I have a canon elan 2e I lost my manual and I can't figure out how to set my exposure bracketing. Sorry if this is a stupid question but I am new to photography. thanks Vinnie

-- Vinnie (drslamm@aol.com), August 16, 2001

Answers

Speaking from memory (my ElanIIe is dead--cf. 3 posts down), "AEB" is selected by pressing the larger of the two buttons on the back until multiple overlapping frames appear in the LCD on top. A scale should be visible at the bottom of the display. By turning the dial, you set the EV difference. (I'm not sure whether it's the dial on the back or the other one, just try; the other one should shift all the three exposures.) Small bars indicate the EV difference, e.g. if the left one points to "-1" and the right one to "+1", you bracket by one stop. You can bracket in half-stop increments, and it's always three exposures--no more. And, easy to forget: you must press the shutter release halfway to activate the function; afterwards, select the AEB function again and turn the dial until there's only one bar under the scale, or the camera will continue to bracket.

Easier way: selecting manual exposure and changing f-stop and/or exposure time for each shot.

Hope this helps.

-- Oliver Schrinner (piraya@hispavista.com), August 16, 2001.