Using manual lenses on an M200

Sittatunga wrote:

nnowak wrote:

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.

So it's common knowledge for mirrorless camera users, but not necessarily known by people coming from DSLRs.

It is only common knowledge for those thst have attempted to use a manual lens AND found the firmware setting.  I am sure there are some thst just give up when it doesn't work the first time.

There are also the few among us who burn up a battery, or two, scrolling through every firmware setting on a new camera.

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.

I'd have thought that too. But there was a thread in the EOS. R forum from somebody who knew that but still wanted to know why a manual RF mount lens sort of fit but wouldn't work on the mount adapter EF - EOS R, so you can't take anything for granted.

If you read some of the Amazon reviews for lenses, they are littered with one star ratings because the lens they bought didn't actually fit their camera.