Author Topic: Help with EP-2 please (Read 714 times)

GaryS · « **on:** January 20, 2012, 07:04:10 AM »

I've had my 2 for about a year and have done a lot of photography in auto and program mode but lately I've been attending a number of photography meetups and have been challenged to get more serious with my photography.

But playing with all the settings has has lead me to a few questions that haven't been able to find answers to. Any help with the following questions would be appreciated.

1) Somehow I got the camera into a mode where the shutter display on the main display showed as a series of inches e.g. 4" and not the more customary 125, 250... What does 4" mean and how did I get it into that mode?

2) I purchased a remote shutter control but I can't figure out how to make it work. I assume that I have to turn on some setting but haven't been able to find the setting. Any idea?

3) I'd like to give HDR photography a try but I don't find any way to control bracketing for HDR. I did find the section a bracketing using compensation but it appears to only allow a max of +/-1. Am I missing something? How do I get larger F-Stop variations, like +/-3?

Any help on these points would be greatly appreciated.

Gary

adash · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2012, 07:18:20 AM »

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What does 4" mean and how did I get it into that mode?

These are full seconds, in contrast to 125, 250, etc, which are fractions of a second (1/125, 1/250, etc.)

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2) I purchased a remote shutter control but I can't figure out how to make it work. I assume that I have to turn on some setting but haven't been able to find the setting. Any idea?

You don't have to change anything in order for it to work. Possibilities are:
- Cable not inserted all the way;
- Shutter release not correct model;
- Shutter release simply defective.

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3) I'd like to give HDR photography a try but I don't find any way to control bracketing for HDR.

There is a bracketing, but it's in a deep menu dive. Read your manual, it has an index at the end, seek for Bracketing and read the corresponding page in the manual on how to enable it.

GaryS · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:46:43 AM »

Thanks for the reply.

I guess I was confused. My last digital camera used an "s" to indicate seconds so the quote mark didn't make any sense and I couldn't find any reference to it in the manual.

I did find the section on bracketing, page 45, but I found it confusing. There appears to be three choices 3F 0.3EV, 3F 0.7EV and 3F 1.0EV. I read the .3 and .7 to be fractions of an F-Stop giving a maximum bracketing of 1 F-Stop. Am I incorrect in this assumption. The manual isn't real clear on the whole EV thing.

gary

adash · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2012, 10:58:46 AM »

For more compensaton, there's the small button near the shutter release, that will allow compensation of up to +/- 3EV, but will have to be operated manually.

voyager · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2012, 04:32:42 PM »

Welcome, and good luck with your E-P2!

guzziknight · « **Reply #5 on:** January 27, 2012, 01:14:19 PM »

Your best bet for HDR work is to use manual mode. When using A mode, the EV won't let you change more than +-3 stops. I use my E-P1 a lot, it's my primary camera, and most of my work is HDR, and I always shoot manual mode.

Help with EP-2 please