Topic: 5dmk2 settings (Read 3116 times)

mas55101 · « **on:** March 22, 2009, 04:53:54 pm »

Hi All,
My 5dmk2 keeps reverting to default (?) settings often after I've reformatted a card. The most common is the IQ that I always leave on RAW. It keeps becoming Large jpg. Why is this happening?

Thanks,
Michael

digitaldog · « **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:23:31 pm »

Quote from: mas55101

Hi All,
My 5dmk2 keeps reverting to default (?) settings often after I've reformatted a card. The most common is the IQ that I always leave on RAW. It keeps becoming Large jpg. Why is this happening?

I've never seen this behavior on mine. Did you upgrade the Firmware? A newer version was released just after the camera.

Panopeeper · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:35:31 pm »

I can not answer the question, but I can ask another one: why do you keep reformatting the card?

marcmccalmont · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:12:17 pm »

I reformat my cards instead of erasing and have not had this problem
Marc

Jeremy Roussak · « **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2009, 07:50:06 pm »

Quote from: Panopeeper

I can not answer the question, but I can ask another one: why do you keep reformatting the card?

Doesn't everyone (well, obviously not)? It's faster than "Erase all".

Jeremy

digitaldog · « **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2009, 09:39:57 pm »

Quote from: kikashi

Doesn't everyone (well, obviously not)?

I always format.

jtrujillo · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2009, 04:07:29 am »

Could be that, rather than the camera resetting itself, you are pressing some button and wheels combination unadvertidly? For example, as I have it set up, pressing the center button of the rear wheel activates the quick settings and a turn of a wheel may change the active parameter (once I had a session shot in sRAW due to this, since then I make sure to have the EV as the active paraemter)

Nacnud · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:26:37 am »

Does it forget the setup while the battery is out being charged?
If so, then there's a little watch battery that needs replacing.....

I mention this as my 5D2 reset back to factory settings once while the battery was charging over night.

mas55101 · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2009, 09:49:14 am »

Quote from: Nacnud

Does it forget the setup while the battery is out being charged?
If so, then there's a little watch battery that needs replacing.....

I mention this as my 5D2 reset back to factory settings once while the battery was charging over night.

hmm, that did happen once; I'll check it out. Thanks.
M

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