-=1DS Mark II Admirers, congregate! (Part 2)

My daughter was being silly Saturday, striking a pose with her 40D hanging around her neck...zebra striped strap from PhatStraps and all.

I don't think I post this here. It's a shot from Hoboken on Presidents Day. I stacked a Big Stopper and polarizer to get a 4 min exposure

70-200mm 2.8 non IS @70mm
f/11
242 sec
ISO 100

Well I have a Question? My 1ds came with the firewire cable but my computer doesnt have a firewire port. I want to change the name in the camera to my name, so will a Firewire to usb adapter work or will have to buy the firewire port? Thanks for any responses...

You probably will need an XP computer and from what I've heard adapters are so so.Look in the 1D MK II
thread for more info if you don't find it here.

XP Computer? Im running XP pro windows, got rid of the Vista crap!

I just want to change the name in my camera to my name. I have the firewire cable just not the port. other than that Im fine. Love this camera it has ruined me lol

If the adapter will suffice for that Im golden!

Try the adapter..I think some adapters work and others don't.I am in the same situation as you but
haven't bothered to fix things up.

The camera is finicky about the use of the Firewire 400 connection. Firewire 400 has a higher rate than usb, does'nt it? At any rate, it just about has to be XP to do it and even then you have to have the correct Canon software to enable Personal Functions. The problem with that is that Canon upgrades EOS Viewer and drops the older versions, so it can be hard to find the correct EOS Viewr to work with the camera.
Being able to set up 5 frames or 7 frames for HDR images is also a plus, as is enabling quiet shutter and various other options that can only be accessed via Personal Functions.

I could be mistaken but I believe it's EU240EN (EOS Utility 2.4.0) File version 2.0.1.6. I can double check that on my XP computer and verify it, will have to get back to that in the morning.

A recent one from moi

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/zenslens/129705​22394/

This is from this past Saturday...

70-200mm 2.8 non IS @78mm
f/11
181 sec
ISO 100
Lee Filters Big Stopper and .9 soft GND

Anyone had experience sending a camera in to Canon at the Virginia facility? They had my 1DsMkII for a week, I got a notice today that it shipped so I should see it tomorrow...not a word about any findings or what may have been wrong with it. What's that mean? I paid the initial labor charge, was waiting for an estimate on parts to repair it and here it is coming back without a word. Beats me, guess I'll know something more tomorrow...just thought it was kind of strange.

took this today...

this one too..