Canon EOS-1 D Mark II Video 3: Custom Functions and Explanations, Menu System, & Personal Functions

[@Gordonpont]

Just bought this camera 1 d mark ii n, thank you for making your 3 fantastic video tutorials, it's been a great help to get the camera up and running, really appreciate what your doing!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@chateaubullion2560]

Thank you for these tutorials. Although I own a 5D and 7D this 1D was somewhat new to me. I just purchased a 1D Mark III and many of the functions and the systems were quite similar to the Mark II. Custom Functions were somewhat different, but I could figure them out on my camera as I followed your explanations. I learned a lot about the buttons and it's functions by watching your 3 videos. Thanks again.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@rapstar2691]

There’s something a mouth the feel of this camera. It just feels so comfortable in the hand in spite of its weight. Also love the solidness. Feels like a precision piece of equipment. So much to learn about it and your videos were fantastic. Would love some videos on how to setup the camera for different situations eg sport, nature, landscape, portrait etc. thanks.

[@DavidHancock]

That is a fantastic description of how it feels to use these.

[@gavinvd1]

Still have one and Love it to this day!

[@DavidHancock]

Nice!

[@chipblock2854]

I got what I believe is a sweet deal. I recentky got the EOS 1 DS Mark II and the EOS 1 D from a seller on Ebay. I paid under $500 for two camers with 5 batteries and a battery charger. Now I am watching your videos to help me get to know the camera.

[@DavidHancock]

Nice! Good find. These are still very usable cameras.

[@nigelgroves19]

Thanks for doing these videos, they're so helpful. Many, many thanks.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@nigelgroves19]

@@DavidHancock Thanks again, you really helped me out in getting set up with my new (to me) 1D Mark II. What an awesome piece of technology :)

[@Godsword4usTV]

I have just got this camera.thanks for your videos

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@udinbata]

Just this camera also !...and Thank you!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@stevenvanzoelen]

Thank you, I bought the camera again in 2023.

[@DavidHancock]

Nice!

[@bigdaftorangedog]

Thank you so much for posting this series of videos - very helpful! I don't recall seeing it anywhere but were you able to use the 16GB CF card without issue? I know there was a tech bulletin regarding SD cards (luckily I still have some 2GB cards laying around) but I don't believe that covered CF card capacity. Thanks!

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I have a 16GB CF card in mine and it works a-okay.

[@bigdaftorangedog]

@@DavidHancock awesome - thanks!

[@wombat1238marsupial]

The communication function is via firewire which is the other interface with usb, It is a 4pin in camera to a 9pin to computer. I do have the old software and use a Windows XP laptop to customise the personal preferences and the options with those are mind boggling.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I wondered in that was 1394. I remember selling Firewire hardware back in the day when I was in computer sales. It was so much faster than USB, if I recall.

[@andrewwilkin1923]

I think Canon's DPP will still support the 1D MkII under win10 but the problem is finding a modern laptop / PC with a firewire port and a firewire cable.

[@mat_thephotographer1]

Does the canon 1d mk 2 have a silent or silents shutter like a electronic one?

[@DavidHancock]

No because it has a physical shutter and mirror.

[@mat_thephotographer1]

@@DavidHancock k good to know cause I’m buying one soon is 250$ good ?

[@DavidHancock]

@@mat_thephotographer1 that's fair if it works

[@brireb0711]

Question…I like watching your videos…….about how long should the battery last

[@DavidHancock]

Good question and there are some factors that affect that -- autofocus use, battery age, temperature, and screen power-on time. When I had this camera, I found that I used about one or two batteries per hike -- call that five or six hours of heavy use.

[@derekcoe9633]

Apologies if I’ve missed this but could you tell how to enlarge an image in playback? Thank you

[@DavidHancock]

I don't think you missed it. IIRC, I was unaware of a way to do that on the camera.

[@vince-jn6mk]

I found this video very informative on my old Canon. I was wondering what CF memory card you have on this camera.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I forget the brand. I just grabbed a relatively small one (either 8 or 16GB, I forget which) with the fastest write speed. Most of the write speed is wasted in-camera but can help some when transferring files to my computer through my CF reader.

[@muddyboots-mac]

Nice content and tutorial, just bought 1D Mk2N and using inserting 32GB SanDisk Extreme. I have gone through the setting for Raw. But it didnt work it stays to S. Please advice, Thanks cheers from Brunei

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! So when you change the setting to raw it goes back to small jpeg? It's been a couple of years since I sold this camera, but I feel like there is a second setting in the camera for image size and both have to be selected for raw to work. I forget if this video covers it or if something in the second video of this series covers that.

[@demon6xx]

Great videos David Hancock. How would you do a sensor cleaning on this? I can't find a sensor cleaning kit brush that fits this large APS-H-size (28.7 x 19.1 mm) CMOS.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you! I just use a regular APS-C brush or a full frame brush (I have both.) The latter works well cleaning top to bottom.

[@demon6xx]

@@DavidHancock Awesome, thank you!

[@demon6xx]

Hi again. I noticed I have a few hot/dead pixels in my photographs. Is there a solution to fix this in camera on the Canon EOS-1 D Mark II? I heard of activating manual sensor cleaning mode with mirror up and to let it sit for 30 seconds. Another is to clean the sensor or to remap the pixels. I've done all except remapping the pixels which I believe I have to send it in to Canon to remap the pixels. Thank you in advance @DavidHancock and Happy Holidays!

[@niels-christianschmidt4604]

Hi, i just bought 2 x 1Ds mark ii, for 200$, I really like the shutter sound.

[@DavidHancock]

Nice buy! Yeah these old DSLRs sound great. Much better than an electronic shutter sound.

[@altervoid3235]

hi what does the FEL means on the camera?

[@DavidHancock]

That's the flash exposure lock and Canon has a great article on it that explains it way better than I can. www.canon-europe.com/pro/infobank/flash-exposure-lock-compensation/

[@LaDonna-nl6dm]

How do I set it to only use the SD card.

[@DavidHancock]

I believe you would insert only the SD card and it should work then. I haven't tried that, though, so I can't recall for certain.

[@Nenad9785]

If you can buy Canon 1Ds II and canon 5D mk2 what would be your choise, Same price.Thanks

[@DavidHancock]

The 5D Mk2 is newer, I believe, but that's the only input I have for you since I've never shot the Mk2.

[@chrisj0]

The 5d mk2 is a great camera. One of the first that had 1080 video and is the only choice if you want videos. 1DS mkii is a tank make sure you want that big of a camera

[@BarrettBaker_photos]

May i ask where I can find a cheap charger? A friend of mine gifted me one and I can’t afford $100 charger

[@DavidHancock]

I don't think they're are cheap chargers for these. I don't know of any third party options. I ran into the same issue with my Nikon D1 and D2H. Old DSLRs are an expensive hobby.

[@BarrettBaker_photos]

David Hancock thank you so much for the reply! I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and purchase a proprietary one :-) thank you again

[@shidhinchandran1171]

I have this camera but it's battery showing backup issues

[@DavidHancock]

Hmm. That is probably just a bad battery. Do you have more than one and if so does that happen with other batteries?

[@kurtklimisch7498]

Great videos, but your camera is just a straight Mark II, the Mark IIn has a much bigger LCD screen on the back. I have had both the II and the IIn, I have kept the IIn, to the point of sending it back to Canon to get a new shutter put in. Love that camera, even though I have purchased a Mark III, Mark IIIDs, Mark IV, 5D Mark 3 and now a 6D, I still have the Mark IIn, just a special camera.

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!

[@Godsword4usTV]

I have just got this camera.thanks for your videos

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you and this is a great camera to use.

[@Godsword4usTV]

I have just got this camera.thanks for your videos

[@DavidHancock]

Thank you!