setting aperture in manual on a 1d mkii n

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Hi, followed the manual on how to set the aperture value in manual on my 1d mkii n ,i am using the wheel dial to set it but it will not change ,i can change the shutter speed but not the aperture.Could any one help.Thanks
 
Hi,

Im not a Canon shooter but from memory I think you need to make sure the power switch is in the correct postion and then use the wheel on the rear of the body for Aperture.

Apologies if that what you have tried, i wasnt sure which dial you were refering to.
 
It's not the power button it's the little switch above the wheel make sure that it's set to "on" it's just like the little lock switch on some other cameras. It's confusing because it doesn't turn the wheel off or on it just stops it been used to change the shutter speed or aperture depending on what you set it to do. Hope this works. If it doesn't it's probably because you set it up to do something else in your settings.
 
Sorry to revive this, but I'm having the same problem with my new 1DMkIII body. Its driving me nuts. I thought it was me being a dummy, but I can use Av and Tv but can only set the SS in M mode. Aperture stubbornly refuses to be set using the big round wheel!

I've disabled live view (which was already set up to use the 'set' button) but that doesn't seem to make any difference.

I am also finding that the ISO stubbornly refuses to be moved from 200 - 3200 despite going into the custom functions.

What am I doing wrong??
 
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Ok. By fiddling discovered that in M mode you set the SS with the wheel on top and the aperture with the +\_ button. Still cant change the iso limits tho
 
Have you just purchased a used camera? If so, i would suggest resetting it and setting up from scratch.
 
I think the camera shop helpfully set some things up. Ill go back and if no joy will try as you suggest.
 
Hi. I did a reset, then did a custom function or 2. Seems to work just fine now. I also upgraded the firmware - I think it still had the original. I think its worth checking on that too.
 
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