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>In article <4t2pao$7rg@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu> d_ruether@hotmail.com (Bob >Neuman writes:
>> When I need TTL
>> fill-flash, my 8008's with SB-24's serve me better than either the FA
>> or FE-2 (same 1/250th sync., but unlimited [contrary to the instruction
>> book] ASA range, and simple control of TTL fill ratios).
>I realize that the FE2/FA TTL is supposed to be limited to
>400 ASA or under, but just exactly what happens when you use
>films above this range? I am aware that Nikon speedlights
>will blink the ready light, but my Vivitar 550FD doesn't do
>this, and the exposures (on Fuji Super G 800 ASA, admitedly
>negative film), seem to work fine. Is this limitation
>perhaps like the metering range, which is quoted in the
>manual as being quite restricted, but actually works fine
>into multi-second exposures? What is the 8008's TTL range?
>I've asked about this before, and never got much of a
>response, and the Nikon literature is singularly
>uninformative on this issue (simply saying don't use film
>faster than 400 ASA). Any info on this (even anecdotal)
>would be great.
With the FE-2 and FA above 400 ASA (or F3 [or N2000/2020
above 1000 ASA]) and a flash that does not cause the ready
light to blink, I don't know what happens - maybe the
exposure defaults to what it would have been with 400 ASA,
and the latitude of the 800 Fuji (only one stop different
in speed - you would barely notice it with color negative
film) covers it? As to the 8008, I thought I had covered
that in the original post: the instructions say 1000 ASA,
but in practice (and test), 3200 ASA works fine (maybe
I tried 6400, also - can't remember), so there is no
practical limit to the range that I found
for real-film speeds.
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