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EOS Bodies / Re: 1dX dust in viewfinder

« on: August 19, 2012, 10:17:43 AM »

Virgil Quick and RunAndGun:
 Thanks for the info. I will check it out. Some mentioned CPS which will not be suitable for me.  I am by no means full time professional..
 Thanks

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EOS Bodies / Re: 1dX dust in viewfinder

« on: August 18, 2012, 02:03:58 PM »

Thanks for everybody's response. I guess I should feel guilty by saying "I am pleased to know I am not alone",  . But seriously I am surprised to see this is such a common problem in Canon's high end and highest end offering.

A couple of you mentioned sending to Canon for service is an option. Where would I send it to ( I am in southest US)? Sorry for the newbie question but photography is my long time passion but recently getting serious hobby. Also should the cleaning be free as it is entirely due to their poor QC?

Jack - thanks for your valuable suggestion, but there seems too much risk to clean it by mysefl at this point, as right now it is just a nuance and does not affect pictures.

I should also say that despite this unexpected "feature" (per Neuro), the camera is really working like a charm! Used it for a Sea World trip and almost all pictures were worth to keep and there are thousands of them. And that is another "problem" I am having with this camera,  .

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EOS Bodies / 1dX dust in viewfinder

« on: August 18, 2012, 10:16:15 AM »

I just noticed something on my 1DX. When pointing to some bright area I saw several specks and lines in the upperright corner througth VF. From what I read those would be on either the mirror or focus screen and should not show on the pictures taken (which they did not). Regradless this is annoying especially considering this is Canon's "chosen one". Tried rocket blower and did not help. Just noitices there were hard to clean specks on the eype piece on the back of the VF as well. Resonating with the other thread complaining on dust on sensor, shouldn't Canon do a better job cleaning the camera before shipping out? The camera is only a couple of weeks old with almost no field exposure, so I doubt the dust was due to my use.
Anybody else has this issue? 

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EOS Bodies / Re: Your Canon EOS-1D X user tips

« on: August 17, 2012, 12:19:18 PM »

Set to Av Mode
ISO Safety shift = ON
Set aperture to say, f/6.3
Set Min shutter speed to 1/500
ISO = AUTO

Shoot away

How do you set min shutter speed to 1/500? Under auto ISO I saw the min speed is 1/250?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon EOS-1D X Availability

« on: August 08, 2012, 01:09:06 PM »

Some small guys have them in stock for immediate shippment (as of this morning): www.tallyns.com and www.kenmorecamera.com
Several folks on this forum got theirs from the two stores. I got mine from Tallyns. Placed the order in late July and got it in a week.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1D X EC and ISO button function swapped

« on: August 08, 2012, 12:35:10 PM »

When I press the ISO button, the ISO screen comes up.  I don't think I've ever pressed the EC/Aperture button, since just directly spinning the QCD applies EC.

But I didn't change that setting in the custom controls menu, and I'm guessing you did.    

Access your custom controls menu (C.Fn5), and I bet you'll see that the QCD (one up from the bottom in the right column) is set to this (taken from p.341 of the manual):

Presely what happened! I guess this is a good example of "you need to read the whole story (or manual)". I only read the ISO part and made the change .

Thanks.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 1D X EC and ISO button function swapped

« on: August 08, 2012, 10:38:32 AM »

I have just noticed that on my 1D X, the functions of the ISO and EC buttons have swapped place. When "ISO" button is pressed you get to adjust not ISO, but exposure compensation. If you press "EC" button, you get to the screen where you can adjust ISO.
Anybody esle notice this?