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Canon General / Any recommendations for how best to use an Arctic Butterfly?

« on: September 26, 2012, 11:12:31 PM »

A bought an Arctic Butterfly (724 SB) to rid my camera of the Canon-supplied extras it shipped with (really, they couldn't clean this before shipping it!?). I seem to have successfully moved the dust particles around on the sensor, but I'm not sure I've removed any of them.

I've made two passes, both dry. Would getting some cleaning solution on the bristles help? Or are two passes too few (do I need more patience)? Is there a different product I should try, instead?

As I'm completely new to this, any insights, comments, or suggestions are most welcomed

Thanks.

Shawn L.

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Technical Support / Re: 1Dx froze with black screen.

« on: September 23, 2012, 08:47:59 PM »

Here's my original post on the subject:

http://www.canonrumors.com/forum/index.php?topic=8443.msg153755#msg153755

Others posted some nice debugging tips in there including using chkdisk (PC) to make sure there's no issue with the memory card.

Shawn L.

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Technical Support / Re: 1Dx froze with black screen.

« on: September 23, 2012, 08:35:52 PM »

I had the same thing happen with my first copy of the 1DX. I heard something that sounded like the shutter locking up, and then the camera was dead. None of the buttons worked, couldn't bring up the menu, etc.

Turning off and back on solved it for me.

After wrestling with what to do, I eventually returned that copy (I was lucky, it happened within the first 30 days); the replacement hasn't shown the issue. Though, to be fair, it has far less actuations than the other one did when it locked up (happened around 2,200 photos).

I didn't get an error code on the screen, and I looked through the error log on the camera, and it didn't seem to know that this had happened. Could just be a hard crash.

What BIOS version are you using? Mine happened with the BIOS that originally shipped.

Wish you lots of luck :/

Shawn L.

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1D X Sample Images / Space Shuttle Endevour over where I work

« on: September 22, 2012, 11:20:40 AM »

Captured this yesterday with a Canon 1DX and an EF 70-200 mm f/2.8 II
1/800 sec, ISO 100, f/7.1

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EOS Bodies - For Video / Re: Canon 1DC is IDENTICAL to 1DX other than firmware

« on: September 20, 2012, 07:50:34 PM »

Youre essentially paying for the software that costs the company money and time to develop. Programmers arent free guys.

Being a programmer myself, I agree

Shawn L.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: Any Thing shot with a 1Dx

« on: September 06, 2012, 12:45:48 AM »

deveraux, that leopard shot is strikingly gorgeous. Great job

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / 1dx firmware released

« on: August 27, 2012, 09:41:57 PM »

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/News/News-Post.aspx?News=2930

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Underwater / Re: Please share your most vivid photographs of underwater creatures

« on: August 25, 2012, 09:36:44 PM »

Let's see if this works (attaching the files sure didn't).

Okay, these were taken at the Galinburg Aquarium.

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1D X Sample Images / Re: San Francisco Zoo

« on: August 21, 2012, 06:03:39 PM »

Thanks, Menace

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 15, 2012, 11:43:27 AM »

The only review on Amazon for the 1Dx has a similar incident, and canon changed the camera. He describes shutter lock up after trying to full up the buffer. Unless this is a post from one of you guys

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-EOS-1D-18-1MP-Digital-Camera/product-reviews/B005Y3T1AI/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

Interesting. That issue sounds nearly identical, though I didn't actually get an error code at all. Mine just completely locked up. And when I checked the error log on the camera, it was empty.

Thanks for posting this, Wilmark.

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 15, 2012, 10:54:09 AM »

Given that mine occurred during an extended set of quickly taken photos, I wonder if maybe the card and the camera somehow lose sync with one another, leaving the camera waiting for a reply that never happens.

I've tested my card pretty thoroughly: ran chkdsk on it several times and then wrote a small Perl program that copies large volumes of data to it quickly to stress it. The card (which was being handled through a usb reader)  didn't have any issues.

If it is failing due to a missed handshake, it could be a simple matter of changing the firmware to more gracefully handle this case.

Or maybe it's not this at all. Given the relative low frequency with which it's occurring (you'd think a systemic issue of poorly handling a protocol exchange would be more pervasive), maybe some units have a manufacturing defect -- this is my worst fear and the one I used to justify exchanging the camera.

I'd love to hear what you find out, though.

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 14, 2012, 06:09:16 PM »

Haven't yet gotten the new one, the old one is just on the way out the door. I'll let you know.

Cheers.

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 14, 2012, 10:58:46 AM »

For those who might be interested, I decided to exchange my camera for another. While it's possible I just tickled it in a way others had not (I think that's unlikely as I've only taken 2,600 photos over 6 time separate sessions), it's also possible that the issue was something like a cracked board or another similarly hard to reproduce and/or track down error.

So, for my own peace of mind, I decided to try my hand with another one.

Shawn L.

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1DX lock up?

« on: August 13, 2012, 01:25:30 PM »

Mark:

Do you have any update on your end? Any luck with Canon?

Just curious.

Thanks.

Shawn L.

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Animal Kingdom / Re: Ribit!

« on: August 12, 2012, 02:14:48 PM »

Those are awesome. I really like the second one in the second group. Nice job

Shawn L.