Up until recently I have had an EOS 5 and 540EZ but recently upgraded to the EOS 3 and have yet to follow suit with the flash. I have been using the 540EZ with the EOS 3 and noticed that in P mode (ie when I am not using a tripod) the camera chooses extremely small apertures. Normally if I am using a tripod I use Av or Tv but when hand holding in dusk like situations I have normally used P because it ensures that I don't over-expose the background by guessing the exposure and fixing it in Manual.
However I recently took some photos using the EOS 3, 70-200 f2.8, 540EZ and 400 speed film and noticed that P mode selected a shutter speed of 1/60 and an aperture of f22 or f32. I figured this didn't make sense so changed to Manual mode and chose a shutter speed of 1/60 (I know a little slow) and f2.8 and as you can imagine the results came out a million times better. Fortunately I didn't over-expose the background and I was photographing people who were very tolerant of my changing settings etc., but I am curious why it would do that. I am sure it never did that with the EOS 5 so I can't figure out why the 3 would do it. Any ideas? Nigel. *******************Internet Email Confidentiality Footer******************* A list of the names of the partners in the UK firm of Arthur Andersen is open to inspection at 180 Strand, London, WC2R 1BL (principal place of business). Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of my firm shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
