That is daft. But surely you can adjust the behaviour, Chuck?
Chris
On 14 Aug 2010, at 21:51, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> But, even though the 5D does have dual control dials, it still bugs me
> that the role of the dials changes when in aperture preferred mode. In
> manual mode the front dial controls shutter speed and the rear dial
> aperture. In shutter preferred mode the front dial still controls
> shutter speed and the rear dial is exposure compensation. But in
> aperture preferred mode the front dial is relegated to controlling
> aperture because the rear dial is exposure compensation. I suppose it
> makes perfect sense to some Canon engineer but it has me turning the
> wrong dial whenever I use aperture preferred. Perhaps that's one of the
> reasons I choose to shoot almost exclusively in manual mode. Everything
> is familiar and doesn't more around. And, amazingly, exposure
> compensation can be controlled by either dial. Not special wandering
> buttons, dials or modes required. :-)
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