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Ronald S. Jr.
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:18
So I was liking what I was seeing in the personal functions, so, like the manual said, I installed the EOS Viewer Utility, and turned on the camera, opened up the program, and low and behold, the "camera settings" button is greyed out on each screen. ??? What the heck? How can I change them?
Member52428
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:34
I wrestled with the same thing last night Ronald. I tried restarting the computer, and got control for a click of the mouse, then the software locked up. After another restart I decided to try the firewire cable instead of the USB cable and haven't had any problems since. Not sure if it was the cable, or the second restart that jump started things.

First thing to change when you get control... "Camera Owner" :mrgreen:

Good Luck!
mrclark321
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:36
First thing to change when you get control... "Camera Owner" :mrgreen:

Good Luck!

damn, I forgot to do this also. :rolleyes:
Member52428
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:39
damn, I forgot to do this also. :rolleyes:

Just remember it shows up in your EXIF data also...
Ronald S. Jr.
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:43
Ok...well, I don't think this PC has any firewire ports, so that's out. Anyone else have an answer?
mrclark321
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:49
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=175942
PacAce
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:52
Ok...well, I don't think this PC has any firewire ports, so that's out. Anyone else have an answer?
Yes, the answer is that you need the firewire port and if you don't have it, then you're SOL, unfortunately.
Lord_Malone
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 22:54
Yeah, using the firewire screwed me at first too. ;) Never even messed with the personal functions yet though.
Ronald S. Jr.
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 23:14
That's stupid as hell. Who the heck all had firewire in 2004? I can't imagine everyone that got a 1DMkII had firewire.
Ronald S. Jr.
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 23:17
OOOOOH, this has got me so upset I could scream.
mrclark321
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 23:20
Don't you have a Dell? I hope mine has a firewire port :(
Ronald S. Jr.
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 23:22
Yeah. It's just that the computer I have everything installed on doesn't have I-link. This one's a Dell 5100. The XPS has one, I think. I don't have anything on that, though.
mrclark321
4th of July 2006 (Tue), 23:33
Yeah. It's just that the computer I have everything installed on doesn't have I-link. This one's a Dell 5100. The XPS has one, I think. I don't have anything on that, though.

The XPS should have one, just have to intall the software on it. :)
Check behind the little panel on the front of the XPS (mines Gen. #4)

Dan
SeanH
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 00:49
Just put a firewire port in, I did it on my Dell and I don't have a clue about computers. It's all plug & play......easy.
Dante King
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 01:38
That's stupid as hell. Who the heck all had firewire in 2004? I can't imagine everyone that got a 1DMkII had firewire.

Err I had firewire then. :)
tommykjensen
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 01:40
Err I had firewire then. :)

Hehe me too. I have had firewire for a looong time. Before there even were a USB 2 highspeed :)


Just put a firewire port in, I did it on my Dell and I don't have a clue about computers. It's all plug & play......easy.

Agree and they are not even expensive.
keithvr
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 03:00
1D cameras come with a fire wire cable (4 pin to 6 pin), with the 4 pin connnecting to the camera, You may need to get a 4 pin to 4 pin firewire cable if your pc only has a 4 pin firewire port, as mine did. Personnel settings like name change etc can only be set via the firewire cable.
PacAce
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 06:49
That's stupid as hell. Who the heck all had firewire in 2004? I can't imagine everyone that got a 1DMkII had firewire.
Just a wild guess on my part but I'm willing to wager that a lot, as in the majority, of users of the 1D series cameras were pros whose systems were Mac based and not PC based. And all Macs have firewire as a matter of course. :)

And if they didn't have Macs, then they went out of their way to have firewire cards installed on their PCs or got one that did.

Ever do digital videography? They're all firewire ported, too.
tommykjensen
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 07:08
Ever do digital videography? They're all firewire ported, too.

Yep that was a major reason why I added firewire. That videography really never hit off with me is a different matter.
PacAce
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 07:29
Yep that was a major reason why I added firewire. That videography really never hit off with me is a different matter.
Yup, same here on my PC. And that was back in 2002. I still do video but not as much as I used to before I got into digital photography.
Ronald S. Jr.
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 07:48
I know there was firewire. As a matter of fact, I had it too. I'm just upset. :-(
hauff
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 08:46
I had to do the same thing a few weeks back. I think a 3 port Firewire PCI card cost me $65 Canadian and took about 10 minutes to pop into the computer. Plug and play worked fine, no software to install.
Lord_Malone
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 08:58
I know there was firewire. As a matter of fact, I had it too. I'm just upset. :-(

Well, beyond that and getting used to the user interface, how are you liking your new toy? ;)
Ronald S. Jr.
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 09:20
Oh it's a dream, that's for sure. Lovin' it.
RianFlynn
5th of July 2006 (Wed), 16:39
Hey man

this should help you with the firewire issue.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000DCK7I/sr=8-1/qid=1152135540/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-2411189-2924125?ie=UTF8

Good luck!

Rian