> > I will be receiving a used 1D2 shortly. It comes with a 7 day return. My > current camera is an Elan 7E. Is there anything specific to a DSLR in > general or to this one in particular that I need to look for to make sure > that everything is O.K.? It's a lot more complicated than my 7E > and I don't > want to miss anything during the 7 days trial period. >
Check with all your lenses to make sure they work properly with the 1D2, especially if you have an EF100-400. Why? My PERSONAL experience, however NOT making sense, is that there can be unique and isolated incompatibilities between certain bodies and lenses, my EF100-400 worked perfectly with an EOS A2E for 2 years before I got the EOS-3, right off the bat there were intermittent lock-up where the lens will refuse to focus and the shutter will not trigger, a quick unmount and remount of the lens "fixes" the ailment until the next time it happens, this happens very randomly with no predicable frequencies, in the 4 years since I owned the EOS-3, I estimate the lock up had occurred about 100 times in about 12,000 shots taken with this lens/body combination. Canon was never able to replicate let alone fix this problem. Imagine my pleasant surprise when the very same lens worked perfectly with the 1D2 I got last July, I would say there have been at least 8,000 shots taken with this lens so far, and there is not even one single lock up. The reason I brought this up is that when my EF100-400 was in for service a few months ago, the loaner EF100-400 I got consistently displayed the lock-up problem, in fact of the 600 images taken in one day, the lens (loaner) / body (mine own 1D2) combination locked up at least 20 times, it was very frustrating. So you should take a whole bunch of shots with each lens to make sure no lock up occurs. It should be noted that I never had any lock-up problems with the EF28-135, EF20-35, EF17-40 I also own. Other than that you might want to get the camera to a Canon service center to find how many frames the shutter mechanism has been tripped, as taking digital pictures is "free", people tend to blast away frames like there is no tomorrow. You should also use the "sensor cleaning" mode to lock the mirror up and inspect the CMOS sensor under a strong light and a magnifying glass to make sure there are no signs of scratches or damages of the sensor. You can't check for the full operation unless you first know what each of the many switches and dials do, so you should also download the user manual from Canon first so that you can read up and become familiar with the operation of the camera. Assuming you got a properly functioning camera, you will just love this beast, it's the most expensive camera gear I ever bought, but it is also the best performing. You will then start spending more money on other required accessories relating to the digital realm, the expense is just beginning. Regards, Ken * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
