-=1D Mk II and Mk IIn Owners Unite! (Round 2)

Tareq wrote in post #15361152
And a question for you, is your budget that low so you can get used 1D3 or even 1D4? If i will get a 1 series body if you shoot sports and action and fast moving subjects then i will ignore MarkII models and look at Mark3 and up, you can't tell when Canon will stop servicing MarkIIn model too, maybe next year, then what you can do?

Just so that I get this right. You are saying ignore the 1D2 or 1D2N if he wants to shoot sports? The 1D2 is still an excellent body for sports and can be had for around $500-800. If the shutter scares someone then buy the extended warranty either from ebay or a local camera store. I could walk into my local Samy's camera and buy the 1D2N for $700 and pay $60 for a 2 year additional warranty that covers everything. This is the way to go.

I hope mine never dies. Haha!
But, sadly, it could. Not sure what I'll do if that happens.

Nmura wrote in post #15298260
Nicely done Pat. Great composition

^^ Thanks ^^

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Hey fellow 1Dii/N owners! I'm really stoked that I was able to pick up a in good condition with less then 30k actuations on it for $500 It will definitely go well with the PJ kit I already have.

I've got a question though about changing the personal custom functions. I understand to do so, you are required to have camera window but the thing is my purchase didn't come along with a CD unfortunately. I do have another copy of EOS utility/zoom browser put this came for my 1D3. I tried installing it seeing if it worked but it said my camerawindow could not detect my camera. This was all with all the updates I could find too.

Would someone be explain from step one on how to change the personal custom functions?

hopefully the following information will help.

- Window 7 (x64) user
- Do not own any of the CD's that came with the 1DiiN
- Do not own a fire wire cable, only USB

Thank you!

You would need to download the EOS Utility version on the Canon page for the 1DIIN, and I don't think there are drivers for Windows 7 on 64bit (but for some reason it works on my 64bit OSX Lion Macbook) so you can still give it a try. Also, you'll need a firewire for it to work.

Cheers.

Your best chance is to find an older PC laying around and use that.

MrNothing wrote in post #15384061
Hey fellow 1Dii/N owners! I'm really stoked that I was able to pick up a in good condition with less then 30k actuations on it for $500 It will definitely go well with the PJ kit I already have.

I've got a question though about changing the personal custom functions. I understand to do so, you are required to have camera window but the thing is my purchase didn't come along with a CD unfortunately. I do have another copy of EOS utility/zoom browser put this came for my 1D3. I tried installing it seeing if it worked but it said my camerawindow could not detect my camera. This was all with all the updates I could find too.

Would someone be explain from step one on how to change the personal custom functions?

hopefully the following information will help.

- Window 7 (x64) user
- Do not own any of the CD's that came with the 1DiiN
- Do not own a fire wire cable, only USB

Thank you!

As I understand it, Canon never did release drivers for the 1DIIN for any Windows OS beyond XP (no vista drivers and no win7 drivers) and never released any x64 bit drivers either. You also "MUST" use the firewire cable to make any changes to personal functions or copyright/owner info on the camera.

Now the workaround that I used for this was to load a settings file onto the camera using the load/save settings options somewhere in the settings menus. It had all the personal functions enabled from another member here on the forum. If you go way back into the original 1D Mk II and Mk IIn owners thread (round 1, ), you may be able to find it (went back and looked, looks like the user changed hosts and the file isn't up anymore but here's the link to the post: https://photography-on-the.net …+ii+settings+fi​le&page=74 ).

If not, I still have that settings file lurking around somewhere and also have it loaded onto the camera and could recreate it. The downside to this was that the forum member had their copyright info saved into that settings file so the camera lists it's owners name as that forum member in all the exif data (I always had to make a note to strip the info out). Also, important note: loading a settings file has been found to muck around with the shutter count readable by the user on the camera. I had gotten mine with around 112k on the shutter (or so it said) and after loading the settings file to the camera, the count read as somewhere around 30k if I remember right. Won't have any effect on the count Canon can read though so I consider it harmless.

With the temperature near freezing, I decided to shoot fire.

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Those are awesome photos!

Just pulled the trigger on a 1D Mk II N. Excited to play with it

Do you mean the fd 200mm 2.8? If not that could be the deal of the century!

No i mean the EF 200mm f/2.8L USM the first one.