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Offline KaLi

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Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« on: 24 / February / 2010, 12:24:50 »
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I'm owning a G11... (FW:1J)

unfortunately, if I deactivate the af assist beam (the white LED) in the canon menu, it will only affect the no-flash-mode. If I want to use the (internal) flash, the assist beam comes up.

This is annoying, if I want to take a candid shot of children and pets.

Well... I could use black electrical tape to shut down the lampf... but it should easily be possible, to absolutely deactivate this LED feature via CHDK.

Do other canon cameras with assist LED behave the same?
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Re: Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« Reply #1 on: 22 / May / 2010, 05:43:35 »
Hej,
I can't seem to be able to desactivate it either on my SX10 IS.
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Re: Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« Reply #2 on: 22 / May / 2010, 06:56:21 »
s3is - when i deactivate  then (green) af assist lamp in the canon menu, it stays off forever.
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Re: Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« Reply #3 on: 22 / May / 2010, 16:42:20 »
Hej,
It even seems that my SX10 IS changes the focus while in MF mode. :/
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Re: Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« Reply #4 on: 23 / May / 2010, 05:25:34 »
Quote from: yvesson on 22 / May / 2010, 05:43:35
I can't seem to be able to desactivate it either on my SX10 IS.
Yes; AF assist LED gets automatically active when the flash is opened, although the Canon setting is off.
...place your thumb over the LED ;)
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Re: Definitive "off" for af-assist-beam
« Reply #5 on: 23 / May / 2010, 06:22:50 »
Hej,
It annoyed me while light painting...
For some reason, I set MF and 2s delay for the shot, manual exposure and thus manual flash power, but still pressing the shutter doesn't shoot right after, it searches for something. ://

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