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Canon Vs. Nikon
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<blockquote data-quote="thomas998" data-source="post: 1009749" data-attributes="member: 111388"><p>Actually he did mention he had sigma lenses which means he/she puts some emphasis on being frugal... And simply being able to snap a flash that was designed for a film camera onto a dslr because it will fit is not only risky, but will not work as designed. Someone that is unsure of what camera they want is also someone that isn't looking to buy a camera and manually meter each shot. A film flash uses TTL metering... no Canon or Nikon digital camera is compatible with that type of meter because no film is present in the camera to bounce the flash off... for a canon you need E-TTL capable flashes and for Nikon's i-TTL capable flashes... </p><p></p><p>Use some older Canon flashes on a new digital Canon and you not only insure that the metering will not work properly but risk damaging the camera because the voltage from older flashes is higher than those supported by the current digital cameras.</p><p></p><p>So before you go encouraging people to keep old flashes to use with new cameras get your facts straight or you may very well be setting those people up to break their new camera... Now that is beyond foolish its down right nasty.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thomas998, post: 1009749, member: 111388"] Actually he did mention he had sigma lenses which means he/she puts some emphasis on being frugal... And simply being able to snap a flash that was designed for a film camera onto a dslr because it will fit is not only risky, but will not work as designed. Someone that is unsure of what camera they want is also someone that isn't looking to buy a camera and manually meter each shot. A film flash uses TTL metering... no Canon or Nikon digital camera is compatible with that type of meter because no film is present in the camera to bounce the flash off... for a canon you need E-TTL capable flashes and for Nikon's i-TTL capable flashes... Use some older Canon flashes on a new digital Canon and you not only insure that the metering will not work properly but risk damaging the camera because the voltage from older flashes is higher than those supported by the current digital cameras. So before you go encouraging people to keep old flashes to use with new cameras get your facts straight or you may very well be setting those people up to break their new camera... Now that is beyond foolish its down right nasty. [/QUOTE]
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