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Elan 7E Auto Exposure Bracketing and Mirror Lockup Table

by Julian Loke

Introduction
AEB and MLU
Revision History
Comments

Introduction

The Canon Elan 7E family of cameras (also marketed as the EOS 7, EOS 30, EOS 33) offers several options for remote shutter release: the RS-60E3 which plugs into the side of the camera, and the RC-1 and RC-5 wireless remote controllers.

Choosing which option to buy ought to be easy. Unfortunately, each of these options offers different and sometimes undocumented features when combined with different camera operating modes, such as Mirror Lockup (MLU), Self-Timer, and Auto-Exposure Bracketing (AEB). To add to the confusion, behaviour in BULB mode can be different again!

This table shows the behaviour of my Elan 7E camera under the conditions specified on the left. The strangeness of the behaviour is colour-coded as follows:

Totally unexpected behaviour: e.g. When set to continuous wind does not wind continuously

Partially unexpected behavour: e.g. 10 second delay before BULB shot

Usual operating mode

Works, but is not the usual operating mode. e.g. Holding the shutter button in single-frame mode does not result in continuous shooting.

AEB and MLU

AEB Shutter MLU Winder RS-60E3
Push RS-60E3
Hold RC-5 or RC-1
• RC-1
2 Notes

| Normal CF5=0 Single shot shot - -

| Normal CF5=0 Continuous shot series - -

| Normal CF5=0 Timer/
Remote 10s,
shot 10s,
series shot 2s,
shot 10s, 2s, delay

1 shot every 10s

| Normal CF5=1 Single MLU &
shot MLU &
shot - - 1^st & 2^nd press

| Normal CF5=1 Continuous MLU &
shot MLU &
shot - -

Not continuous

| Normal CF5=1 Timer/
Remote MLU 10s,
shot MLU 10s,
series shot MLU 2s,
shot

Without MLU

MLU shot every 10s

| | | Normal CF5=0 Single AEB shot AEB shot - -

| | | Normal CF5=0 Continuous AEB shot AEB 3 shots - -

| | | Normal CF5=0 Timer/
Remote 10s,
AEB shot 10s,
AEB 3 shots AEB shot 2s,
AEB shot

| | | Normal CF5=1 Single MLU &
AEB shot MLU &
AEB shot - - 1^st & 2^nd press

| | | Normal CF5=1 Continuous MLU &
AEB shot MLU &
AEB shot - -

Not continuous

| | | Normal CF5=1 Timer/
Remote MLU 10s
AEB shot MLU 10s
AEB 3 shots AEB shot MLU 2s
AEB shot

Without MLU

Full AEB=3 presses

| Bulb CF5=0 Single - Bulb shot - -

| Bulb CF5=0 Continuous - Bulb shot - -

Not continuous

| Bulb CF5=0 Timer/
Remote - 10s,
Bulb-shot open &
close* 2s, open
& close* *close = button or RC-1

Bulb after 10s delay

| Bulb CF5=1 Single - MLU &
Bulb shot - - 1^st & 2^nd press

| Bulb CF5=1 Continuous - MLU &
Bulb shot - -

| Bulb CF5=1 Timer/
Remote - MLU 10s,
Bulb-shot open &
close* MLU 2s, open
& close*

Without MLU

Bulb after 10s delay

| | | Bulb CF5=0 Single - - - - Cannot AEB Bulb

| | | Bulb CF5=0 Continuous - - - -

| | | Bulb CF5=0 Timer/
Remote - - - -

| | | Bulb CF5=1 Single - - - -

| | | Bulb CF5=1 Continuous - - - -

| | | Bulb CF5=1 Timer/
Remote - - - -

Revision History

v0.3 2002Sep13 jul: AEB corrections; colours
v0.2b2002Sep04 jul: minor reformat
v0.2 2002Feb02 jul: Added introduction and formal table legend.
v0.1 2001Jun15 jul: Original draft

Comments

Great page. You posted a link to this to the Elan 7 list and said what the red table cells means. But you didn't say what the other colors mean. You may want to place a legend on the page somewhere.
Tom D 18/06/2001 17:31:26

RED=totally unexpected behaviour (e.g. set to continuous, but does not wind continuously; OR set to MLU, but does not do MLU);
YELLOW=partial unexpected behaviour (e.g. bulb shot after a 10s delay);
GREEN=usual operation;
GREY=works, but is not the suggested operating mode (e.g. holding down shutter button in single-frame does nothing special).
Julian Loke 18/06/2001 18:50:21

Has anybody tested to see if there are any differences in behaviour with the new Elan 7N/7NE/EOS 30V/33V bodies?
Mark U Wed, 11 May 2005 08:26:36 -0700