Lowell, if it weren't for the fact that I'm coming into my "geezer" years, I'd really be beside myself; waiting for the camera body to arrive! (smile) As it is, I've got this patience that I didn't have even 15 years ago. And regarding flash units and camera capture and save speeds... When I finally get the "catcher" (camera body), for my lineup of "pitchers" (my lenses), I'll be doing natural light shots to learn the metering. I still use the old school approach of taking the ASA of the film or sensor setting, making the reciprocal, 1/ASA, as my shutter speed, and then using the old f5.6 for soft lighting, f11 for outdoor or generous light and f16 to f22 for bright lighting or unobstructed sun. During Vietnam we didn't always have metering, so knowing how to sense light and settings for whatever we carried was an important skill. The only time I use the flash on the Oly E20N is with the soft box attached, and when I'm doing events. If I'm indoors, I like to find a white surface to bounce the flash off of, while using a small direct flash to balance the shadows. As for speed, the Oly has to be way slower than the ist series. If I shoot raw TIFF (15megs) on the Oly, I literally have to wait half a minute, it seems, for the image to write to the card. I'll be interested in seeing what "slow" is with this Pentax.
Last edited by alsterling; 10-08-2009 at 09:26 PM.
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