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Cannon Elan 7 Continuous  
User currently offlineDullesGuy From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 247 posts, RR: 1
Posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 813 times:

Hello all,
this one is for all Elan 7 users, Im having trouble trying to figure out how to fire off 3 or 4 shots within the same seconds like it says the Elan can do..i could get that one perfect action shot if i figured this out..i have the little button on the continous mode, but i am using full auto mode..does it not work in that mode? only in manual? any suggestions..thanks


stephen


"..the joy of the Lord is your strength" Nehemiah 8:10
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User currently offlineKellmark From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 670 posts, RR: 8
Reply 1, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 14 hours ago) and read 766 times:

I don't have a 7, I have a IIE, but try using it in AI mode for autofocus and see if that works. Don't use it in one shot mode for rapid action.

User currently offlineIanm From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (12 years 2 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 773 times:

Hi,

If you want maximum frames per second from the Elan 7, you need to:
1. Set it to one shot mode.
If the camera starts focus tracking when you use AI focus, or AI servo mode, the fps rate decreases. Problem here is if your subject is moving fast, you have greater chance of out off focus shots (& more of them) as obviously focus will not track.
2. Turn eye control off (if it is the 'E' version).
When the camera is working out which focus point you are looking at the fps decreases.
3. Make sure your shutter speed is not too slow.
Below a certain speed (I think 1/125 or 1/250 sec) the camera can not maintain the maximum fps rate.
4. Manually selecting the center AF point might help too.
5. I also don't believe the maximum fps of the Elan 7 is as high as Canon say.

I use an Eos 30 (7e) as a second body.

cheers
Ian M.
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