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I have been using a Stroboframe ProRL with my medium format cameras.

I sold those, and bought a canon 10D.

The ProRL seems a bit overkill for my 10D with grip.

What bracket are people using for their EOS-3 with grip and D10 with

Grip?

The Press-T or the Pro-T

I used my Sigma 70-200mm/2.8 HSM on my new 10D this weekend.

Works great!

AF is much better then the D60!

I recently purchased this lens.

I have taken some test shots on a tripod with my 10D.

I used ISO 100, RAW, MLU.

I shot the lens at f/2.8 f/5.6 and f/8.0

I didn't see much difference in sharpness, just the apparent DOF.

I did notice that the edges were NOT sharp, they seemed to be out of

focus.

Is this from the wide angle effect?

Not enough DOF?

I have a bad lens?

Am I expecting to much from a 14mm?

Maybe I should have bought the canon 20mm/2.8

Anyone else have this lens?

I have used this lens on a D30 D60 and EOS-3.

Soon to be used on a 10D.

Good lens for the money...

I would choose the following, in this order.

Canon 24-70mm/2.8

Canon 28-70mm/2.8

Canon 28-80mm/2.8~4.0

Tokina 28-80mm/2.8

Canon 28-135mm IS

Canon 28-105mm or 24-85mm

Sigma 24-70mm/2.8

Sigma 28-70mm/2.8

The Metz flash will work fine with your Digital camera.

You have to set your flash to the "A" mode.

You also should set your camera to "M" mode.

Works perfect.

I have 2 metz flashes, and canon film and digital bodies.

Is there also a difference between the 200mm/2.8?

Is the 300mm/4.0 L optics the same in the EF mount?

Is there an L version and non-L version of this lens?

I am speaking of the new FD mount, not the breech-mount.

I would choose a canon lens over any other brand, but....

If you are looking at the Sigma 24-70mm or 28-70mm/2.8, consider the Tokina 28-70 or 28-80mm/2.8. About the same price, with faster quieter AF.

I have used the canon 28-105mm and 28-135mm. Both good choices.

I own the 90mm/2.8 Tamron Macro.

Nice and sharp, goes 1:1.

Faster AF then the 50mm macro.

Cheaper then the 100mm/2.8 USM in the used market.

Just something else to consider.

The 28-135mm wide open is better then the 28-70mm/2.8 wide open?

For the price of the 28-70mm/2.8 I would hope it to be better!

I was just wondering if the lens could happen to be upside down, or 90° from the correct position.

Canon made a screw adapter for the FD series.

Did canon ever make an EF mount adapter?

What brand should I be looking for?

The film advance has a different noise.

Not sure if I would call it quieter..

Maybe a lower pitch

I have the sigma 70-200mm/2.8 with 1.4X converter.

The element is recessed on the lens, and the converter protrudes.

The same as the canon 1.4X.

The diameter of the canon converter will not fit into the diameter of the sigma lens.

It has nothing to do with the element protruding into the lens.

I can mount the sigma 1.4X EX on the 70-200mm/2.8 300mm/2.8 300mm/4.0 400mm.... and so on.

But I cannot mount the Sigma 1.4X EX onto a 28-80mm/2.8 sigma lens. For the protrusion issue. This is the same for canon 1.4X and canon lenses.

I have a Sigma 70-200mm/2.8 that will not work with the canon 1.4X

converter.

I am currently using the Sigma EX 1.4X.

I just purchased the canon 300mm/4.0 IS lens.

And I would like to get a 1.4X for it, something better then the

Sigma 1.4X

Anyone know if the canon 1.4X would work with the tokina ATX 80-

200mm/2.8

I would consider selling the sigma lens for a tokina if the

converters would work.

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There is a setting on the flash for TLL, E-TTL and E-TTL HSS.

Make sure you have that turned on for the HSS.

The flash AF assist will only work with the center AF sensor.

Set your camera to the center sensor, then you will see the flash AF work.

The Metz flash is better then the canon 550EX.

You have the option of A mode, as E-TTL is less then perfect.

The metz has a bounce strobe also, which is great for fill flash.

The metz also has a AF assist that can be mounted on the camera, while the flash is on a bracket.

The metz has different zoom programs, depending on the type of camera.

Digital, 35mm or APS (maybe medium format?)

There are other differences. These are the main ones that affect my use.

The Sigma 1.4X EX converter reports the correct F stop and focal length of the lens.

The same as the canon lens does.

I have seen that the tamron adaptall is hard to come by for the EF

mount.

Has anyone have any comments on using a Screw mount adaptal with an

EF-screw adapter.

Is the lens tight on the camera?

Will the lens line correctly?

I was looking into the tamron 300mm/2.8 lens

I recentlt did some lens tests on my longer lenses. And was rather surprised by the results.

300mm/2.8 USM

100-300mm USM

Sigma 70-200mm/2.8 with 1.4X

The 100-300mm USM lens was much better then the Sigma with 1.4X.

I dunno if this was a combination of the 1.4X or poor test results.

I would look for a 100-300mm USM lens.

the optics might not be on par with the L version.

But it blows it away with autofocus and zooming.

Stay away from the 75-300mm lenses....

Or maybe the 75-300mm IS lens is in your budget, I never used this one.

I had recently shot my first roll of portraits with my new 28-

70mm/2.8 lens.

I normally use my 85mm/1.8 for this type of work..

I shot the 28-70mm @ f8, and the results were fantastic! As good as

my 85mm lens. I was thinking of selling the 85mm lens, since it

wouldn't be needed.

I decided to test the 2 lenses wide open. (most lenses are sharp

stopped down anyway)

I found the 28-70mm wide open at 70mm to be terrible.

My 28-135mm wide open at 70mm and 135mm seemed to be sharper.

The best in my bag, was the 90mm/2.8 macro stopped down, and the 85mm

stopped down.

Anyone notice this on their 28-70mm/2.8?

Maybe I had some errors in my test, maybe a bad lens or a good 28-

135mm IS.

This flash doesn't seem to be working in E-ttl

I am using the 3102 SCA

Metz web site says this combo supports E-TTL

The E-ttl light is not on, on the SCA module.

Any comments? I e-mailed metz with this same question.

Anyone own this lens?

Any comments on sharpness?

Since the lens doesn't work with TTL, I would use the sensor on my

Metz flash. This sensor mounts on top of the camera prism, thus

would be triggered by the hotshoe flash.

Is the hot show disabled when a leaf shutter lens is used?

Would I have to block the trigger on the hot shoe on the prism?

Pentax 645N

Metz 50MZ-5 flash

Looking into the 135mm LS lens

I have been asked by a few families for some portraits for chirstmas.

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I have the equipment, and I am satisfied with my single portrait work.

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I was using my 28-135mm IS lens with my EOS-3 and noticed that

sometimes it would lock the camera and the BC would flash after the

shutter released.

Having the PB-E2 on or off the camera didn't matter.

I noticed it mostly did it at the 35mm setting.

But also a few times at 50mm

I think it seemed to matter most when I had it at 28mm then zoomed to

35mm or 50mm

Not the same effect as being at 100mm zooming down to 50mm.

I used a few other lenses on my Eos-3 and didn't have any problems.

I tried the lens on my Elan 7 and there were no problems.

anyone have this problem?