Canon xxD settings.

magpieant

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Hi all.

Had an interesting chat and play with mates camera yesterday - which had us thinking...,

I use a 40d and as of yesterday, a 5dmk2.

I like to use the 'big dial' on the back of the camera to select my focus point.

However, when doing this and shooting in manual, it seems bloody IMPOSSIBLE to change both aperture and shutter speed - as small dial only changes shutter speed - and big dial seems to do nothing (but select focus point!).

Now, it has been a while since I used my camera, and we were trying to do this quickly in the rain yesterday ...but just could not fathom it. Is it possible to use big dial for focus point and change both shutter and aperture quickly????

Cheers in advance!

Anth
 
Hi

To change the aperture on the 40D with the big dial (on the rear), you need to make sure you've got the on / off switch moved to the very top position - i.e. above on the ON mark, needs to be at the line (hope that makes sense)
 
Why not use the joystick for focus points and big dial for aperture making sure as Andy mentioned above that the on/off switch is in the correct position.
 
tijuana taxi said:
Why not use the joystick for focus points and big dial for aperture making sure as Andy mentioned above that the on/off switch is in the correct position.
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+1 the joystick has always been the easiest way of selecting focus point on the 40D for me, using the big dial always seems slow and awkward having to cycle through each point in turn.
 
Landwomble - please excuse my ignorance ... what / where is the Q button ?

Andyred - that only works if you haven't got the big dial already being used for selecting focal points.

Everyone else - I'll try the joystick .... it just seemed more comfortable to use the big dial - but i do take on board your points about it being slower!

thanks for all your replies.

Anth
 
The joystick, once you are used to it, is great.

Press it to instantly select centre point, move it to your desired point with a single flick.
 
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