I sat down with the manual (yes, I know it's a rare occurence) for my 580's to see what custom function allows me to change the stop increments when working in M from thirds to halves and couldn't find it. I thought there was a way to do this, no?
Peacefield Goldmember  4,023 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jul 2008 Location: NJ More info | Apr 29, 2011 09:59 | #1 I sat down with the manual (yes, I know it's a rare occurence) for my 580's to see what custom function allows me to change the stop increments when working in M from thirds to halves and couldn't find it. I thought there was a way to do this, no? Robert Wayne Photography
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Dekun Senior Member  315 posts Joined Jun 2010 More info | Apr 29, 2011 10:10 | #2 Peacefield wrote in post #12316108  I sat down with the manual (yes, I know it's a rare occurence) for my 580's to see what custom function allows me to change the stop increments when working in M from thirds to halves and couldn't find it. I thought there was a way to do this, no? I did for a second think the same thing and checked the manual again. There isn't a way to do it in the flash custom function manual. You CAN change your camera to go by halves or thirds, maybe your memory is playing tricks on you. 6D | 30D | Powershot S5 | 10-22 f/3.5-4.5 | Tamron 17-50 non-VC | 24-105 f/4L IS | 50 f/1.8 | 85 f/1.8 | 100 f/2.8L Macro IS | 580EX II | Cactus V5
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Robertogee Member  172 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Apr 29, 2011 10:43 | #3 I set the increments once -- when I got my 580 EX II -- then forgot about it. EOS 7D | EOS 40D | EF 85mm 1.8 | Canon 10-22 | Canon 50mm 1.8 | Canon 28-135mm | Tamron 17-35mm | Tamron 28-200mm LD | Tamron 70-300mm | 580 EX II | 430 EX II
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msowsun "approx 8mm"  More info | Apr 29, 2011 10:56 | #4 Peacefield wrote in post #12316108 I sat down with the manual (yes, I know it's a rare occurence) for my 580's to see what custom function allows me to change the stop increments when working in M from thirds to halves and couldn't find it. I thought there was a way to do this, no? Robertogee wrote in post #12316383 As I recall, with the flash on the camera if I change the camera's increments to 1/2 stops, the manual flash adjustments will also then be in increments of 1/2. In other words, the increment determined on the camera determines the increment on the flash. I just tried my 580EX II with my 7D set to 1/2 stops. Manual flash settings still have 1/3 stops even with the camera set to 1/2 stops. Mike Sowsun / SL1 / 80D / EF-S 24mm STM / EF-S 10-18mm STM / EF-S 18-55mm STM / EF-S 15-85mm USM / EF-S 55-250mm STM / 5D3 / Samyang 14mm 2.8 / EF 40mm 2.8 STM / EF 50mm 1.4 USM / EF 100mm 2.0 USM / EF 100mm 2.8 USM Macro / EF 24-105mm IS / EF 70-200mm 2.8L IS Mk II / EF 100-400 II / EF 1.4x II
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Apr 29, 2011 11:30 | #5 Thanks, guys! Robert Wayne Photography
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Robertogee Member 172 posts Joined Jun 2008 More info | Apr 29, 2011 12:41 | #6 You're right, Msowsun! Just tried it -- same result. Learn something new every day. Thanks! EOS 7D | EOS 40D | EF 85mm 1.8 | Canon 10-22 | Canon 50mm 1.8 | Canon 28-135mm | Tamron 17-35mm | Tamron 28-200mm LD | Tamron 70-300mm | 580 EX II | 430 EX II
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