The 5D has 21 customizing functions. Unfortunately, unlike the Minolta
A1, changing the meaning of those control dials is not one of them.
Chuck Norcutt
Chris Barker wrote:
> 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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