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Subject: [Leica] IMG: A shot in the dark
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:51:19 +0200
References: <4E18D68F.2060306@gmx.de> <7FE7FEF0D9C14F01806C3F9E45ED4C57@jimnichols>

Thanks Jim,

there's a built-in pre-flash function in the camera 
that strobes the subject for the AF sensor.

BTW - Not a Leica 60 mm, it's the Canon EF-S mount 
Macro lens

Cheers
Douglas

On 10.07.2011 00:45, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Nice focus.  How did you do that in the dark?
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" 
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG: A shot in the dark
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>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> The first shot in the dark:
>>
>> I just repaired the little pop-up flash (which
>> wouldn't) on my Canon 20D after it had been stuck for
>> months. It entails removing the entire hot shoe
>> assembly and pressing down a little, pale bluish-green
>> plastic pin underneath it - and I only dropped one of
>> the tiny screws on the carpet (finding it again took
>> longer than the "repair").
>>
>> Here's the second:
>> A test shot taken in the garden in complete darkness.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/album150/_MG_2233-1.jpg.html 
>>
>>
>> Cheers
>> Douglas
>>
>> Technical details: Canon 20D/60mm Macro lens/pop-up
>> flash/ ISO 400
>>
>>
>>
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