From: Sam Wang (stwang@clemson.edu)
Date: 07/18/01-07:17:45 AM Z
Mark,
I had to use a piece of shiny metal to divert the in-camera flash of
the Nikon 990 in order to trip the studio lights. A royal pain. The
camera's synch is for Nikon external flash only. This generation of
digital cameras are not made for very serious use, not that they
don't give surprising results under the optimum conditions.
Sam
>Carl,
>
>I tried using studio strobes with a Sony Mavica, only to find out the hot
>show on top of the camera is a proprietary hot shoe that does not work with
>standard adaptors... you have to buy a Sony flash. I would hope other brands
>do not do the same.
>
>Mark Nelson
>In a message dated 7/17/01 8:27:19 PM, cweese@earthlink.net writes:
>
><< For copying negatives from a lightbox, be sure the camera you buy has true
>manual settings, not just an over-ride of auto settings. The latter is
>workable, but true direct manual settings are much better for copy work.
>It's also nice to have real pc-cord flash sync for copying flat reflective
>art with studio strobes. I don't know if those features are available at
>$400. Be sure to look into whatever model has just been discontinued, if it
>has the right features it will be a good deal.---Carl >>
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