P3D Re: PHOTO-3D digest 3774

[Peter Davis <pd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does the Rebel X have some external electronic shutter jack that can be 
twinned easily?  Does it sync well enough for flash?  If so, does anyone 
know a way to connect a flash so both cameras think it's "theirs?"

Thanks,

-pd



At 11:47 AM 3/8/00, you wrote:
>In a message dated 3/8/00 9:47:08 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>photo-3d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
><< I saw a comment on here about the Canon Rebel X for sale at Wal-Mart
>  for $200. Yes, thats cheap but what lens comes with the camera? When I
>  bought my Rebel XSqd back in 1995 the standard lens was/still is, a
>  35 to 80mm zoom. This lens is not sharp at all. In fact it was the main
>  reason I peddled the camera. Cheaper to buy another camera with a good
>  lens than to buy fixed lenses in the EF style. But if you don't mind
>  parking the zoom that comes with the Rebel and getting a good fixed
>  focus lens, then the Rebel is a good buy. Mine had a very accurate
>  and flexible metering system in it. But the zoom I would have to say,
>  is one rotten lens. >>
>
>This is interesting, and not at all reflective of my experience.  My twin rig
>  uses Rebel X cameras, with the 35-80 zooms that came with the bodies,  and
>one of the first things that people comment on is the sharpness of the
>images.  I'm very satisfied with these lenses.  Diff'rent strokes for
>diff'rent folks, I guess.
>
>Jim Norman

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