5 shot AEB in 1Ds II

[tmcman]

Has anyone used the personal function software to make their 1D camera do a 5 shot AEB?
If so can you give me a rundown of the procedure?
Thanks

[zincozinco]

still looking for my cable to connect the damn thing... :)

[tmcman]

I've installed the newest driver and newest EOSutility from canonusa and I can't get the 1ds2 to connect to EOSutility for image download, remote shooting or personal function mod. :confused: My laptop is vista 32...

[canonloader]

Connect your camera with the cable, then turn it on. Have Windows Explorer open on the computer so you can see all the drive letters. When you turn the camera on, you should see a new drive for the camera. double click it. From there, you can drill down to the personal functions and set that one to what you want. You can also set and do anything else you want too, as it is a drive now, not going through a program. But, that is for a PC with XP. Can't speak for Vista.

Once you have set the PF to 5 or 7 shots, then AEB just functions that way. You will have to connect again to set it back.

[AngeloM]

Can anyone tell me if the 5 and 7 exposure AEB setting is available, and where can I find the instructions and download to get it.
Thanks,
Angelo

[canonloader]

Did you read post #4?

[AngeloM]

Did you read post #4?
Yes I did and tried to upoad without luck. But I'm on a MAC.
Appreciate any help.
Angelo

[canonloader]

Ah, I thought that might be the case. Not familiar with the Mac at all, but are you not able to see a drive layout when you attch one? Say if you get an external drive with USB hookup. Can't you see folders and files on it? Same thing when you hook up the 1Ds with a Firewire. You should then see the 1D as a new drive, just like an external hard drive, and it will have files and folders in it you can explore.

[Thalagyrt]

It's done with EOS Utility. I have my 1D II set up for 7 shot bracketing.

Also, the card, which is what should show up as a drive, has no bearing on the settings on the camera unless you're storing a backup of your settings on the card and then loading it in which case it'll be a single file on the card. What you just described shouldn't even work but if it does then Canon's being really open about exposing an interface to mess with its settings. :p

[canonloader]

EOS Utility is only one way. As I said above, hook up your firewire to the camera and computer, then turn the camera on. If you already have Windows Explorer open, a new drive will appear. Try it before saying it can't be done. Actually, it was the only way I could get into my 1D personal functions, because for some reason, EOS Utility was not installed with the right driver at that time.

Once you see the new drive, right click it and choose Explore, then a whole new folder appears that you can drill around in and set all the personal functions from without that dufus interface EOS Utility gives you. ;)

[Thalagyrt]

Weird that they expose that feature set that way, but hey, if it works, cool. There's no driver for Vista x64, so I had to do it on an old G4 as I don't have the right 1394 cable for my laptop.

[canonloader]

So why do you think it's dangerous to allow access that way? I don't think you can change anything in the structure of the folders, just the settings. Although I never tried.

So did it work for you that way?

[Thalagyrt]

I wasn't able to try it that way. I never said it's dangerous that way, just that it's odd that they'd expose that feature set that way. Though, it is possible that you could write out bad data and brick something, depending on how the stuff's laid out.

[canonloader]

I doubt that it was intentional on Canons part, but firmware stored on the camera is formatted to work with an operating system. Windows can show that in Explorer, just like any other drive letter, or one of your formatted memory cards. It's all the same thing. :)

[Thalagyrt]

I'm just saying that it's a strange design decision. There are many different ways of interacting with devices on these types of communication buses, it just surprises me that they took the easy route and exposed it as a file system, but then again, this is Canon... ;)

[canonloader]

I'm glad they did though. I found it much easier to navigate and use than EOS Utility, which they did a lame job on IMO. Also, I had to hunt down an obscure driver for the Utility, which I finally found by accident. So I probably never could have got it to work if I hadn't found the back way in. :)

[C2S]

Don't you think this is quite of a hassle just to make the camera do a 5/7 shot AEB, when Canon could just upgrade the damn feature in the camera? :D

I refuse to believe that they haven't been asked to, so I can only ask: "What gives?".

[Thalagyrt]

I really think all of these personal functions should be settable on the camera without the need to hook it up to a computer.

[canonloader]

Not only is it a hassle, but it never worked right in my 1D Classic. 3 shot worked OK, but as soon as I went to 5 or 7, it started acting real strange, and it would not make all the frames exposed correctly. I know the MkIIs did work better.

[C2S]

If only... ;)

[tmcman]

Just saw that this thread was resurrected...
My problem, as stated in the original post, turned out to be the cable.
Once I used a firewire cable all was well,
my cam communicates flawlessly with my vista laptop
and I'm hammering out 5 shot aeb's left and right.