I cannot seem to find the f-stop on this camera. Does it have f-stop capability?
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No aperture or shutter speed control with this model, only ISO. Cheers and happy 2013 from downunder.
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I do not think so. The only manual controls I have found are Exposure EV and ISO in P mode. In P mode the camera gives you the suggested F stop and shutter speed. For what it is this is a great snap shooter and does great indoors no flash using the auto modes.
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I also took a good look at the controls, and see no evidence of aperture/f-stop controls. As has been mentioned by others, you can adjust ISO and EV. If your goal is to change the depth of field, that's not very useful. The only options I can think of are to try the Background Defocus mode, or use software after the fact to change your depth of field. I don't currently have Photoshop, but I'd imagine it does a fine job of defocus. I do sometimes use Pixlr Express on Android. It does a nice job with background blur, very adjustable. Good luck!
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Sorry Nancy, it's been a while since I had that camera. I really can't remember. You can probably find an answer on youtube.
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Hello, I wish I could help but I gave this camera to my son as a gift. He lives across the country and I never asked him this particular question.
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I have mine set as continuous loop, but when night driving the camera doesn't notice anything on dark highways, then stops recording only to start again when lights brighten the lens. I guess it thinks the vehicle isn't moving. I don't know. Just my observation, in which I don't care for. I would rather have the thing recording on the loop until I turn it off. So far I have not found that button.
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Not that we're aware of. We just recently bought the camera and haven't used it much. It does have a time-delayed option -- as in setting up the camera for a shot and joining in the picture. But not a time-elapsed feature that we know of. cj
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Basically you use the ND filter when you are wanting to use a lower f-stop setting. It is for occasions when you want a shallow depth of field but there is too much light coming into the camera when you select a lower fstop. Depending on which number you are using you can even "stack" the filters to allow an even lower fstop. Shooting in video I will stack a 3,6 and a 9 together so that I can shoot as low as a 2.8 to get a really nice depth of field(foreground as well as background go soft-only subject is in focus)..
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I own one of these I have seen articles telling you how to reveal the shutter actuations but they come with warnings about messing up the firmware. As far as I know there is no way to get the exact shutter count with that said the file number given to the next picture you take should put you in the ballpark
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Yes, on Camera, there are multiple options, also it's camera smart automatic, or manual. I hope this was helpful to you.
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I cannot find any thing in the Camera manual which describes this function.
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As I know, there is no special function needed for stop motion recording. Some kind of remote control may be desirable (and is not included). Good luck
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No it has a manual F-stop. Almost all manual F-stop lenses do not auto focus. It's a film lens, if you are shooting film why would you want to auto focus. The mic will pick up the noise. Manual F-stop lenses (most of them anyway) do not carry chips inside them that communicate with the camera. The point of the manual is because that's how film lenses work.
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check out Fuji's F70 and F80 - they have this function, although I can't recall how well it was working (I returned F70 for its bad SD video).
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Thanks very much for the info., Les. I actually returned my camera when even Panasonic tech support couldn't fix the problem, but I later learned it was not a defective camera. I'll be buying it again in the near future as I think it's a great camera, and I'll be saving your message in an attempt to figure it all out. Also, too bad there's no flash button on the camera and that you have to go to the menu to fiddle with it. That's weird! (and too bad it doesn't pop up automatically, like my Sony) THANKS AGAIN! Jeffroar
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(THIS IS SPECIFIC TO FLASH MODE ONLY) No, when metering in flash mode you set the shutter speed and then take the reading and then adjust the power of the flash and take another reading to get the f-stop. If you try to adjust the f-stop in flash mode it just clears the reading.
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I tested this function. It recorded one straight shot for 24 1/2 minutes and then stopped recording. It did not automatically start recording a new file but the camera did stay on. Pressing the record button again starts a new recording file.
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Nope. Your FD lens will be totally manual when you use this. The camera must be in M setting and then you can use manually set the F stop and manually set the shutter.
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Indeed, the camera hasn't got a "total number of shots" counter accessible to the user.Mine has nulled the file-numbering three times though, so I know I have over 30 000 shots on it.- It has been semi-retired now for the 5d Mk III, so it will only operate as a backup camera in the future (still working perfectly though)