topic Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode in EOS DSLR & Mirrorless Cameras

Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

jacobsen — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 18:40:30 GMT

Hello everyone.

So i have a problem with my Canon EOS 5D Mark II

I want to shoot movies, and found guides on how to set up the camera for optimal standards

The thing is, when i am in M (manual mode), live view, i cant do anything about the aperature, ISO or shutter speed. The numbers changes whenever i point the camera at something else, so i would also like to know how to keep the settings for a whole shot.

I have the live view set as: stills+movie - movie display

something i am missing?

Thanks in advance!

Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

Waddizzle — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 22:15:03 GMT

@jacobsen wrote:
Hello everyone.

So i have a problem with my Canon EOS 5D Mark II
I want to shoot movies, and found guides on how to set up the camera for optimal standards

The thing is, when i am in M (manual mode), live view, i cant do anything about the aperature, ISO or shutter speed. The numbers changes whenever i point the camera at something else, so i would also like to know how to keep the settings for a whole shot.

I have the live view set as: stills+movie - movie display

something i am missing?

Thanks in advance!

Movie mode and Liive View are two entirely different shooting modes. One is video, and the latter is for stills.

Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

jacobsen — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 04:09:46 GMT

So, What i mean with it is, that when I press the live view button on my camera, so the screen is visible on the LCD display.

Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

Waddizzle — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 21:51:09 GMT

@jacobsen wrote:
So, What i mean with it is, that when I press the live view button on my camera, so the screen is visible on the LCD display.

I do not know what that means. It is an incomplete sentence.

Let's take it from the top again. Briefly, state what you think the issue is. Next, describes the steps you take to reproduce the issue.

Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

jacobsen — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 22:51:12 GMT

So the issue is, that when I switch to the live view on manual mode, I can't change aperture, ISO or shutter speed.

Re: Canon EOS 5D Mark II - Cant change anything in manual mode

Tim — Wed, 22 Nov 2017 23:03:58 GMT

Hello jacobsen,

To change the shutter speed, then the Main dial. To set the aperture, set the power switch to the on position (looks like a hockey stick) and and turn the multi-controller.