Re: [photo-3d] Re: Digital camera recommendations?

[Brian Reynolds <reynolds@xxxxxxxxx>]

Michael Galazin wrote:
> Brian Reynolds wrote about his Nikon Coolpix 800:
> "3) The onboard flash is pathetic, and there is no flash sync connector
>    for external flash.  When using the flash make sure you set the
>    white balance to flash."
> 
> I have a Nikon APS and a cheapo earthlink digital camera, both of
> which have pathetic flashes too.  For $20 on ebay I picked up a
> Konica slave flash attachment that you screw onto the camera base.
> Its sensor will fire my Vivitar 283 right with the camera
> flash....provided the red-eye reduction is not on, of course.
> 

I have a Wein slave flash adapter for my Vivtar 285.

I've heard that some of the digicams fire the flash more than once,
even with red-eye reduction turned off.  The first flash is for color
balance and the second flash is the main flash.  The color balance
flash fools the slave flash into firing early.

I don't know if the CP800 does this and I haven't bothered to test it.
I don't use flash enough to be bothered, but I know a lot of people do
and I figured they should know the limitations of the CP800 flash.

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