Celestial Happenings…

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   Posted 2 November, 2010 at 4:10 PM by Ted C. MacRae | Permalink

   Nice!

   Wait – don’t you shoot Nikon?

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     Posted 12 November, 2010 at 11:33 AM by Adrian Thysse | Permalink

     I’m still using Nikon – for awhile, anyway! More on my transition later…

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   Posted 13 November, 2010 at 8:47 PM by Kurt | Permalink

   I say get a used 40D. Or 7D, or 5DM2 if you can afford it . I am not fond of the 60D, and other 3 digits model. I like my camera to have a hard button for FEC (Flash exposure compensation) control. On the 60D and other 3 digits model, you have to go into the menu to access the FEC.

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     Posted 13 November, 2010 at 9:15 PM by Adrian Thysse | Permalink

     I did get the 5D MkII – so far I am very pleased with it…but it is winter here, so it will be a while before I can use it on bugs. I like the 60D due to the vari-angle screen, great for getting down and low, and great for videos.

     Can’t FEC be easily changed on the flash itself?

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   Posted 13 November, 2010 at 9:24 PM by Kurt | Permalink

   5DM2 is great. I am saving up for that. Yes, you can change the FEC on the flash itself but i prefer to do in on the camera because i sometimes look at a scene and pre-adjust the FEC as i move in, in order to save time.

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   Posted 13 November, 2010 at 9:53 PM by Ted C. MacRae | Permalink

   5DM2 – cool!

   How do you change the FEC on the flash?

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     Posted 16 November, 2010 at 10:54 AM by Adrian Thysse | Permalink

     My flash was a used model and did not come with a manual,, but a downloaded pdf shows how: see “Flash Exposure Compensation” on page 32.

     http://akamaipix.crutchfield.com/Manuals/280/280MR14EX.PDF

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