The settings of say strength and distance are not able to be set automatically, I dont think they had this technology in the 80's yet . It only fires automatically, from my camera's hotshoe. But I guess that is the way to learn it and i shoot full manual 7/10 times anyway so it ain't a problem at all. As usual I will learn myself these skills again, the new job will certainly help me a lot. There will be a lot of night shots and stuff, so.. I have a SLR for just a few months now, I learn a lot with every image. I am still very very far from reaching the limits of my camera, like with the old Fuji..
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wasnt there a special thread for those kind of discussions ? Thnk we need to move there if we want to continue.