Missing "LOCK" option on setup 2 menu

I've had my EOS 60D for about a week now. To help me get a handle on all the bells and whistles I purchased David Busch's book "EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Phot...".

In it he refers to the "LOCK" option and shows a picture of the setup 2 menu. It shows that option listed under "Sensor Cleaning".

I do not see that option on my EOS 60D.

Why is that?

Perhaps you set it to green box mode, or some other of these pre-programmed things? They tend to cripple the cameras that have them substantially.

Make sure it is in M mode (Manual) and try it again? Might be what is going on.

apersson850 wrote in post #12365986
Perhaps you set it to green box mode.

What is "Green Box mode"?

How would I know if that is the case? Where would I be able to do that? I haven't, consciously, set the camera to a programmed mode.

I don't have a 60D -- can you locate this feature in your owners manual? If so, what page is it on and/or where in the table of contents is it discussed?

Reality wrote in post #12366191
Make sure it is in M mode (Manual) and try it again? Might be what is going on.

That worked; but how would I have known this? Busch didn't mention the need to me in manual mode to access this feature.

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mikecox wrote in post #12366288
What is "Green Box mode"?

Green Box mode is the green rectangle setting on the mode dial (top left of the camera in shooting position). In this mode, the camera makes all the settings. Pre-programmed modes are the icons on the mode dial, sports, portrait, night scene, landscape, etc. In these modes, the camera sets parameters appropriate for the type of photograph you wish to take. These modes are restrictive with regard to making custom settings. The Creative modes, B, P, M, Av, Tv, give you access to all of the camera's settings. Put your camera in Green Box mode and press the Menu button. Now do the same in M mode. See the difference?

oldvultureface wrote in post #12367254
Green Box mode is the green rectangle

Ah, I get it now

Busch put them in the "Basic Zone"; but I can see why they are aka Pre-programmed modes.

or Creative Zone

Well, not immediately; there are so many options. But I did see the difference in the Setup 2 menu, with the addition of the Lock option.

I can see now that what is seen on the menu depends on what mode, or Zone, your in.

Thanks for clarifying all that for me.

My last camera was a Canon Powershot 640. I was looking for a more powerful camera; with Auto Bracketing and RAW, and a flip out LCD. I was surprised that none had the LCD screen; which I thought was odd. When I stumbled onto the 60D I feel in love!

The Busch book is not a substitute for carefully reading your manual, it is a supplement. If you take time to study your manual (including the little notes) you will see things that may at first be unclear to you but as you work with the camera and then take in the supplemental stuff like Busch things will clear up.

So, the manual has ways of indicating what things are not functional in the Basic Zone (which includes Full Auto and all the various Image Zone functions) but are available to the functions of the Creative Zone.

tonylong wrote in post #12376221
The Busch book is not a substitute for carefully reading your manual, it is a supplement. If you take time to study your manual (including the little notes) you will see things that may at first be unclear to you but as you work with the camera and then take in the supplemental stuff like Busch things will clear up.

So, the manual has ways of indicating what things are not functional in the Basic Zone (which includes Full Auto and all the various Image Zone functions) but are available to the functions of the Creative Zone.

Thanks Tony. I haven't abandoned the manual. I loaded it onto my Droid X for quick reference "in the field" and recently discovered how true what you say is; when I went to the manual to clear up something Busch was saying in his book.

The reason I mentioned the book was to point out that I'm not just winging it. This camera represents a significant investment for me and I want to learn everything there is to know about it; so I can focus npi on composition, instead of the technology.

The book is more readable; but the manual cuts to the chase