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EOS 50/50e Elan II/IIe Operator’s Manual

prepared by Jim Strutz, updated by Niloy J. Mitra

9th August 2002

http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=ElanII

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Page 1: ...EOS 50 50e Elan II IIe Operator s Manual prepared by Jim Strutz updated by Niloy J Mitra 9th August 2002 http eosdoc com manuals asp q ElanII 1 ...

Page 2: ...utton 12 3 3 Quick Control Dial 12 3 4 Function Button 13 3 5 Film Rewind Button 14 3 6 Film Window 14 3 7 Camera Back Release 14 3 8 Lens Release Button 15 3 9 Auto Focus Assist Light 15 3 10 Remote Release Port 16 3 11 Battery Compartment 16 4 LCD and Viewfinder Information 17 4 1 Liquid Crystal Display 17 4 2 Viewfinder Display 18 5 Flash 19 5 1 Built In Flash 19 5 2 Flash Metering 19 5 3 E TTL...

Page 3: ...al Equipment 23 7 1 Battery Packs Grips 23 7 2 Remotes 23 7 3 Viewfinder Options 24 7 4 Off Camera Shoe Cord 2 24 8 Known Problems 24 8 1 Battery Compartment 24 8 2 Lens Incompatability 25 9 Specifications 25 3 ...

Page 4: ...to pass information and data in a serial buss fashion This has allowed Canon to bring several upgrades to their lenses and cameras while still allowing complete compatibility with their older EOS equipment It is a very versatile system that is also being used in Canon s newer digital SLRs 2 Camera Top Controls 2 1 Shutter Button The Elan II IIe camera has several dials and buttons that you will ne...

Page 5: ...well as full auto mode will also raise the flash when the camera thinks it s appropriate The major restriction with full auto and PIC modes is that you cannot shift the relative values of the shutter and aperture like you can in P mode Nor can you bias the exposure up or down like you can in P mode The camera picks what it thinks is appropriate without allowing any further advice from you Now that...

Page 6: ...for hand hold ability The camera then selects an appropriate aperture for correct exposure While in Tv mode you can also use the QCD to change the exposure up or down AEC This is only ambient exposure bias and it does not effect the flash exposure Any shutter speed can be set between 1 4000 second to 30 seconds Below 30 seconds the shutter goes into Bulb mode where it will stay open as long as you...

Page 7: ... depth of field to keep two selected distances sharply in focus The easiest way to use it is to turn the Command Dial to DEP and use the center auto focus sensor point the camera at the first subject and press the shutter button half way to autofocus Let the button up and then point the same AF sensor on the top of the second subject and press the shutter half way again to allow the lens to autofo...

Page 8: ...ng area will move to the area surrounding the active AF point if that point is selected manually or by eye control otherwise it stays in the center The rear position square with circle in it of the metering mode switch sets the camera to evaluative metering mode This divides the picture area up into several areas meters them independently and then compares that to a database of possible images tha...

Page 9: ...e exposure 2 6 Focus Mode Switch On the other side of the prism flash hump you ll find the Focus mode switch and the Film Advance switch The Focus mode switch is on top and has three positions and of course only works when the lens is set to AF mode itself In One Shot mode as soon as you press the shutter button half way down the camera will autofocus and lock onto on a subject and it stays locked...

Page 10: ...r second as long as you keep your finger pressed down and there is still film to burn In Continuous Advance mode and if you are also in AI Servo focus mode there will be a slight delay between frames as the camera looks to see if it is still in focus and then readjusts as necessary However if you were in Continuous Advance mode and One Shot focus mode the camera would lock onto a distance and keep...

Page 11: ...e for one scene and then recompose the picture This works particularly well with partial metering where you want to meter a subject but compose the scene with the subject off center Normally pressing the shutter button half way activates autofocus and pressing the AE Lock button locks the exposure value that is determined by the camera s metering system This is called Auto Exposure Lock AEL Howeve...

Page 12: ...select the AF point it thinks you probably want for the scene usually the closest subject with sufficient contrast When you have selected what you want either press the AF Point Selection button again or press the shutter button half way down to confirm your selection 3 3 Quick Control Dial The large dial on the camera back is the Quick Control Dial QCD Most previous EOS cameras did not have a QCD...

Page 13: ...in the center of the exposure graph Press the shutter half way to confirm your selection The next three shots will be 1 at the selected exposure 2 one stop under exposed and then 3 one stop over exposed You can do this same thing without AEB by using Auto Exposure Compensation for each exposure but AEB provides an easy way to do this for several different shots in a row Maybe even the whole roll I...

Page 14: ...5 stops of auto fill flash reduction depending on light levels 3 5 Film Rewind Button Just below the Function button is the Film Rewind button You can use this to rewind the film early It will also increase the speed of the rewind by pressing it again Nor mally the Elan II IIe auto rewinds when it comes to the end of a roll It does this in the silent rewind mode You can speed this up by pressing t...

Page 15: ...t is the Lens Release button Push it in and turn the lens counter clockwise to remove it 3 9 Auto Focus Assist Light Also on the front of the camera is the red Autofocus Assist Light It emits a pat terned near infrared light that will allow the camera to autofocus in otherwise complete darkness This light comes on automatically and very briefly when the camera is aut ofocusing in low light situati...

Page 16: ...se Port On the left side of the camera is a small hole that is actually the plug in port for the RS 60E3 Cord Remote Just plug it in and you can trip your shutter without touching your camera This makes for much steadier shots when using a tripod 3 11 Battery Compartment The Battery Compartment is on the bottom on the right side It uses a 2CR 5 lithium 6 Volt battery Canon claims that you can expe...

Page 17: ...reason The usual solutions are take the battery out try a new battery clean the battery contacts clean the lens and lens mount contacts remove the lens remove the external flash unit If it still blinks you ve got a problem To the right of the battery indicator is the multiple exposure indicator When this is lit you should also see the frame counter portion of the LCD showing how many multiple expo...

Page 18: ...spot There is also an AF indicator dot in the line of lights below the screen These AF squares will also light up when you manually focus your EF EOS mount lens But if you are using a manual focus lens with a lens adapter they will not work The central AF point is a cross type sensor and is sensitive to contrasting lines in any direction The outer AF points are linear and are sensitive to horizont...

Page 19: ...t in flash may be partially blocked by the lens barrel This will cause a rounded shadow at the bottom of the picture This is most pronounced at wide zoom settings and close distances The cure is to use an external flash since it is mounted higher above the lens 5 2 Flash Metering The Elan II IIe is capable of Through The Lens TTL and Advanced TTL A TTL flash metering with external Canon E and EZ s...

Page 20: ... as a master and you use either a 420EX or another 550EX as the slave The wireless mode only works in E TTL or wireless manual modes and only with the Speedlites that have this feature built in At the time of this writing this limits you to the 420EX 550EX or one of Canon s two E TTL ring flashes The ST E2 has no flash built in but can be used as the shoe mounted master instead of using another fl...

Page 21: ...ides negative Flash Exposure Compensation FEC when shooting in bright light If using flash with light levels above 10EV equal to f 5 6 1 30 seconds the camera assumes you want a normal ambient light exposure with fill flash to brighten the nearby subject so it reduces the normal flash output This effect fades in as the brightness of the ambient lighting increases above EV10 The maximum of 1 5 stop...

Page 22: ...lock up due to an incompatibility problem that is discussed below All Canon EF mount lenses will work fine The better grade of Canon USM lenses 28 105 USM etc use a ring type AF motor that allows Full Time Manual FTM focusing without selecting MF on the lens switch FTM allows you to auto focus and then quickly touch up your focus manually Used with custom function 4 to move the AF start to the AE ...

Page 23: ...s that it displaces the tripod mount from directly under the lens axis to a position just over an inch to the right side It also would be more useful to add a Main Dial AE Lock button and AF point selector button But at least this leaves an upgrade path for future cameras The BP 5B is an external battery pack that is used with the vertical grip It has a dummy 2CR 5 battery attached to a coiled wir...

Page 24: ...larger than normal viewfinder of the Elan II IIe 7 4 Off Camera Shoe Cord 2 The Off Camera Shoe Cord 2 OCSC2 is used to get an external Speedlite flash mounted off the camera s hot shoe It provides about 2 feet of easy extension and if you pull on the coiled wire you can stretch it to about 3 feet Canon recommends against it but you can extend this by adding two OCSC2 s together end to end Check t...

Page 25: ...plenty of features for the enthusiast It has proven to be reliable and easy to use It has been upgraded to the EOS 30 Elan 7 7e which has a few more AF point a bit faster operation and a few other improvements but the Elan II IIe isn t far behind Viewfinder coverage 90 vertical and 92 horizontal with 19 5mm of eye relief Metering system 6 zone evaluative 9 5 partial and center weighted Metering ra...

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