Canon EOS 5Div Manual
Sep 25, 2021 07:06:23 #
Sep 25, 2021 07:52:24 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
There are several good 3rd party books/manuals that tell you how to get the most out of your camera. The factory manuals purpose is to show you how the camera and its features function, not to teach photography.
yeh, David Busch's manual looks promissing, going to download it on Nook. Thanks (someone) for that. Ed
Sep 25, 2021 09:25:00 #
dbrugger25
Loc: Raleigh, NC
The first thing I do when I buy an advanced technology camera is to order David Busch's book about it. Some of the settings suggested by David Busch reflect his personal preferences and might not be yours. The books will help you become familiar with the camera and its thousands of combinations of settings. He presents everything in a very logical and easy to understand format.
Once you achieve that you can adopt your own formulas. It seems that the most advanced cameras are the most difficult to master. That is the price of versitility and capabilities.
The owner manuals are packed with information but I use them as a reference but would not be inclined to read them from cover to cover.
Once you achieve that you can adopt your own formulas. It seems that the most advanced cameras are the most difficult to master. That is the price of versitility and capabilities.
The owner manuals are packed with information but I use them as a reference but would not be inclined to read them from cover to cover.
Sep 25, 2021 11:14:44 #
Picture Taker
Loc: Michigan Thumb
Go on line and down load it. Its larger vprint and you look up in the index, click it and it goes to the page.
Sep 25, 2021 11:32:17 #
robertjerl wrote:
Dummies books are great. They make you feel smart ... or at least feel like a much smarter dummy :-)
Sep 25, 2021 22:50:00 #
Sep 25, 2021 23:40:56 #
User ID wrote:
Dummies books are great. They make you feel smart ... or at least feel like a much smarter dummy :-)
I have several on different subjects but my wife and daughter refuse to use them because of the word "Dummies" - they are afraid someone will see them with them and make a judgement.
Sep 25, 2021 23:44:15 #
dbrugger25 wrote:
The first thing I do when I buy an advanced technology camera is to order David Busch's book about it. Some of the settings suggested by David Busch reflect his personal preferences and might not be yours. The books will help you become familiar with the camera and its thousands of combinations of settings. He presents everything in a very logical and easy to understand format.
With 20-20 hindsight I'll raise you one. I shoulda bought one of his books before I made the "buy" decision for any camera in the past.
My cel phone has the capabilities of doing everything but walking my dog, unfortunately as more capabilities are added, it has become more and more difficult to use to the point where IN FACT I have begun to phase it out in favor of email.. When ordering on line, I tell vendors that I don't have a working telephone, escentially true....
Sep 25, 2021 23:49:49 #
having been married >50 years may I assure you that the two words "feminine & logic" are mutually exclusive. 
Sep 26, 2021 00:00:41 #
David_E
Loc: Maryland Eastern Shore
k2edm wrote:
With 20-20 hindsight I'll raise you one. I shoulda bought one of his books before I made the "buy" decision for any camera in the past.
My cel phone has the capabilities of doing everything but walking my dog, unfortunately as more capabilities are added, it has become more and more difficult to use to the point where IN FACT I have begun to phase it out in favor of email.. When ordering on line, I tell vendors that I don't have a working telephone, escentially true....
My cel phone has the capabilities of doing everything but walking my dog, unfortunately as more capabilities are added, it has become more and more difficult to use to the point where IN FACT I have begun to phase it out in favor of email.. When ordering on line, I tell vendors that I don't have a working telephone, escentially true....
I use what I call a "Hello/Goodbye" phone....never use all the bells and whistles they have packed into them
Sep 26, 2021 00:35:11 #
k2edm wrote:
having been married >50 years may I assure you that the two words "feminine & logic" are mutually exclusive.
I am not arguing with them about it. They both know how to use sharp things and I taught both to shoot.
My wife is a retired Surgical RN and OR Charge Nurse and our daughter is a 3rd Year Medical student at UVA who for over a year with Covid has spent a lot of time working in hospitals around Virginia due to staff shortages. She wants to be a surgeon so some of them have been giving her sort of "accelerated" lessons. Last week she had a chief surgeon tell her to close up a patient so he could get to an emergency accident victim. Just her and the emergency room's chief surgical nurse to watch her and offer support.
If they don't want to use my Dummies books that is OK. I'll use it as an excuse to buy another book on the same thing.
Sep 26, 2021 00:36:54 #
k2edm wrote:
doesn't have anything to do with teaching photogra... (show quote)
Did you try the B setting on the mode dial?
Sep 26, 2021 03:42:31 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Did you try the B setting on the mode dial?
yeh, but there are two modes: press & hold and press to open and press agn to close.... was a while ago, I am looking forward to the books to simplify a lot of the fog
Sep 28, 2021 13:26:07 #
k2edm wrote:
yeh, but there are two modes: press & hold and press to open and press agn to close.... was a while ago, I am looking forward to the books to simplify a lot of the fog
Did you ever find the setting for the double press method? I've been using an intervalometer to do this.
Sep 28, 2021 13:37:20 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
Did you ever find the setting for the double press method? I've been using an intervalometer to do this.
NO, AND NOW i CANNOT fiND THE (SUPPLIED) CAMERA MANUEL, I am hopeing the David manual described above solves the problem (if it ever gets here)... Ed
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