EOS 300 - problem with focusing

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Hello,

I am only the beginner with EOS300. I owe it since only few weeks.

I would like to know how to use (what options should be on) to use EOS300 without any automatics.

At the moment even if I switch off the autofocus (switch on the lens) the resulting photo is not focused like I see it during making photo. I would like that I decide about the exposure time, aperture, focus and zoom. I want that the resulting photo is an exact copy (by means of focusing) of the image I see in the camera during making the photo.

Is that possible in EOS300 that the aperture is set to it's value all the time (not only at the exposure moment) or something like this?

Maybe my camera is simply broken?

Cheers,

Lukasz

PS. I know how to make photos with standard old fashioned cameras which don't have any automatic but only TTL. I only have a manual on German for my EOS300 (I don't speak German) so it doesn't help.

-- Lukasz (plucinks@mail.desy.de), June 15, 2001

Answers

I understand your question to be how can you make the EOS 300 entirely manually controlled. Is that correct? To do that, switch your lens to manual focus, and turn the dial to mode M. (metered manual) now you are controlling focus, aperture, and shutter speed.

-- peter bg (pbg333@hotmail.com), June 15, 2001.

What Peter Bg said. But since you don't have a manual you can read...

In manual mode, to set the shutter speed, turn the main (Electronic Input) dial (the one by the shutter button). To set the aperture, press & hold the button under your right thumb and then turn the main dial.

You should be able to see the meter scale in the bottom of the viewfinder. Normally you will want to select a combination of shutter & aperture that will center that scale.

If you set the lens switch to manual you should be able to focus the lens manually as well. The camera has several indicators next to the meter scale that shows when any of the autofocus points come into focus manually.

-- Jim Strutz (jimstrutz@juno.com), June 15, 2001.


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