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From: heliotis@rochester.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: 2 Questions for you Photobuffs
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Date: Tue, 21-Jun-83 11:26:06 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jun 21 11:26:06 1983
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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