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How to get better results from my camera Hi there, I have a Canon EOS 5000 (basic model)with a 28-105mm lens. I like taking B & W photo's of people - indoors and outdoors. I'm wanting to experiment with aperture settings and pushing and pulling film. I'm having great difficulties trying to do this manually with this model. How do I push a stop with this camera and how dow I adjust the aperture manually? Regards Charles
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Jon Close |
The EOS 5000 is a fully automatic slr, so making manual exposure settings is a bit limited and a little difficult, but not impossible (so long as the 5000 displays shutter speed and aperture in either the viewfinder or the LCD panel on the top). The 5000 does not have manual exposure or aperture priority exposure modes, just shutter priority (Tv) and inteligent program (P), plus 4 PIC modes like Landscape, Close Up, etc. To set a specific aperture you have to back into it by changing the shutter speed in Tv mode or by program shift in P mode. In Tv mode, press the shutter 1/2 way and the camera will determine the aperture for the shutter speed set, in P mode it will set both. Then turn the main control dial (wheel next to the shutter button) left/right to set a higher/lower shutter speed and this will change the corresponding aperture setting. With respect to pushing film, the 5000 sets the ISO automatically using the DX coding on the film can. You cannot set it manually. If you cover the DX coding with masking tape the camera will default to an ISO setting, probably 100, 200, or 400 (I don't know which, the manual might say). So you can "push" film by buying a speed 1 stop or 2 stops slower than the default and covering the DX. If you need a faster push, then you'll have to remember to use the exposure compensation feature on each shot. For example, if you have 400 speed film and you want to push it to 1600 (2 stops), then you have to dial -2 exposure compensation on each shot. I could be wrong, but if I remember correctly you set exposure compensation by pressing the '*' (AE Lock) thumb button on the back and turn the main control dial (wheel next to the shutter). You can do both exposure compensation and program shift to get the exposure you want.
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Colin Bell |
Hi Charles, It would be a good idea to get a manual for the camera and read it. It would explain what the camera was capable of and what it is not able to do. I had to do some research to find out about the EOS 5000, and found that it has got aperture priority mode, Turn your top dial to AV, then turn the top wheel and that will change your aperture, the shutter speed will auto change to suit. As for pulling and pushing film, I found on one site that the iso was set by the "DX coding only" which means that you cant change the film speed manually. (I'm guessing here because I haven't seen that particular model.) If you cant change the speed manually. You can use exposure compensation on the whole role, but you will have to research that. Well good luck with your picture taking Regards Colin B
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