matt_orth

In Chinatown Jack Nicholson uses a Leica screwmount with a long lens

and accessory viewfinder.

I think that Zig and Rodolfo are talking about two different lenses.

There have been two 70-210 f4.0 zooms from Canon -- a discontinued

one and a new L lens that was just released.

Thanks for the help. As it turns out, one of my local stores found an

ES-65 in the back of the store. The wrapper looks kind of old, but

the shade itself is brand new.

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A lens/hood chart would still be nice to have for us cheapies who like

to pick up used older lenses......

I had a few problems with my 540EZ; the flash head didn't zoom, and

the exposure just wasn't right. It seems that I hadn't tightened down

the wheel on the flash foot; once I did, it started zooming again and

subsequent rolls were well exposed. There was no obvious sign that it

wasn't working right (except of course for the lack of zooming); I

guess that's just something to add to our "ready to shoot?" checklist.

Colin:

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Guide Number = f stop x flash-to-subject distance

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The "official" GN for the 380 is 100 (in feet, 100 ASA is assumed)

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To check to see what the actual GN is, use 100 speed slide film, and

take some pictures at 10 feet with the flash on full power manual (is

this an option with the 380? I'm not familiar with that flash).

According to the official GN, you would need an f stop of 10 (10 ft x

f10 = 100 GN). Bracket the pictures around f 10. (Don't use any type

of flash modifier, Sto-Fen, Lumiquest, etc; just bare flash). TAKE

NOTES.

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When you get the slides back, see which setting gave the best

exposure. Then plug that fstop into the formula and you'll find the

actual GN for your flash. Of course, ceiling height, nearness of

walls, color of ceiling and walls will all affect the GN.

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TTL flash is a lot easier than messing with GNs and f stops -- I've

recently moved from a Vivitar 283 on Canon FD's to an A2e with a

540EZ, and WOW is flash effortless now. But it's still important to

understand the theory so you know when you have to out-think the

camera.

Anybody know where I can find a chart that lists which lens hood fits which EOS lens?

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Specifically, I'm looking for a lens hood to the original 50 1.8 lens (metal mount, distance scale). According to a comment in the static pages (yes, I checked there already) this lens takes the ES-65 hood; I've located a store with an ES-65 II hood. I assume that these aren't the same, but I can't get to the store to try it myself.

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Please, no guesses -- anybody know for sure?

I just bought the 70 for my mother-in-law (no jokes, please, she's a

great lady). It does have a spot mode, and a flash off setting (as

well as flash-when-needed, flash-always, slow-sync flash, and red-eye

reduction).

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It turns on when you open the cover, which eliminates the need for

another button. The only problem is that if you're holding the pop-up

flash shut by mistake, it won't turn on. It took me awhile to figure

that one out.

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I took a test roll; it's still at the lab so I don't know what the

results actually look like. But it seems like a real handy little

camera; if it had some sort of exposure compensation it would be

perfect.