Upgrade 350D to 7D

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RobDickinson

31,343 posts

253 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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jmorgan said:
DPP will not touch the 350D CR2 files, so guessing it will not do the 450D, the info is online.
Youy will have to use dpp3.x or something I think , canon stupidly dropped a lot of support in 4.x :/

jmorgan

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36,010 posts

283 months

Friday 28th August 2015
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Apologies, yes, 4, as is the latest release from the site will not touch the earlier 350 CR2. Not clear there. I have used DPP in the past with the 350 but an earlier version and one that shipped with the DVD I think. It was just the wrong side of a home made feel on the earlier version but I think I should have persevered. I like this version and as I am only using PSE, I find DPP 4 excellent for dealing with RAW and checking focus and weeding out the dross. I like the Canon Picture Style editor as well.

AndyS2

869 posts

257 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Wow, what a difference that is! Unfortunatley I f**ked up and didn't check all the settings the previous owner had put on the camera. I couldn't work out why the pictures looked dull and under exposed on the LCD, on getting home and reading the instructions ( Doh! ) I found that the picture style had been left on 'faithful' which means the pictures will be "dull and subdued". I've run a few through Lightroom and sure enough they can be saved, he's a few from todays action at the Oulton Park Gold Cup

Gold Cup-3 by Dorian Grey, on Flickr

Gold Cup-2 by Dorian Grey, on Flickr

Gold Cup by Dorian Grey, on Flickr


RobDickinson

31,343 posts

253 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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AndyS2 said:
Wow, what a difference that is! Unfortunatley I f**ked up and didn't check all the settings the previous owner had put on the camera. I couldn't work out why the pictures looked dull and under exposed on the LCD, on getting home and reading the instructions ( Doh! ) I found that the picture style had been left on 'faithful' which means the pictures will be "dull and subdued". I've run a few through Lightroom and sure enough they can be saved, he's a few from todays action at the Oulton Park Gold Cup
Setting the style to a flat/dull set means you get a more accurate histogram so you know how exposed your raw files are, rather than what the camera has processed them to (its all based on the jpg, even in raw only). Its the better way of shooting in a lot of situations , just means you have to process the raw

jmorgan

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36,010 posts

283 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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I thought the Style did not do anything on RAW other than flag it up on the data so software can read it, DPP (Canon software) will see that and apply it. But, you can also apply the other Style settings in the software, so changing what the camera was. Only thing is it needs to be the Canon editing software?

Mine came with a factory reset so all settings any owner had set, were wiped. Still learning them now.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

253 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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jmorgan said:
I thought the Style did not do anything on RAW
Whilst thats true it does affect the jpg that is created and embedded into the raw. Its this jpg that is used to calculate the histogram and the blown hilites etc. So it can affect how you treat exposure , easily half a stop or more

jmorgan

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283 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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Ah, would that be in raw AND jpeg only? I tend to save space and only use raw.

Just been messing with styles in the canon software the changes are subtle, rather than glaringly obvious but then only run it through a few.

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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For 7d owners make sure you update the firmware. It offers some real improvements to the camera.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

253 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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jmorgan said:
Ah, would that be in raw AND jpeg only? I tend to save space and only use raw.
No. Every Raw has a jpg built in too, for preview etc.

jmorgan

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283 months

Monday 31st August 2015
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I did not know that. Learn something new everyday. I thought the viewing was built up by the raw reader.

An Marcach

3,516 posts

213 months

Tuesday 1st September 2015
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Keep an eye out for an ex-demo 7D mark II

I got one with a shutter count of only 2,000 and a full warranty for similar money to a 7D

Rusty1

614 posts

189 months

Friday 4th September 2015
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I've had a 7d since they came out,
got it as a rushed purchase due to my 30D giving up the ghost half way through an american football match. Lovely error 99

7D has been great and its about to clock round the image number for 3rd time
so must be about 30k and still feels brand new.

that being said, I used it last weekend and when uploading images to the computer i noticed i didn't have a 2015 folder and then it clicked that i hadn't used my 7d Since last year.

After reading above, will check and see if firmware is up to date.

jmorgan

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36,010 posts

283 months

Friday 4th September 2015
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I did check my firmware and update it the day it arrived.

andrewcliffe

936 posts

223 months

Friday 4th September 2015
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Whilst I mostly shoot on a 1D4 now, my 7D gets a lot of use and has just clicked over 300,000 shots. Its been more reliable than my 1D4 too!

Killwilly

446 posts

187 months

Saturday 5th September 2015
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rhinochopig said:
For 7d owners make sure you update the firmware. It offers some real improvements to the camera.
I see that Firmware Version 2.0.5 is available for the 7D, but mine already has version 2.0.3, is it worth upgrading to 0.5 just for wifi, which I wouldn't use, or does it offer much more?