I'm using 40D, both 40D and 430EX should qualify as a newer design.
C.H.Ling
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chuck Norcutt"
>I didn't mention it but Crockett would also say that certain camera
> bodies essentially do not function in TTL. For Canon the 10D and 20D do
> nor work reliably in TTL. Later bodies do work but, of course, only
> when TTL is the main light.
>
> Dr. Flash
>
> C.H.Ling wrote:
>> Talking about Canon flash, it is the poorest flash system I have ever
>> used,
>> even the old Olympus T-flashes are better (I once tested my T32 in TTL
>> mode
>> was around +/- 0.3 stops from 3 to 15 feet). The most reliable flash I
>> have
>> ever used was the FL50 in auto mode, in TTL mode it suffered from under
>> exposure with strong reflection objects (mirror.. etc.) inside the frame.
>> My
>> Canon 430EX is consistently 2/3 to 1 1/3 stop under in TTL mode, may be I
>> have used non original Canon lenses but they are both latest design from
>> Tamron (17-50 and 70-300 LD Macro 1:2) and there is no excuse for such
>> big
>> error. The 430EX also has no auto mode and only provide 1/2, 1/4... half
>> stop manual mode, compared with FL36 it is highly overpriced.
>>
>>
>> C.H.Ling
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