D30 woes

[maplerock]

Can anyone help? I have on several occasions shot in RAW format on the D30 to get home and find at least 1/2 the pics are in JPEG form! Without changing the setting, the camera has saved them in JPEG!

Also, I have been experiencing spots on some prints. After cleaning the sensor (per manual) they go away, but too many times for me. (yes, I'm careful... but I do switch lenses a lot)

And finally... My IBM microdrive went bad and was replaced. My brother in law had his fail too. Is this a common occurrance?

Thank you all in advance for the great advice!!!!!!

[Roger_Cavanagh]

Jerry,

WRT format: have you been using the D30 in any of the automatic/easy shooting modes? Raw format cannot be used (don't ask me why), the camera defaults back to L/F JPG. PITA, if you ask me, can't see why Canon should force you to do this.

WRT cleaning: you might try SensorSwabs and Eclipse solution. Not sure where it's available in the US. I have to get mine mailorder from Germany. It's not per manual, but it does work and I've seen quite a few other recommendations from Canon owners for them. Perhaps, it's just dusty where you live and shoot. I don't know that there's any "acceptable" level of dust.

WRT microdrives: Sod's law! Every time someone posts a message like this about MD's, you always get a few people who say they're trouble, and loads (like me :D ) who've had no problem. All of which is no help to you. It's handy to have the 1gig capacity and they are much cheaper than the 512+ mb cards.

Regards,

[Pekka]

maplerock wrote:
Can anyone help? I have on several occasions shot in RAW format on the D30 to get home and find at least 1/2 the pics are in JPEG form! Without changing the setting, the camera has saved them in JPEG!

Are you sure that you haven't assigned image quality change to thumb dial?

And finally... My IBM microdrive went bad and was replaced. My brother in law had his fail too. Is this a common occurrance?

I have two 1GB microdrives and no problems so far (knock knock).

[roine]

Hello
I have tree IBM 1Gb, and , so far, no problem (since feb 2000)

Roine

[mrchips]

Ditto here 2 1 GB drives and never lost a picture.

And I see now you can get then for around $250 with a 50 rebate :-)

I may just have to buy another. D60 at RAW = 138 files on a 1 GB drive.

[Digital Don]

mrchips wrote:

And I see now you can get then for around $250 with a 50 rebate :-)

Hey mrchips!

Where did you see the $250 microdrive deal? That plus a $50 rebate would really tempt me to by a backup!

Thanks for the info!

Digital Don

[mrchips]

Here is the info problem is I think this is the last day you can purchase :-(

http://www.pcconnection.com/scripts/productdetail.asp?product_id=222772

http://www.microtechint.com/specialoffers/

Denny

[maplerock]

Thanks to all who replied.....
Yes, I have been using the sports mode and portrait when I need to get ready quickly for certain shots. That explains the JPEGS when I thought I was shooting RAW. Live and Learn.

I've only had the one problem with my microdrive, but being my only card bigger than 16mb, to part with it for 2 weeks hurt! My brother in law dropped his microdrive about 2 feet onto a desk... I think that's what hurt it.

As for the dust spots, I have them in two spots on about 200 pictures. Some I can get out with PS, some not.

Roger Cavanagh... you are a great help and a fine person. I appreciate your input!