What do you set in the "User mode"
Posted 21/05/2011 - 11:59
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karma mechanic wrote:
However, if you switch the camera from USER mode to AV mode (or indeed any other mode) it automatically uses the settings from the User mode number that was last set, not the one last used.
Even if the camera was in User2 (DNG files etc) it will still switch to 2M JPEG files if you switch away from USER mode. The last settings saved become the system defaults.
I was playing around with this last night, and this isn't quite what happens on mine. At first glance it does appear the way you've described it, e.g. I was in Tv, set everything up how I wanted, saved it as User3, then changed modes to User3 to check it was working. Then when I switched back to Av it kept all the User3 settings. However, if you switch the camera from USER mode to AV mode (or indeed any other mode) it automatically uses the settings from the User mode number that was last set, not the one last used.
Even if the camera was in User2 (DNG files etc) it will still switch to 2M JPEG files if you switch away from USER mode. The last settings saved become the system defaults.
BUT if after setting User3 you then switch back to Av or Tv etc mode, then change the settings back to your normal ones (back to RAW, in your case), the next time you switch to User3 and then back to AV it won't retain the User3 settings back in AV mode.
Tim
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Posted 21/05/2011 - 12:49
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thoughton wrote:
BUT if after setting User3 you then switch back to Av or Tv etc mode, then change the settings back to your normal ones (back to RAW, in your case), the next time you switch to User3 and then back to AV it won't retain the User3 settings back in AV mode.
Yes, it retains the last ones set. User mode is a red herring, and that's what confused me. Setting it to 2 meg JPEG for example (in order to save that in a User mode) is what is retained, so coming out of User mode it just uses whatever was set previously - in this case 2 meg JPEG. I guess I had associated the changing of settings with the idea of saving them as a User mode, without realising that settings are remembered anyway. BUT if after setting User3 you then switch back to Av or Tv etc mode, then change the settings back to your normal ones (back to RAW, in your case), the next time you switch to User3 and then back to AV it won't retain the User3 settings back in AV mode.
It was the manually putting the settings back to my normal ones that was the missing step...
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[quote:3496ace15f="johnriley"]As regards SR, when on a tripod I use the 2 second timer, so the SR is switched off and the mirror locked up anyway. It also prevents any camera shake form operating the shutter release.
I haven't used any of the user modes on mine .