Canon EOS 1D

<p>Hi!</p>

<p>A week ago I bought a Canon EOS 1D as I wanted to get familiar with the Canon's 1-line (with limited budget). I got a nice body with just 20k+ shutter actions for around 400 €, including charger and necessery cables.<br>

<br /> I tought that this would be the best place to ask for advice and tips in using the old-monster-of-a-camera 1D? All the help will be appriciated!<br>

<br /> P.S. I'm slightly worried about the 4.1 MP printing capabilities and the fact that how limited I am?</p>

<p>Yours,<br /> Coppice</p>

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<p>Here's some advice on setup from Sports Illustrated:<br>

<a href="http://www.siphoto.com/?canon1D.inc">http://www.siphoto.com/?canon1D.inc</a><br>

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There's also a detailed .PDF file on Custom Functions, etc. put out by Canon.  I'll try to find it and send the link.</p>

<p>You should have no trouble printing quality 8x10 photos. With a little bit of tweaking in Photoshop 11x14 or 13x19 is possible. With more manipulation even larger prints are possible. Don't worry about your 4mp. Do you think people with todays 12 or 20 mp cameras will worry about printing 10 years from now when cameras might have 50-75mp? When I tell clients I have a 1D MKIII (10mp) I'm sometimes asked "Is that all?" Then I show them the 20x24's I have on the wall and their jaws drop. Any of the 1D series will give you fantastic output.</p>

<p>I am the owner of the 1D, 1Ds, 5D, 30D, and G9, the only thing I don't like about the 1D is the battery, 11x14 or 13x19 will be excellent. I have printed both from my 1D files. The 1D is my favorite camera to use, excluding landscapes.</p>

<p>First thing, make sure you have the latest firmware. There's a setting for a colour curve to get rid of the banding issue which many cameras have.<br>

I find that up to iso800, it's okay, but not beyond that.<br>

I always shoot RAW only and 2gig is the largest CF card you can use the full capacity of (the shots remaining will be off).<br>

The 3rd party batteries from Ebay have worked fine for me but battery life is short regardless of what battery you use.<br>

I've made 8x10's cropped from just a 1/4 frame, so those 4mps go a long way.<br>

You'll probably want to back off the USM sharpening in Photoshop, as the anti-alias filter on the original 1D is very weak, so images are quite sharp straight from the camera.</p>

<p dir="ltr">Tips? Just one: Buy many batteries. After two years I sold mine just because of its awful battery consumption. </p>

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<p dir="ltr">Happy shooting,</p>

<p dir="ltr">Yakim.</p>

<p>Aleksi, I learned a lot from this Canon publication:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Handling/EOS_Digital.pdf">http://www.usa.canon.com/content/Handling/EOS_Digital.pdf</a></p>

<p>Well worth downloading and printing as a guide to optimizing the use of your 1D.</p>

<p>Quite sorry for the late thank yous.<br>

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So thank you very much for the tips and advices! :)</p>