P3D Re: FED auto and/or manual

[Steve Berezin <sbere@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Hans A.J. Middendorp" wrote:
> 
> Gary Schacker wrote (Digest 3439) about the FED:
> 
> >How can we convey to the Fed people that if they would
> >drop the auto and make a totally manual version of the
> >camera, that people like us >would buy them?
> 
> According to the Kalimex page, all FEDs have auto and manual operation.
> Please clarify, somebody?
> 
> Hans
> -
The manual setting of the Feds is actually fixed at 1/30 of a second. 
You have a choice of f-stops between 2.8 and 16 (or 11 on the Fedboy)
but the setting for time will always be 1/30 of a second.  It is made
for use with a flash or with a tripod under favorable conditions (no
movement, perfect light...), in other words it is not really set up for
manual operation.
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