A couple questions about the Canon 550 EX flash

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:15:50 GMT, "Dudley Hanks"
wrote:



If you visit your local camera shop and ask for rechargeables suitable for
use in a flash, I'm sure a clerk will be able to point you in the right
direction.


I haven't been too impressed with the camera shops in my area. A
couple years ago, I was in getting some supplies and asked if they had
any cable releases as I wanted one for my Canon D30. They told me I
was mistaken, and there was no such thing as a D30.

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:46:27 -0700, (Dave Platt)
wrote:



I suspect that you're only going to get comparison results which are
meaningful to your particular problem, by actually buying at least one
set of each type of battery you are considering, "breaking in" the new
batteries with a forming charge, cycling them a couple of times, and
then testing them in your flash to see how well they work in practice.

Thanks. I will do this.



You might find it worthwhile to invest in one of the newer high-tech
chargers such as the Maha C-9000, which lets you measure the actual
battery capacity, apply a proper forming charge (low-current
charge/discharge) to "break in" a newly-purchased NiMH, and gives you
control over the charging current.


I just looked up the specs. Looks really useful. I will have to get
one.

On 4/16/08 3:09 AM, in article ,
"Meghan Noecker" wrote:

On Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:15:50 GMT, "Dudley Hanks"
wrote:



If you visit your local camera shop and ask for rechargeables suitable for
use in a flash, I'm sure a clerk will be able to point you in the right
direction.


I haven't been too impressed with the camera shops in my area. A
couple years ago, I was in getting some supplies and asked if they had
any cable releases as I wanted one for my Canon D30. They told me I
was mistaken, and there was no such thing as a D30.


Muta' been a young whippersnapper.

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George Kerby wrote:
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Oh dear...

Canon's first DSLR was a D30, then the D60 then they realived they could
never go head to head with Nikon and called the next one a 10D and so it
followed on that all Canon DSLRs since have had the "D" at the back of
the model number...

How does the idiot feel now?
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George Kerby wrote:
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Oh dear...

Canon's first DSLR was a D30,


Wrong. The FIRST Canon DSLR was a EOS DCS 3 for the Americas, a EOS DCS 1
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS D2000 for Japan.



then the D60

Wrong again. The Second Canon DSLR was a EOS D6000 for the Americas, a EOS
D30 for Europe, Asia, Oceania.


then they realived they could
never go head to head with Nikon and called the next one a 10D


Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a EOS D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.


and so it
followed on that all Canon DSLRs since have had the "D" at the back of
the model number...


Well at least you got something right. You can find the rest of the history
here.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu


How does the idiot feel now?


How should we know how you feel now.


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In article , XxYyZz
wrote:

Canon's first DSLR was a D30,

Wrong. The FIRST Canon DSLR was a EOS DCS 3 for the Americas, a EOS DCS 1
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS D2000 for Japan.

wrong. kodak took an unmodified canon eos 1n and added the digital
part.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index2.htm

kodak also did the same with nikon bodies.

then the D60

Wrong again. The Second Canon DSLR was a EOS D6000 for the Americas, a EOS
D30 for Europe, Asia, Oceania.

the dcs6000 is also known as dcs 560, and another kodak hybrid. here's
mo

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index3.htm

the d30 was the first canon designed and built dslr and not a kodak
hybrid.

then they realived they could
never go head to head with Nikon and called the next one a 10D

Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a EOS D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.

the 1d, d60 and 1ds are all very different cameras.

"nospam" wrote in message
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In article , XxYyZz
wrote:

Canon's first DSLR was a D30,

Wrong. The FIRST Canon DSLR was a EOS DCS 3 for the Americas, a EOS DCS 1
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS D2000 for Japan.

wrong. kodak took an unmodified canon eos 1n and added the digital
part.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index2.htm


But it was still labeled as a Canon.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu




kodak also did the same with nikon bodies.

then the D60

Wrong again. The Second Canon DSLR was a EOS D6000 for the Americas, a
EOS
D30 for Europe, Asia, Oceania.

the dcs6000 is also known as dcs 560, and another kodak hybrid. here's
mo

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index3.htm


But it was still labeled as a Canon also.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu



the d30 was the first canon designed and built dslr and not a kodak
hybrid.

then they realived they could
never go head to head with Nikon and called the next one a 10D

Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a EOS
D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.

the 1d, d60 and 1ds are all very different cameras.


I'm just pointing out the info from the Canon website. I believe Canon
knows when they produced each model. It's all right here in the link you
snipped.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu

In article , XxYyZz
wrote:

Wrong. The FIRST Canon DSLR was a EOS DCS 3 for the Americas, a EOS DCS 1
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS D2000 for Japan.

wrong. kodak took an unmodified canon eos 1n and added the digital
part.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index2.htm

But it was still labeled as a Canon.

it was labelled as a kodak *and* canon. kodak bought canon bodies
(which anyone could do) and retrofitted the electronics (which anyone
could do, but not without a lot of resources). canon had nothing to do
with it being a *digital* slr, other than selling the *film* body to
kodak to be modified.

Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a EOS
D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.

the 1d, d60 and 1ds are all very different cameras.

I'm just pointing out the info from the Canon website. I believe Canon
knows when they produced each model. It's all right here in the link you
snipped.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu

and that web site says that they're three different cameras.

"nospam" wrote in message
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In article , XxYyZz
wrote:

Wrong. The FIRST Canon DSLR was a EOS DCS 3 for the Americas, a EOS
DCS 1
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS D2000 for Japan.

wrong. kodak took an unmodified canon eos 1n and added the digital
part.

http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Kodak/index2.htm

But it was still labeled as a Canon.

it was labelled as a kodak *and* canon. kodak bought canon bodies
(which anyone could do) and retrofitted the electronics (which anyone
could do, but not without a lot of resources). canon had nothing to do
with it being a *digital* slr, other than selling the *film* body to
kodak to be modified.

Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a
EOS
D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.

the 1d, d60 and 1ds are all very different cameras.

I'm just pointing out the info from the Canon website. I believe Canon
knows when they produced each model. It's all right here in the link you
snipped.

http://www.canon.com/camera-museum/c...-.html?lang=eu

and that web site says that they're three different cameras.


And who said they weren't ? I guess english isn't your native language ?

In article , XxYyZz
wrote:

and that web site says that they're three different cameras.

And who said they weren't ? I guess english isn't your native language ?

you did.

Wrong again. The third Canaon DSLR was a EOS 1D for the Americas, a
EOS
D60
for Europe, Asia, Oceania and a EOS 1Ds for Japan.