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From: hal@pur-phy.UUCP (Hal Chambers)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: fill-in flash
Message-ID: <1216@pur-phy.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 21-Feb-84 16:24:53 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 21 16:24:53 1984
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   The Minolta X700 handles its dedicated flash this way...

M mode: (manual) Flash is operated by the Guide Number method.

A mode: (aperture priority) You select aperture, camera meters the flash
	off the file plane and shuts it down when the correct amount of
	light has been received.

P mode: (program)  Camera selects the aperture based on the ambient light,
	then meters the flash off the file plane during exposure.

In the A and P modes the camera automatically selects its fastest (1/60)
sync speed.  For fill in flash outdoors this can be a bit slow and it would
be nice to have a faster sync speed (some cameras sync at 1/125 and even 1/250).

Hal Chambers
Purdue University
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