to be that a smallish but sturdy ball head is preferred with
monopods.
-- 

  						Zolt
  						levay@stsci.edu
From: IO80861@MAINE.MAINE.EDU (Damon Kiesow)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: EOS A2 (aka EOS 5)
Date: 12 Sep 92 14:25:56 GMT
 <1992Sep10.152915.28058@wri.com> <1992Sep10.170224.8868@kodak.kodak.com>
 <1992Sep11.170240.8152@berlioz.nsc.com>
Organization: University of Maine System

This new camera will be market in the U.S. apparently as the A2. The
model with the eyeball tracking will be the A2E and will be released
later than the A2. Both are being unveiled at Photokina next week
and a press release will be forthcoming soon.
The version which will be sold in Japan as the EOS 5 wwill sell in
November for $870 American.
The question is what are the new features of the A2 regardless of the
fancy autofocusing system? And is this camera designed to fill the gap
as a second camera for professionals with the EOS 1, and attract
advanced amateurs who don't have the $$ for the EOS 1.

Damon Kiesow / IO80861@Maine / 71131,1635 / 207-581-3059
From: karl@amleto.ico.olivetti.com (Carlo Biasutto)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Where to buy photo eqpmt in Portland (OR)?
Date: 7 Sep 92 10:33:18 GMT
Organization: Olivetti, Ivrea (Italy)
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5

I recently had all my photo equipment stolen 

*:-( 

well... anybody can suggest a cheap place 
for photo shopping in Portland, Oregon?
I'll be there next week and I might stop by.

thanks!

Carlo

--
internet : karl@iconet.ICO.OLIVETTI.COM           Olivetti SpA
phone    : +39 125 52.85.93                       Via Jervis 77
fax      : +39 125 52.80.43                       10015 Ivrea (Italy)
From: scaruffi@flash.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Piero Scaruffi)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: BRAND NEW JVC VHS-COMPACT VCR FOR SALE
Date: 7 Sep 92 15:53:06 GMT
Distribution: ba
Organization: Olivetti ATC; Cupertino CA, USA


It's a new JVC GRAX2, a VHS-C of reduced dimensions (handycam like) bought one
months ago in New York at the "Nobody beats the Witz" shop in Manhattan, as
you can see from the receipt of my credit card payment (if you are interested
i can send you a Fax). It's really good, with the full auto option and so very
easy to use. It comes with VHS tape adapter, a battery, a battery charger and
cables for AC power and TV connection. I bought also an additional battery,
double capacity, and an extended one mor year international warranty.

I payed USD 909.25, any offer not less than USD 700.00 will be considered.

I am selling it because I am moving back to Europe and The European standard
(PAL) is different from the US one (NTSC).

piero

scaruffi@atc.olivetti.com
408 3663391
From: drinkard@icelan.enet.dec.com (Rich Drinkard)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Different Films and Pro rated speeds ?
Keywords: Film, Emulsion
Date: 13 Sep 92 19:56:59 GMT
Article-I.D.: nntpd.1992Sep13.195659.18275
Reply-To: drinkard@icelan.enet.dec.com (Rich Drinkard)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation


Does a list exist anywhere of the different (common anyway) films and the ISO
ratings the pro's use to shoot with them.

I would be interested in finding out.

Rich Drinkard
Digital Equipment Corporation
From: liang@saul.cis.upenn.edu (Chuck Liang)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Camera repair manuals
Date: 9 Sep 92 03:26:11 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania


  Does anyone have any experience repairing old mechanical cameras on
their own?  Where would one obtain camera repair guides/manuals - and
schematic diagrams of how a camera is put togeather.  I see these
detailed diagrams from time to time in magazines so they must be
available somewhere.  I'm talking about REALLY old cameras - leica,
contax rangefinders, etc...  I hesitate taking apart my Leica IIIa to
realign the rangefinder for fear of not being able to put it back
togeather.
From: cul8er@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (* JOHNNY CHIU * KB5SJN *)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Mailing order stores in NY city
Date: 9 Sep 92 17:11:56 GMT
Reply-To: cul8er@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (* JOHNNY CHIU * KB5SJN *)
Distribution: na
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
Originator: cul8er@mickey.cc.utexas.edu


Hello everyone !
Recently I'm looking for a short-wave radio through the mail-order store in NY. city.
I have no experience with these mail-order stores. Could anyone post the grading and experience with these mailing stores on the news group, please.
Plus, I don't know anyone have experience dealing with Bi-Rite, Smile photo both stores before?

Thanks
From: rougier@irit.irit.fr (Rougier)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re:  New Canon mentioned on CBS This Morning
Date: 14 Sep 92 13:49:18 GMT
Organization: IRIT-UPS, Toulouse, France


--I saw a brief description of an eos 5 camera, here in France :
 -There's an Infra Red ray which follows the photographer's eye movement,
  and selects one AF detector between five. You can also shut the diaphragm (?)
  by looking 2 seconds the top left corner of the finder.
 - 1/8000 s shutter, 1/200 s flash sync.
 I don't remember more, and  the magazine which describes the camera is at home.
 Bye
__________________________________________
| Vincent Rougier, IRIT Toulouse, France |
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From: jay@metran.UUCP (Jay Ts)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Re: where to buy film mailorder?
Date: 4 Sep 92 23:00:17 GMT
Organization: Metran Technology, Tampa, Florida

janowsky@math.rutgers.edu (Steven Janowsky) writes:
: Any suggestions for mail order film?
: I want cheap, fresh, ...

I am now up to my 5th order from B&H without any kind of trouble.  See
the mail order survey posted in this newsgroup from time to time for
others' experiences.  Note that I buy *only* professional films, not
the consumer grade that some people have had trouble getting fresh
from them.

Just yesterday I was talking on the phone with a Fuji Tech Support
representative, and he said that B&H is now a contracted Fuji stock
dealer, which means they are contractually required to handle the
film the way Fuji specifies.  B&H's prices are not always absolutely
the lowest, but I find they make up for it in their quality of service.

Jay Ts
Newsgroups: rec.photo
From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
Subject: Re: Vivitar 636AF vs. Canon 430EZ
Distribution: usa
Date: 8 Sep 92 22:55:33 GMT

In <1992Sep8.164912.7135@clark.edu> gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow) writes:

>In article <1992Sep5.084252.26390@sys.sweden.dg.com> robert@sys.sweden.dg.com (Robert Claeson) writes:
>>In article <1992Sep2.205045.16255@clark.edu>, gsnow@clark.edu (Gary Snow) writes:
>>> 
>>> I have it, and although its not a really sharp lens, its definately
>>> worth the price.
>>
>>If more sharpness is needed, I think that the extra money for the
>>Canon EF 100-300/4.5-5.6 USM lens is well worth it.

>Yeah, I have that one too.  At the time I bought the EF 75-300, there was
>no such thing as an EF 100-300/4.5-5.6 USM.  But when it did finally come
>out, I snatched one right up.

I saw the test in Pop Photo for the 75-300.  Are there any numbers that
would indicate how much sharper the 100-300 USM might be?  How does it
compare to the 100-300/5.6L?  (Indeed, how do any of the above compare to
the 80-200/2.8L?)

ACS
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