60D exposure problem

Sam Kanter · October 8th, 2010, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Von Lanken

Hi Rich,

The metering works while recording with my kit lens and vintage manual focus lenses. It just does not work properly with vintage manual focus lenses.

Am I missing something here, or is this a contradictory statement?

Mark Von Lanken · October 8th, 2010, 06:24 PM

Hi Sam,

No, it's not, but I can see how it could be taken that way. Rich had a question about getting the exposure meter to work when recording. He was not getting the exposure meter to function while recording.

The exposure meter does work while recording with all of my lenses, old and new. However, the exposure meter does not work properly with vintage manual focus lenses.

Rich Ryan · October 8th, 2010, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark Von Lanken

On the 60D press the button right below the white *. Well I also guess it depends on how you setup the camera in the menu. On the first menu under AF and metering butt. for...you will find about 10 different wasy to configure the metering, AE lock and AF. Then on the second menu page you can dertermine how long the meter stays on by selecting Metering timer.

Mark -

The metering works while recording with my kit lens and vintage manual focus lenses. It just does not work properly with vintage manual focus lenses.

Thanks for the tip, it took a bit of reconfiguring since I am not using MF lens (I like to use Quick AF before I start recording). As a result I needed to find a combination that had AF and Start Metering, plus one that was only start metering. The choices are not ideal since I never user AE Lock (always on manual exposure). I did not realize that you need to start metering again after hitting the record button.

Aaron Courtney · October 9th, 2010, 04:00 PM

wow, this cam is completely useless IMO then. so much for sticking a grey card in front of your lens and taking a meter reading then. this is incredible! thanks for posting this problem and sorry that it's at your expense, LOL! I know you saved me a frustrating purchase experience.

John Poipie · October 13th, 2010, 05:37 PM

Can anyone tell me if the monitor out on the 60D is HD or is it the same as in the T2i - sd?

Aaron Courtney · October 21st, 2010, 11:12 AM

hey Mark, got another Q...why couldn't you just set exp comp to -2 and then meter accordingly?

Mark Von Lanken · October 29th, 2010, 06:43 PM

Hi Aaron,

That's a good idea. I will give it a try.

Perrone Ford · October 29th, 2010, 07:05 PM

I would be curious to know WHAT metering is being used? I'd imagine when a Canon EFS lens is attached, the camera is likely set to multi-segment metering which is going to be excellent for most scenes. And when attaching a manual focus lens, I'd imagine since the camera can't talk to the lens, it's defaulted to center weighted or spot. This will certainly give very different results.

Aaron Courtney · October 30th, 2010, 09:55 PM

If you hold a gray card directly in front of the lens so it covers edge to edge, then it won't matter what meter mode the cam is using (which you already know)....so I'd like Mark to do just that after setting exp comp to -2 and then let us know if a -0- meter reading is now properly exposed using manual, adapted lenses...

then pull the batt and see if the cam's exp comp stays at -2 (so you don't have to remember to keep setting it after powering down or replacing batteries)...

October 8th, 2010, 06:24 PM	#17
Mark Von Lanken Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 910	Hi Sam, No, it's not, but I can see how it could be taken that way. Rich had a question about getting the exposure meter to work when recording. He was not getting the exposure meter to function while recording. The exposure meter does work while recording with all of my lenses, old and new. However, the exposure meter does not work properly with vintage manual focus lenses. __________________ Mark Von Lanken www.VonWeddingFilms.com

October 29th, 2010, 06:43 PM	#22
Mark Von Lanken Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 910	Hi Aaron, That's a good idea. I will give it a try. __________________ Mark Von Lanken www.VonWeddingFilms.com

October 29th, 2010, 07:05 PM	#23
Perrone Ford Inner Circle Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Posts: 4,100	I would be curious to know WHAT metering is being used? I'd imagine when a Canon EFS lens is attached, the camera is likely set to multi-segment metering which is going to be excellent for most scenes. And when attaching a manual focus lens, I'd imagine since the camera can't talk to the lens, it's defaulted to center weighted or spot. This will certainly give very different results. __________________ DVX100, PMW-EX1, Canon 550D, FigRig, Dell Octocore, Avid MC4/5, MB Looks, RedCineX, Matrox MX02 mini, GTech RAID, Edirol R-4, Senn. G2 Evo, Countryman, Moles and Lowels.

October 9th, 2010, 04:00 PM	#19
Aaron Courtney Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 229	wow, this cam is completely useless IMO then. so much for sticking a grey card in front of your lens and taking a meter reading then. this is incredible! thanks for posting this problem and sorry that it's at your expense, LOL! I know you saved me a frustrating purchase experience.

October 13th, 2010, 05:37 PM	#20
John Poipie Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Los Angeles, California Posts: 40	Can anyone tell me if the monitor out on the 60D is HD or is it the same as in the T2i - sd?

October 21st, 2010, 11:12 AM	#21
Aaron Courtney Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 229	hey Mark, got another Q...why couldn't you just set exp comp to -2 and then meter accordingly?

October 30th, 2010, 09:55 PM	#24
Aaron Courtney Major Player Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 229	If you hold a gray card directly in front of the lens so it covers edge to edge, then it won't matter what meter mode the cam is using (which you already know)....so I'd like Mark to do just that after setting exp comp to -2 and then let us know if a -0- meter reading is now properly exposed using manual, adapted lenses... then pull the batt and see if the cam's exp comp stays at -2 (so you don't have to remember to keep setting it after powering down or replacing batteries)...