Settings + Questions for Canon 40D

lawrence90 · 16th May 2008

Hi all,

Just got my Canon 40D and was playing with the camera for a few days already. There's one dropdown menu called "Camera 2" and there's many sophisicated and complicated functions inside there.

So i was wondering if i would be be required to do anything to the settings(eg. tweak the settings to get best out of my DSLR?)

Also, i heard some people going down to the Canon Service Center(CSC) and recalibrate their DSLR + lens. What is the use of it anyway. Some are faulty but some people are alright but they still do go down.

alternatve · 16th May 2008

What I did is I went through the menu to familiarise myself with the camera. I customed a picture style to my liking and was ready to fly after that.

I did send my 40D to CSC but it's because I believe my model is suffering from a metering issue. If your body and lens is perfectly fine, why send it in at all? Like the much repeated story, would you jump off a building if someone else did as well?

Samuel

jhs2669 · 16th May 2008

Originally Posted by alternatve

What I did is I went through the menu to familiarise myself with the camera. I customed a picture style to my liking and was ready to fly after that.

I did send my 40D to CSC but it's because I believe my model is suffering from a metering issue. If your body and lens is perfectly fine, why send it in at all? Like the much repeated story, would you jump off a building if someone else did as well?

Samuel

Bro

i also daubt mine have metering & focus issue.
Did CSC do anything for you ? I brought since March 08.

Koelsch · 16th May 2008

edmwer.

read the manual. don't bother about sending in for calibrations unless you find something really wrong with either body or lens.

ahlow · 16th May 2008

seem like alot of issue with 40D......

Garion · 16th May 2008

1. Quote a famous quote: "If it ain't broke don't fix it".

2. RTFM

3. Go out and shoot in the real world instead of spend time online reading pointless rumours about so called "problems". If the pics turn out fine, why even bother worrying?

Originally Posted by ahlow

seem like alot of issue with 40D......

Read the above.

IsenGrim · 16th May 2008

Originally Posted by Garion

2. RTFM

16th May 2008	#1
lawrence90 Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 94	Settings + Questions for Canon 40D Hi all, Just got my Canon 40D and was playing with the camera for a few days already. There's one dropdown menu called "Camera 2" and there's many sophisicated and complicated functions inside there. So i was wondering if i would be be required to do anything to the settings(eg. tweak the settings to get best out of my DSLR?) Also, i heard some people going down to the Canon Service Center(CSC) and recalibrate their DSLR + lens. What is the use of it anyway. Some are faulty but some people are alright but they still do go down.

16th May 2008	#2
alternatve Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,311	Re: Settings + Questions for Canon 40D What I did is I went through the menu to familiarise myself with the camera. I customed a picture style to my liking and was ready to fly after that. I did send my 40D to CSC but it's because I believe my model is suffering from a metering issue. If your body and lens is perfectly fine, why send it in at all? Like the much repeated story, would you jump off a building if someone else did as well? Samuel __________________ f/8 and be there.

16th May 2008	#4
Koelsch Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The Land of the Teddy Bear Posts: 1,464	Re: Settings + Questions for Canon 40D edmwer. read the manual. don't bother about sending in for calibrations unless you find something really wrong with either body or lens. __________________ I Love You :)

16th May 2008	#5
ahlow Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 152	Re: Settings + Questions for Canon 40D seem like alot of issue with 40D......