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1. From : TomR (tomrdale@aol.com)
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Date : 12:37 AM Thursday 13 November, 2003

John, (A) In full auto mode, the flash is the primary light source and the camera will generally select a shutter speed of 1/60 to 1/90. If the subject is well lit by supplemental lighting or if your shooting outdoors in good daylight, the camera will set itself to a shutter speed of up to 1/250. In short, the answer to your question is yes, but only to the extent that ambient light will overexpose the shot given the camera's programed shutter speed/aperture selection. (B & C) A-TTL is basicly a fill flash mode. If you check, you'll see that you get nearly the same meter readings for A-TTL or for flashless shooting. (D) Regrettably, the only way to do what you want (if I understand your goal) will result in the meter readings you encountered in your prior senarios. If you select 1/120 in Tv, you'll get wide apertures; and you shoot in Av mode, you'll have to open the aperture to a wide setting to get the 1/120 SS you desire. (E) If you want small apertures so you get a better depth of field while in one of the AE modes, I'm afraid you're going to have to get a tripod and let the camera select one of the long shutter speeds the program likes. Alternatives would be to shoot in manual mode, calculating the aperture yourself; or get supplemental lighting of the correct temperature. Let us know if this answered your questions. TomR.

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2. From : John G Wells (jonw1929@msn.com)
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Date : 11:17 AM Wednesday 12 November, 2003

I have a canon T-90 and a Canon 300TL Flash. I would like to understand how the 300TL works.

(a) When it is in Full Auto mode (TTL) that is the Flash is set to "P" and the camera lense is set to "A" does the flash measure and consider ambient light?
(b) I would like to take pictures indoors of small scale displays (2 to 6 ft wide) under normal interior incandescent or fluorescent lighting but with the flash set to A-TTL, and the camera set to Shutter Priority, the aperature selected by the program is often wide open, so the depth of field is very shallow.

(c) In the same situation if the camera is set to aperature priority so I can control depth of field, the program selects a very long exposure precluding hand holding the camera. What is the best way to set the camera and the flash so I can take hand held

(d) In most of the standard settings for A-TTL flash the program selects a shutter speed of 1/60 second. I would prefer to use 1/120 second to avoid blur caused by camera shake when using a 100cm lense in hand held photograps of the above described displays. Is there a way I can get the camera to use 1/120 second shutter speed with falash in A-TTL and still have the camera automatically select the shutter speed?
(e) What would the optimial settings for the camera and flash be for hand held flash photographs of these small scale displays with the described equipment and under the lighting conditions described?

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3. From : Mickey Oberman (mickeyobe@internet.look.ca)
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Date : 03:57 PM Friday 07 November, 2003

Steve G. B.: The T 90 has 3 motors. One to advance the film. One to rewind the film and one to do all the mechanical work. I believe the film is wound around the film advance motor when it is advanced. There is a cut away view of the intestines of the camera in The Canon T90 Performance Book" Pages 125 & 125. It shows the advance motor with sprocket teeth at its bottom - probably to trap and hold the film as the motor revolves. There is another toothed device that is visible when one opens the back of the camera. It is freewheeling and seems only to serve the purpose of keeping the film properly aligned. The film rewind motor on the other side of the camera does just that and only that - rewind the film. I presume that the film advance motor is disengaged from all gears when the film is being rewound. I loaded a film in the camera to see what I could see. I discovered only that the film will not advance when one depresses the shutter button if the back is open so there was nothing to observe. I hope this answers your question. There are true experts on this site who may be much more positive and helpful than I. Mickey

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4. From : Ken D (kdurling@earthlink.net)
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Date : 10:48 PM Thursday 06 November, 2003

Greg - It's an easy DIY, with a jeweler's screwdriver. You'll find three screws on the front of the body - one right above the lens mount and two on the beveled plate right under it. Remove these, then loosen - don't remove - the two screws on the plate that contains the film door release latch. This will enable you to now work the front plate off. You can now tighten the mount screws at its four corners as needed. Replace front plate, being careful to match DOF preview button's lever with its matching slot, and screw everything down again. Ken

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5. From : Greg (gpage7@aol.com)
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Date : 01:03 PM Thursday 06 November, 2003

I just purchased my first t90. I find that the lens connecting ring on the body is loose. Loose enought fo the 50mm lens to wobble. Is this a fix an amature can do? Any recommendations as to someone in the repair business who could do this fix? thanks

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6. From : MArk (darkmyson@homtail.com)
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Date : 04:25 AM Thursday 06 November, 2003

Steve GB: I'm looking in the back of my T90 now....it DOES have sprockets and a take up roller/spool. I'm not 100% sure what advances the film - there's no film in the camera so nothing moves when I fire the shutter but my guess would be that the fim is indeed pulled through by the take up roller/spool (looking closely it appears to have small "sprockets" at the bottom to engage with the film perforations. Having said all that I can (almost) sympathise with your T90 owner as it's so easy to load (just pull film to orange mark and close back, so there's no need to worry whether or not there are sprockets or whatever....). Hope this clears it up (I could probably provide photographic evidence if required!! Cheers, Mark.

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7. From : Jomar Haktorson (jomarh_no@yahoo.com)
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Date : 12:44 AM Thursday 06 November, 2003

Diane! The post belowe yours may be a question to your answer. I personally have both the T90 and the F-1N. The T90 is surely the most exciting camera camera to use, but the F-1 has another feel of quality, and I'm convinced it will last decades after the T-90 has gone to the rubbish dump. If you are going to stick by the old FD-lenses you'll need a camera house you really can trust. When it comes to reliability no T90s can beat the F-1.

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8. From : Diane LeBas (dianelebas@hotmail.com)
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Date : 12:06 AM Thursday 06 November, 2003

Is the T-9 0 a more capable camera than the F-1n? Why is the latter more expensive on the used market?

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9. From : horst (horst.scheid@epost.de)
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Date : 06:47 PM Wednesday 05 November, 2003

Hi,I have some trouble with my T90 : The shutter is not working ! I tried / found following things :
- batteries are ok (I took new ones, testing shows 'full')
- happens in all modes (manual, program, Tv, Av..)
- occurs with and without lens/film
- when pressing the button, I hear a very weak clicking inside the body and on the display right side the arrow(triangle) starts flashing, there is no error message 'EEE' or so
- in 'slow' or 'high' speed mode, I hear these clicks continously

Does anyone have an idea what happened and how to bring back to normal conditions ? Best regards, Horst

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10. From : SteveGB (easyname@hotmail.com))
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Date : 07:56 PM Tuesday 04 November, 2003

Can anyone clear up a little discussion we had last night at our local camera club. A T90 owner claims his does not have a film take up spool, just a take up cavity and neither does it have any film sprockets? Also can any body confirm what method is used to advance the film, we think it is pulled in by the take up spool, he suggests that the chrome pinch roller drives the film forward? Finally what is use to position the film, we think the sprocket shaft, he says drive shaft revolutions? Many thanks. Steve

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