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Hi to every one:I am new to Canon EOS and I have a question about the 1n-RS. I will like to know which is the effect of the fixed mirror on the lens F stop. If, for example, I use the 85 F/1.2, which will be the resulting F stop due to the light loss ? (because of the fixed mirror).
Any Comments ?
Thanks in advance,
Jorge Saravia
-- Jorge Saravia (1357@mail.usa.com), January 06, 1999
The RS (and RT) has a 2/3 stop penalty. It's the same as putting a 2/3 stop filter on any lens on any other EOS body. You get the same DOF, but less light at any given f-stop
-- Bob Atkins (bobatkins@hotmail.com), January 07, 1999.
An interesting piece of trivia, often overlooked concerning the 1NRS:Only 65% of the light passes through the mirror, resulting in about 2/3 stop light loss (compared to the mirror flipped up as with the 1N). But since the EOS 1N mirror passes only 37% of the light, about twice as much light is available for the AF and spot meter sensors behind the INRS mirror. Therefore the INRS specs call for 1 stop "better" sensitivity (AF and spot meter) than the 1N.
-Dave
-- Dave Herzstein (dherzstein@juno.com), April 13, 1999.