Upgraded to premium and lost some settings. Can't shoot flats

[armyortho]

Canon 70d

Had free trial version, shooting flats worked great. Used the drop down menu to adjust shutter speed to get a 50% histogram. I have since upgraded to the premium edition and now I have only three settings: Bulb, Program, and AV-Flat. No more individual settings.

AV-Flat is all automatic and I only get about 20% across the histogram with the brightest light setting I can come up with (T-shirt and computer screen). Program is probably the way to go, but with the camera connected, I can't adjust the shutter speed. Am I supposed to disconnect, adjust, reconnect, shoot, read histogram and repeat until I get it right?

What is the proper way to shoot flats using this program?

[admin]

Try again, but this time make sure the camera is on "M" dial mode when you clear the cache.

[s3igell]

You may need to clear the BYE Cache:  Settings; Advanced; "Delete Cache Data".

Then CLOSE and RESTART the BYE program.

 

BYE will re-enumerate the Capabilities of your 70D, and all your Exposure Capabilities should be available again.

[s3igell]

What is the proper way to shoot flats using this program?

From your description, you've been doing a Good Job of generating Flats.

[armyortho]

I can only get to 20% on the histogram. I would prefer 50%. Since the upgrade, I am unclear on how to achieve

 

Were the individual settings removed in the latest update? Without those settings, how do i get the exposure higher?

[armyortho]

Bah. I missed your first response. Thanks for the help. I'll take a look.

[admin]

So did clearing the cache resolved your initial issue?

[armyortho]

Unfortunately, no.  Still only have Bulb, program, and AV-flat. 

[armyortho]

Roger that.  It's in the middle of NGC 7000 right now.  When it gets done with this series, I'll give it a shot and let you know.

 

Many thanks.

[armyortho]

Yep, that was it.  I had it set to B.  Setting it to M fixed everything right up.  And now I feel like a moron ;-)

 

Thanks again for your help!

[admin]

Yep, that was it.  I had it set to B.  Setting it to M fixed everything right up.  And now I feel like a moron ;-)

 

Thanks again for your help!

 

No worries, glad you got it working again.