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<p>Thanks to everyone for your responses. You've pretty much confirmed what I was thinking.<br> I think I'll wait until mid-January and see what happens.</p>

<p>Oops; my mistake.<br> The current real price for the 70d is $900. The $800 price I was remembering was an "open box" camera.</p>

<p>I'd like to upgrade from my 50d to a 70d.<br> Apparently Canon is bringing out the 80d in a few months.<br> My question is about Canon pricing policy. The 70d is down to $800 now; is it likely to go even lower shortly before it's phased out, or would I be risking missing out on it altogether if I try to "time the market?" Would you expect to see prices significantly better than the current $800?<br> (and before someone says "the 80d will be better:" I'm sure that's true, but it will also be at it's highest price ever for the 6 months or so after it is introduced. $1300-$1400 would be a budget buster.)</p>

<p>YES!!!<br> That was it. Thanks so much.<br> Now that I know about it, I found the description on Page 101 of the manual, but I don't think I would ever have made the connection without the tip-off. I have no idea how the lever got moved to "2".<br> Thanks again............</p> <p> </p>

<p>Thanks for the suggestion. I tried both a "Basic" and a "Full" reset in the "Reset/Myset" menu.<br> It did not change the behavior of the front and rear wheels. Still need to press the shutter button to get exposure comp on the front wheel, or aperture change on the rear.</p>

<p > I have both an EM-5 and an EM-1. The instructions for exposure compensation for the two cameras are (nearly) identical, the only difference being that Olympus changed the name of the dial from “sub dial” to “front dial.” The two instructions are pasted below.</p> <p> </p> <p >The EM-5 works as described.</p> <p> </p> <p >On my EM-1, however, turning the front dial without half-pressing the shutter release brings up the ISO/White balance screen, NOT exposure compensation. Getting to exposure comp requires half-pressing the shutter release with one finger while turning the wheel with another. The “easiest” way to do this is with two hands, pressing the shutter button with my left index finger, and turning the wheel with the right. It’s awkward and inconvenient.</p> <p> </p> <p >The same problem exists on the rear wheel. </p> <p >On the EM-5, adjusting the aperture in Aperture Priority mode (for instance) requires just moving the rear wheel. </p> <p >On the EM-1, the shutter release must be half-pressed for this to happen. Turning the rear wheel without pressing the shutter release brings up the ISO/White balance screen again. </p> <p > </p> <p >I have not (intentionally) changed any of the button/wheel assignments.</p> <p > </p> <p >Is this the way the EM-1 is supposed to work? Is the camera broken or is there a customization setting somewhere that I might have changed by accident?</p> <p > </p> <p > </p> <p > </p> <p > From instruction manuals:<br /></p> <p ><strong >For EM-1:</strong></p> <p ><strong >“Controlling exposure (exposure compensation)</strong></p> <p >Rotate the front dial to choose exposure compensation. Choose positive (“+”) values to</p> <p >make pictures brighter, negative (“–”) values to make pictures darker. Exposure can be</p> <p >adjusted by ±5.0 EV.”</p> <p > </p> <p > </p> <p ><strong >For EM-5:</strong></p> <p ><strong >“Controlling exposure (exposure compensation)</strong></p> <p >Rotate the sub dial to choose exposure compensation. Choose positive (“+”) values to</p> <p >make pictures brighter, negative (“–”) values to make pictures darker. Exposure can be</p> <p >adjusted by ±3 EV.”</p> <p > </p> <p > </p>