Page 2 - Contents
Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Camera Top Controls 4 2.1 Shutter Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.2 Main Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.3 Command Dial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 2.4 Metering M...
Page 4 - Shutter Button
1 Introduction Elan II/IIe (North American designation) is the same camera as the EOS 50/50e (in-ternational designation). The "e" in the name refers to the "eye control" option that isused to quickly select autofocus points as well as depth of field (DOF) preview. EOS,by the way, st...
Page 5 - Command Dial
Figure 1: Top View 2.3 Command Dial On the top left of the camera you will find the Command Dial. It selects the camera’sexposure modes and other functions. The red L position is Lock, or the camera offposition. To turn the dial from the L position, press in the metal tab on the front ofthe dial. Th...
Page 9 - Focus Mode Switch
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. The RC-1 IR remote control is relatively inexpensive and works very well for numerous situations. You can use it instead of the Self Timer when you...
Page 10 - Film Advance Switch
If the subject moves the focus follows. Sometimes you want to focus on a particular distance and then recompose with your subject off center. You can do this by selecting a side AF point, or by autofocusingin One Shot mode and holding the shutter button half way down to keep that focusdistance selec...
Page 11 - Other Camera Controls & Features; Auto Exposure Lock Button
3) Auto DX film speed setting 0 = on, 1 = off4) Use of * button0 = AF start with shutter button, exposure lock with "*" button1 = AF start with "*" button, exposure lock with shutter button2 = same as 0, plus DOF check with "*" button5) Mirror lock with self timer0 = normal t...
Page 13 - Function Button
the QCD. This simply activates the QCD when in the "1" position. I usually leave iton. Others complain that the dial gets moved accidentally, so they keep it turned off. 3.4 Function Button On the camera back near the left side is the Function button. Repeated presses of thebutton cycle you ...
Page 15 - Lens Release Button
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 the camera is not alreadyon, turn it on now, and the film will wind to the first frame. Can’t get much easier with35mm film. Figure 5: Inside View Yo...
Page 17 - LCD and Viewfinder Information; Liquid Crystal Display
4 LCD and Viewfinder Information 4.1 Liquid Crystal Display The liquid crystal display (LCD) on the top right side of the camera, shows quite abit of information about what is going on with the camera. At the top left is a numericdisplay that shows the shutter speed when metering, but is also used t...
Page 18 - Viewfinder Display
To the right is the exposure graph. Most of the time the indicator is under the 0 mark, but if you have set Auto Exposure Compensation (AEC) the indicator will moveto the - or the + side to show how much compensation you are using. It has a +/- 2stop range. This graph is also used to show Auto Expos...
Page 19 - Flash; Built In Flash
farthest right, bottom indicator is a dot to show that the camera has found something tofocus on. 5 Flash 5.1 Built In Flash The Elan II/IIe’s Built In Flash is TTL only. Like all such built in flash units, it islimited by its low power. It is also very close to the lens axis, and this frequentlycau...
Page 20 - Flash Exposure Modes
exposure. E-TTL also biases the flash exposure towards the area surrounding the activeAF point. E-TTL usually works better than TTL and A-TTL when the lighting is difficult such as a backlit or small nearby subject with a distant background, or an off-center subject.E-TTL is also an improvement with...
Page 22 - Lenses; EF Mount Lenses
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 flash says, and youwill have to make sure that your shutter doesn’t exceed 1/125 second. Still, with allthat, auto flash is a bargain if power and ver...
Page 23 - Battery Packs / Grips
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 older Canon manual focus lenses, but these will either not allow infinity focus or will increase the focal length of your lens with a smallteleconverter...
Page 24 - Battery Compartment
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 Options Dioptric Corrective Lenses ED are available to correct vision problems. The ElanII/IIe has 19.5mm of eye relief. Normally people with glasses or conta...
Page 25 - Lens Incompatability; Specifications
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 Incompatability Other than problems with the battery compartment, the most frequently reported trou-ble seems to be an incompatibility with some third par...
