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Lens changing Live View's aperture in Manual mode

inick2005i
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I just purchased a used 135L and have noticed on 2 different occasions that the aperature will start auto-adjusting in Live View as I increase or decrease exposure. The camera still says aperture is at 2.0 and it still renders the picture wide-open...but the live wiew will be obviously stopped down. The first time it did it, I turned the camera off and back on, and it stopped doing it. I then cleaned the lens contacts up a bit with a pencil eraser. The second time it did it, I twisted the lens off and back on, and it quit doing it.  So at this point I am thinking it is a lens issue, but wondered if anyone has had a similiar issue? The camera is a Canon 5D Mark III.  When I press the DOF button it switches aperture back to wide-open, but only when it is pressed (like it's supposed to). When I release it, Live View returns to it's stopped down view, while at the bottom left it still says "2.0".  Live View should always stay at a wide-open aperture, no matter what camera settings, correct?

 

***It's like the camera is auto-adjusting aperture to keep the Live View from over-exposing / under-exposing. Is there a camera setting that does this that I am unaware of?

 

Thank you for reading....

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TTMartin
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That's exposure simulation, not the aperture changing. 

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TTMartin
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That's exposure simulation, not the aperture changing. 

***Edit:   I appreciate the help.  I've been shooting pictures with the 5D for about 3 years now, but with only manual lenses for the past few years.  Thank you for putting me on the right track with this, I had no idea. I'm use to the Live View being the wide-open aperture no matter what.  Live and learn!

 

Thanks again!

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