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Canon EOS 5D Custom Mode Issue
Luminous Landscape have published news about a design flaw with the Canon EOS 5D’s new custom function.
“Let’s say that my custom setting is for AV mode at f/10 with +2/3EV. I put the camera to C mode and the settings appear as stored. As I continue to shoot, I decide to change the aperture to f8 and change the EV to +1/3. Because the 5D has almost instant power-on, and high battery usage, unlike previous Canon cameras where I would set the power saver to 8 minutes or more, on the 5D I set it to 2 or 4 minutes, so in fact the camera power will time out from time to time when I am idle in relation to shooting. So, I am waiting for the next shot. I see it coming, the camera springs to life almost instantly, but rather than have my new f/8 and +1/3EV setting where I left off minutes ago, the camera apparently says, “OK we are now powering up in the Custom mode, so we will make sure that all the settings are as stored”. GOTCHA!”
Website: Luminous Landscape - The Canon 5D “C” Mode Gotcha
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#1 phule
Yeah, "gotcha" as in "I can't think for myself, so I expect the camera to do the thinking for me."
This is another one of those stupid Reichmann moments. This is how a custom function should behave. It's how it works on every other Canon camera, and, in fact, every other camera available with custom-saved functions.
2:53 pm - Wednesday, October 12, 2005
#2 GARY POGODA
This "problem" was artificially created by the low power saver setting.
After a more reasonable time lapse, you would want the power-up to
restore your saved custom settings.
6:38 pm - Wednesday, October 12, 2005
#3 Hank Williams
Luminous Landscape is very good at complaining about this supposed problem and others. But for some reason they were unable to figure out that all you have to do is disable Auto Power-Off as one of your C settings. So they have a goodly part of the internet photography community all in a lather over this nonsense, all because they posted this ALERT without thinking it through. Had they taken the time to think about it, they might have realized that it's really no problem at all. But they just went ahead and posted this junk.
It's fine to mention this issue. But to leave out the obvious fix is inexplicable for a website that purports to be run by and for pro photographers.
8:52 pm - Monday, October 17, 2005