Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!rochester!heliotis From: heliotis@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: 2 Questions for you Photobuffs Message-ID: <2020@rocheste.UUCP> Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 11:26:06 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.2020 Posted: Tue Jun 21 11:26:06 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 04:26:56 EDT Lines: 22 First, I recently got a relatively inexpensive flash. However, the salesman first showed me something for twice as much, with a piece on the bottom that I believe made it a "dedicated flash", but I'm not certain. She said it "told the camera that the flash is there", which I interpretted at first as simply meaning it saves you the trouble of putting your shutter speed to the synch ("X") setting. When I told her I had a totally manual camera (Minolta SRT-201), she said, "Oh.", and sold me the simple automatic exposure flash unit. The question is, what do these fancier units do for you, when coupled with the right camera? Second, I notice most people cock their cameras' shutters right after releasing them for the previous picture. I got the impression that leaving the shutter cocked for long periods puts more wear on certain camera parts (besides increasing the chances of wasted film). This means that I often forget right before I take the next picture. Is this really bad? For electronically controlled shutters, too? Jim Heliotis allegra!rochester!heliotis seismo!rochester!heliotis heliotis@Rochester