Vivitar POWER ZOOM DF-383 Operator's Manual

EOS 50/50e Elan II/IIe Operator’s Manualprepared by Jim Strutz, updated by Niloy J. Mitra9th August 2002http://eosdoc.com/manuals.asp?q=ElanII1

If the subject moves the focus follows.Sometimesyou want to focuson a particular distanceand then recomposewith yoursubject off center. You can do thi

3) Auto DX film speed setting 0 = on, 1 = off4) Use of * button0 = AF start with shutter button, exposure lock with "*" button1 = AF start wi

Figure 4: Back Viewthey only work with the latest Nikon Camera bodies, but the competition on this frontis heating up. Also Sigma has some similar HSM

the QCD. This simply activates the QCD when in the "1" position. I usually leave iton. Others complain that the dial gets moved accidentally

selection. The exposure counter in the LCD will now display the remaining exposuresto be taken on this frame instead of the usual frame number. If you

space on the left side and pull the film leader out until it lines up with the orange markon the right side of the open camera, and close the back. If

Figure 6: Front Viewunits do not cover the side AF points however, so with those flashes, the camera willuse it’s own AF assist light when a side AF po

4 LCD and Viewfinder Information4.1 Liquid Crystal DisplayThe liquid crystal display (LCD) on the top right side of the camera, shows quite abit of inf

To the right is the exposure graph. Most of the time the indicator is under the 0mark, but if you have set Auto Exposure Compensation (AEC) the indica

farthest right, bottom indicator is a dot to show that the camera has found something tofocus on.5 Flash5.1 Built In FlashThe Elan II/IIe’s Built In F

Contents1 Introduction 42 Camera Top Controls 42.1 Shutter Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42.2 Main Dial . . . . . .

exposure. E-TTL also biases the flash exposure towards the area surrounding the activeAF point.E-TTLusually worksbetter than TTL and A-TTL when the lig

highest sync speed (1/125 sec.). Also as light levels increase, to the point of overexposure by the brighter ambient light, the lens aperture will get

You will also have more things to set on the flash (ISO, aperture, zoom) and on thecamera you will have to manually set the lens aperture to what the fl

designed for cameras like the early Pentax Spotmatics. Some of the lenses were verygood and can be found cheap.There are also adapters made to fit olde

full press to fire the shutter. It also has a switch lock to keep the lens open in bulb modewithout having to hold the button.7.3 Viewfinder OptionsDiop

the repair process was a bit tricky. Fortunately this hasn’t proven to be as frequent aproblem as many people expected that it would be.8.2 Lens Incom

7 Optional Equipment 237.1 Battery Packs / Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237.2 Remotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

1 IntroductionElan II/IIe (North American designation) is the same camera as the EOS 50/50e (in-ternational designation). The "e" in the nam

Figure 1: Top View2.3 Command DialOn the top left of the camera you will find the Command Dial. It selects the camera’sexposure modes and other functio

Figure 2: Command Dialing. The primary advantage of P mode over full auto mode is that in P mode you canuse the Main Dial to shift the relative values

(smallest number) and the camera will automatically select the fastest shutter speedsetting that will still provide the correct exposure. While in Av

and hold the shutter button until the camera beeps. You’re all done, but you shoulddo this repeatedly in different kinds of lighting. The more you rec

macro and telephoto use. You can cancel the Self Timer during this 2 or 10 secondwait, before the shutter fires by pressing the Self Timer button again