Viewfinder Options; Off Camera Shoe Cord; Known Problems; Battery Compartment - Canon 50/50e Operator's Manual

full press to fire the shutter. It also has a switch lock to keep the lens open in bulb mode
without having to hold the button.
7.3 Viewfinder Options
Dioptric Corrective Lenses ED are available to correct vision problems. The Elan
II/IIe has 19.5mm of eye relief. Normally people with glasses or contacts have no
problem with the viewfinder of the Elan II/IIe but glasses wearers may have to move
their eye around some to see all of the image or the data display at the bottom of the
screen. For this and other reasons some people prefer to take their glasses off while
shooting. For these people and others that have a hard time seeing the viewfinder
image sharply Canon makes Dioptric Corrective Lenses (DC lenses) for the Elan II/IIe.
The viewfinder has a -1 built in making the image appear about 1 meter away. The DC
lenses are marked to take this into account so a 0 DC lens is actually a +1 to compensate
for the built in -1. If your normal distance prescription is -4, buy the Canon -4 DC lens.
But you may want to try them out before you buy.
The Eyecup Ec II is standard but the optional larger Eyecup Ed-E can also be
used. The viewfinder attachments, Angle Finder B and Magnifier S can be used but
you have to use the Adapter Ed to mount them to the larger than normal viewfinder of
the Elan II/IIe.

7.4 Off Camera Shoe Cord 2

The Off Camera Shoe Cord 2 (OCSC2) is used to get an external Speedlite flash
mounted off the camera's hot shoe. It provides about 2 feet of easy extension and if you
pull on the coiled wire you can stretch it to about 3 feet. Canon recommends against
it, but you can extend this by adding two OCSC2's together, end-to-end. Check this
out thoroughly before you need to make sure you don't have any impedance induced
exposure errors.

8 Known Problems

8.1 Battery Compartment

Not all 2CR-5's are exactly the same dimensions. Some are just a wee bit short and
this can cause problems with the Elan II/IIe. The usual problem is the camera will lock
up when you take a picture and the battery indicator in the LCD will blink. (There are
other problems that can also cause this same symptom however.) This can be easily
remedied by putting a small piece of cardboard between the bottom of the battery and
the battery door. This will press the battery farther into it compartment, insuring better
contact. You can also reach into the battery compartment with a small hook and raise
the battery contacts as they seem to bend down too far with use. For what it's worth,
Sanyo 2CR-5 are reported to work best with the Elan II/IIe.
The battery door hinge is just a thin piece of plastic that bends when you open it.
With a lot of use or abuse this can fail. Canon USA sold me one for cheap although
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