I think its funny you consider digital and flash a money pit yet all the exotic lenses we talk about are not. To each his own. On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 9:22 PM, Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Well, my fears were only fears. The Rebel T1i works quite nicely with a > variety of flashes, though, of course, only on the flash's internal > circuitry. For instance, my Metz 45CL4 will provide TTVL (through the > viewing lens) metering with the SCA 356 adapter on my Rolleiflex 2.8GX, and > a neat job it is. On the Canon Rebel, with the PC cord and adapter, it has > no interface with the camera other than synch but the flash is mighty > sophisticated in its own right. The same works with the Vivitar 283 -- no > camera interface but a sophisticated workhorse of a flash. > > One great virtue of a digital camera is that you can do a quick test shot > and establish the best settings for a given environment.before you make the > critical exposure. > > Flash on digital is even more of a money pit than it is with film, but, > fortunately, I do very little flash work, so what I have will do me for the > time being. But I could easily drop $1,000 without blinking an eye. > > Marc > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the > subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬