Take a lookm at page 91 in the manual, Brian. If you think it's wrongly set,
you can change it:
"In P, A, S, or M mode, you can assign functions other than the default
functions to the main dial and sub dial. You can also switch the operations
of the main dial and sub dial for menu operations with the default
operations."
Not quite the same as saying "it's not a bug, it's a feature", rather that
whoever owbed the camera before you might have reset it from the default.
Piers
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Subject: [OM] Frustrating error in E-3 manual encountered
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Last night when I was getting set up to photograph the blood moon in perfect
conditions, I had decided to use the OM Zuiko 300/4.5 manual telephoto lens
on the E-3.
Based on previous experience at photographing a normal moon with this lens I
knew from data I could extract from my moon images using FastStone Image
Viewer, what a good aperture/speed combination would be.
Setting controls to manual in the E-3 is not an intuitive process and it is
not in the instructions in the camera.
I could not find my printed manual - it was not where I usually kept it. 11
pm was approaching rapidly and full eclipse was due at 11:27.
Having checked Steve Wrotniak's site without success I downloaded the E-3
pdf manual. It didn't take long to locate the relevant instructions, BUT,
horror of horrors, the instructions didn't work - at all.
EVENTUALLY and to my utter astonishment, I discovered that the manual
instructions had REVERSED the functions of the main and front control
wheels.
Having figured that out, I then proceeded over the next two hours to take a
pretty unsatisfactory set of images.
The gradual onset of cataracts in my once-best eye makes manual focussing
with the 300mm lens a difficult process. I should have done it in daylight
and taped the focus ring to the correct spot. Turning it right to STOP does
not get infinity focus since this lens is constructed to focus past
infinity.
Even at modest boost to ISO, the E-3 images are very noisy. I envy people
who take the star photos I often see on fuzzbook - I think they use Canyon
gear.
Brian
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