-=1D Mk II and Mk IIn Owners Unite!

Or you guys can get a copy of XP 32bit and dual boot your computers or you can just buy an older computer with XP , You can get one really cheap now.

And remember there is also a Vista 32 bit WIA Driver for the 1D Mark II /n

I bit the bullet and went to the local computer recycle place and found a beat up boot only Inspiron designed for XP with a Firewire port for $79. Had a copy of XP from the last retail sale for my previous computer and the EOS disk from my 40D, found the 1DII driver at Canon loaded em all up and all is well. I would have spent at least that much trying to find a work around...

It's funny how complicated it is to do some very simple things on a PC. I never had any EOS Utility problems with this camera on my mac.

Here's a bit older shot from a while ago (going through older images to edit them down) which makes me miss this camera..

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/rickrphoto/5672​648840/

Guess what company help people think Firewire was the way of the future and USB was a dead deal:p

E James P wrote in post #12322198
Guess what company help people think Firewire was the way of the future and USB was a dead deal:p

Nice cheap shot there! Of course being a PC user I can appreciate such comments!

Anyway...thought I would post one from my 1DII and my brand new Sigma 50mm 1.4......

E James P wrote in post #12322198
Guess what company help people think Firewire was the way of the future and USB was a dead deal:p

I would gladly use FireWire 800 over USB any day! Really like that extra speed on my external drives

1DCLICKER wrote in post #12319329
Ok the EOS UTILITY I used was the one that came packaged with the 5D MK II, once you enable or set any P.fn via eps utility you can set and change them in camera. It's good, no idea on the tech side of making it work I just used a Mac with unknown OS (I know nothing about apple unless it's an iPhone lol) and FireWire to get into it, I got win7 64bit so I had the same drama as you, I suggest find someone with an XP MACHINE or a Mac.

Thanks and thanks everyone else for the input. I know someone with a Macbook Pro, but they have a Firewire 800. I do have a cable (another one, a 9-4 pin) so hopefully that is not an issue. I think he might have the EOS Utility that came with the 7D. I'll find out next week. If I can get it to work, I will just turn on every single P.Fn to something other than the default, then hopefully I won't ever have to connect the camera to a computer again.

drRex Hope it works out for you. We get ask that question a lot so I tried to add a little humor about why they went with firewire ,Which at the time firewire look like it would become a standard for P.C. as well.

I love my 1D Mk II

Some shots from last week

Shutter failed after having it for two or so months =( very sad

What was the shutter count?

My first time doing this on my 1D2 with 17-40 f4L,..still a looottt to learn..

b_ron wrote in post #12327523
What was the shutter count?

1dcount showed in the 190k's

Ran across this review of the 1D Mark II by Pekka and thought some of you would like to check it out.
https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=33118