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Using manual lenses on an M200

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,075
Re: Using manual lenses on an M200

Sittatunga wrote:

Maxmolly7 wrote:

nnowak wrote:

dwfrommonterey wrote:

Why they don't just enable this is bizarre.

I have wondered the same thing. Maybe they got too many warranty requests from people poking the shutter curtains with their fingers.

TYes, this makes some sense to it.

None of my EOS M models have visible shutter blades when I remove the lens, and all defaulted to not firing if no lens was detected.

It is not just EOS M.  Mirrorless cameras from many other manufacturers behave the same way.

I think it's more about inviting the user to think about what (s)he is doing before using a manual lens. It might stop people from complaining that the camera won't set the aperture from the body and can't autofocus or use A+, P, Tv, or the scene modes properly with such a lens.

The problem with that logic is the "manual" nature of a manual focus lens is far more common knowledge than knowing that an obscure firmware flag needs to be set to enable the shutter.

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