gary_griffin Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 I am an fd owner who has a niece that owns an eos 850 and needs to know how to use this camera in manual mode. Is it possible, I don't have a clue about this camera. She nneds to be able to shoot in manual mode for a photo 1 class. Many thanks,Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie_ju1 Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 The 850 was a totally automatic SLR. No exposure modes other than AE Program and AE DEP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppyDigs Posted September 3, 2003 Share Posted September 3, 2003 She'll need to upgrade to one the 850's sucessors--the Rebel series--for manual control. Sometimes the light’s all shining on me. Other times I can barely see. - Robert Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob de la selva Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 Hi, I used this camera two weeks ago for the first time. First thought was - cool, an EOS Second thought was - where is the $#@& aperture priority mode? Third thought was - I didn't realize Canon made SLRs this crap! I'd never even heard of this camera (I'm not that old), but I was out on a friend's boat, there was a humpback whale breaching 25 meters away with its calf and my 10D was at home :( One of the shutter curtains jammed shut halfway throught the roll (before my pics), so I never got to see how crapulent the shots looked through the 28-80 stuck on the front. There did not seem to be any decent modes really (it does say 'dep' on the dial, but I'm not sure whether this is the standard canon 'dep' mode or not, not that that's particularly useful anyway. I shot in green). So sorry, no manual mode and my extensive field testing leads me to believe that this camera belongs at the bottom of the ocean. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oliver_s. Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 There was a time when SLRs without manual options were considered fine beginner toys: Nikon EM (aperture priority only), Olympus OM-10 (aperture priority, manual mode via an optional manual adapter), Canon T50, and then Canon EOS 850. I guess the idea that beginners should learn photography with an old manual SLR dates from the same period and was born in a response to the "full auto" products. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobatkins Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 In the early EOS days Canon made several cameras that lasted less time than current digital models including several that really made no sense, like the 850 and the EM - which was an EOS body with no autofocus. You still had to use regular EF autofocus lenses on it though. I have NO idea what they were thinking when they came up with that brilliant idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eosdoc Posted September 4, 2003 Share Posted September 4, 2003 I think Bob meant the "<a href= http://www.ne.jp/asahi/japan/manual-camera/efm1.htm >EF-M</a>". According to Alvin Shih's EOS FAQ, this was targetted at students who had to use a fully manual body for a course, but who wanted to keep the good glass to use on an Autofocus body after they graduated. See: <a href= http://bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/eosfaq24/7bodies.html#q5 >http://bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/eosfaq24/7bodies.html#q5</a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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