Do you flick your camera off when setting it down?

[zim]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

Hi Rusty,

No, I had no idea that was the case, thanks for the tip!!

I do seem to recall the manual saying to switch off though something about getting lens settings mixed up causing possibl connection failures, must have a re-read maybe I just read an urban myth somewhere ;D

Regards

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct?

No I didn't know that. Thanks for posting it. I guess one of the disadvantages of manually turning my camera's off is that I never can find out if the camera automatically turns itself off.

 

[FEBS]

... I don't get why there's any need to pose like this.

+1 Dilbert
love to shoot nature. But don't like this at all !!!

 

[Marsu42]

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That is sick. If the only arrow that hit it was where I can see then that animal suffered.

Unfortunately, in a photography forum posting trophy shots might be considered on-topic, while advising the hunter to [censored] could be considered political. But rejoice, at least the animal didn't have to see the quality of the shot like we're forced to :-\

 

[Joe M]

Do you do this? And why/ why not?

If I put it down, I'll likely be picking it up again to continue shooting. By that point, it'll either have not yet gone to sleep so I can resume shooting, or it'll be asleep and I'll just tap the shutter button. Turning the camera off is only for when it goes into the bag, changing a lens or I want the sensor cleaned. I don't even turn it off traveling from one spot to another for a day's event (e.g. church to park to reception). I guess it doesn't seem like a big difference, tapping the shutter button or flipping a switch but it just seems to be a more natural thing to do and less interruption to a day's shoot.

 

[Tsuru]

I almost never turn mine off, even when I should (ie: when changing lenses)
The only time I consistently turn it off is when I pull the battery tray out of the grip.
My wife can't stand this which may partly explain my obstinacy towards turning it off. My wife turns her SLR off and on so much that I worry about the switch wearing out.

 

[risc32]

I turn it off when i set it on the shelf when i'm done for the day, and when changing lenses. it's just what i do.
As for opening the battery door and letting the camera switch off, it used to be that you would lose your images doing that with canon cameras. I bet you still would if the camera ram isn't flushed. It was something that some reviewers harped on for years.

were you on top of that deer when you gave him a lower back shot. with a crossbow? damn dude.

 

[Crapking]

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That is sick. If the only arrow that hit it was where I can see then that animal suffered. I hope it was delt with more humanely than is suggested by this image. I'm all for killing something if you'll eat it and the kill is legal, but I don't get why there's any need to pose like this.

I apologize to those taking offense- the deer died immediately-and will not be hit by a car, & it is already being used as food. The pose was a chance for me to try my new Gary Fong flash modifier. In my excitement, I left the batteries/camera on all night-hence posting to this topic.

 

[Click]

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

No, I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.

 

[DominoDude]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

Thanks for the info!
It's not like I didn't trust you, Rusty, but I had to check battery & card doors. Confirmed on my old 50D, no reason to continue checking on the 7D. I had noticed earlier that a camera, with Magic Lantern loaded, did flicker the LED light when the card door and the battery door was opened - even when the body was turned off. So it was quite obvious that there were some kind of sensor or micro switch present. You don't install those just for fun.

 

[TAF]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

The 5D3 manual specifically states on pg 33 to power off the camera before opening the door. I am inclined to stick with the manufacturers instructions.

I couldn't find anything about changing lenses with the power on (or off), but prudence suggests powering off is a good idea before breaking or making electrical connections. As you twist the lens, you can bet that the contacts short across each other.

Personally, I alway switch the camera off if there is a lull in the action, because inevitably if I don't, I end up bumping the shutter and getting the ground etc...

 

[RustyTheGeek]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

Thanks for the info!
It's not like I didn't trust you, Rusty, but I had to check battery & card doors. Confirmed on my old 50D, no reason to continue checking on the 7D. I had noticed earlier that a camera, with Magic Lantern loaded, did flicker the LED light when the card door and the battery door was opened - even when the body was turned off. So it was quite obvious that there were some kind of sensor or micro switch present. You don't install those just for fun.

Whew! That's a relief! Thanks for checking that out and confirming it DominoDude because I really just made it up off the top of my head!

LOL! Na, Just Kidding! ;D I always knew. I think. Bwaah Ha Ha Haaa! (I guess I'm in another one of those moods....)

 

[RustyTheGeek]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

The 5D3 manual specifically states on pg 33 to power off the camera before opening the door. I am inclined to stick with the manufacturers instructions.

I couldn't find anything about changing lenses with the power on (or off), but prudence suggests powering off is a good idea before breaking or making electrical connections. As you twist the lens, you can bet that the contacts short across each other.

Personally, I alway switch the camera off if there is a lull in the action, because inevitably if I don't, I end up bumping the shutter and getting the ground etc...

Thanks TAF. I will admit that I haven't even broken the plastic on the manual. It takes great pictures just using that pretty little green square setting! That's why I didn't waste my money on a 1D-X. It doesn't have the green square setting! ;D (OK, yeah, I'm definitely in a little stinker mood tonight.)

No seriously, I've never had a problem with any Canon camera at any time ever not powering off the switch before card, battery or lens changes. I won't presume to tell others they should ignore the manual but I can say with complete confidence that it has never been a problem for me. And I've never heard of or read where anyone has had a problem either. But if the manual states that the switch should be turned off for a card change, it's not like it takes much longer. And I don't have ML installed but I can see how that could be an issue since ML runs off of the memory card. It also makes sense that if the camera is still writing to the card from the buffer when the door is popped open, it might cause a corrupted file. But then, I'm an IT guy so I'm already hard wired to never mess with something if the disk activity light is still flickering.

 

[Bennymiata]

I normally leave the camera on, unless I know that I won't be using it for a while or I need to change lenses etc.

Mind you, our DSLRs turn on so quickly, it doesn't really matter.

 

[RustyTheGeek]

The 7D Mark II has a DeFlicker feature so I'm not sure if it will respond to flicking like the other EOS cameras! It might just 'flick' right back on!!

 

[DominoDude]

Nope, leave it on all day (when in use) only switch off to change lens or card

Regards

Everyone does realize that there is a switch built in to the card and battery doors that automatically switches the camera off when the door is opened, correct? Hence, no need to manually switch it off to change a card.

Not so sure about the lens change. It might be prudent to power off for that but I've never had a problem.

Thanks for the info!
It's not like I didn't trust you, Rusty, but I had to check battery & card doors. Confirmed on my old 50D, no reason to continue checking on the 7D. I had noticed earlier that a camera, with Magic Lantern loaded, did flicker the LED light when the card door and the battery door was opened - even when the body was turned off. So it was quite obvious that there were some kind of sensor or micro switch present. You don't install those just for fun.

Whew! That's a relief! Thanks for checking that out and confirming it DominoDude because I really just made it up off the top of my head!

LOL! Na, Just Kidding! ;D I always knew. I think. Bwaah Ha Ha Haaa! (I guess I'm in another one of those moods....)

Haha I saw the following comments also. I've also been hanging around in various data centers and learned that the Blue SmokeTM is what makes all electronics and tiny IC's work - as soon as you see electronic circuitry releasing that blue smoke into the thin air, then you know you'll have a bad day.
RAID systems in a state of rebuilding, and you remove the wrong disk and not a spare - also a seriously long and bad day.
Checking redundancy in the main cooling system on the same day as they are working on the redundant cooling system - Yupp, bad bad day.

Things can go wrong in far more ways than they can go right. It's live and learn in this industry.

 

[Tsuru]

RAID systems in a state of rebuilding, and you remove the wrong disk and not a spare - also a seriously long and bad day.
Checking redundancy in the main cooling system on the same day as they are working on the redundant cooling system - Yupp, bad bad day.

Things can go wrong in far more ways than they can go right. It's live and learn in this industry.

Off-topic but I've got to ask: What type of RAID array did you pull the wrong disk out of?

 

[RustyTheGeek]

RAID systems in a state of rebuilding, and you remove the wrong disk and not a spare - also a seriously long and bad day.
Checking redundancy in the main cooling system on the same day as they are working on the redundant cooling system - Yupp, bad bad day.

Things can go wrong in far more ways than they can go right. It's live and learn in this industry.

Off-topic but I've got to ask: What type of RAID array did you pull the wrong disk out of?

Yeah, I wouldn't mind knowing too although almost any RAID will fail if you yank a drive at the wrong time.

 

[DominoDude]

RAID systems in a state of rebuilding, and you remove the wrong disk and not a spare - also a seriously long and bad day.
Checking redundancy in the main cooling system on the same day as they are working on the redundant cooling system - Yupp, bad bad day.

Things can go wrong in far more ways than they can go right. It's live and learn in this industry.

Off-topic but I've got to ask: What type of RAID array did you pull the wrong disk out of?

Yeah, I wouldn't mind knowing too although almost any RAID will fail if you yank a drive at the wrong time.

Putting the response here: It was a RAID 5 system, and everything was lit up like a bloody Xmas tree down at that disk system. The one who responded to the alert, pulled out the spare thinking it should go into the slot where the faulty was seated, and then the rebuild would start. Surprise! The rebuild had already started and it had begun to create the lost data from all parity bits on that no-longer-a-spare disk, That work didn't progress well when he had that disk in his hand...

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