From the course: Canon 5D Mark III Essential Training

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.

Using program shift

Using program shift - 5D Tutorial

From the course: Canon 5D Mark III Essential Training

Start my 1-month free trial

Using program shift

“

In Program mode, when you half-press the shutter button to meter, the camera calculates an exposure, and displays the resulting shutter speed, and aperture, and ISO, if ISO is set to Auto, but there are many reciprocal combinations of those exposure parameters that all yield the same overall brightness, This is all explained in Foundations of Photography: Exposure. Program shift is a feature that allows you to automatically cycle through all reciprocal combinations for any given metering. So with this feature, you can meter to get an exposure that gets you the proper overall brightness, and then use program shift to change to an exposure combination that serves up that same overall brightness, but with the motion stopping, or depth of field that you want. Program shift on the Mark III is very easy; it's just the main dial right here. I turn it, and I get reciprocal options off of my normal metering. Now, nothing's happening right now, because I don't have a metering; there are no…

Contents