Should I have recieved a full instruction manual with my new camera.

[petey303]

Canon 800d purchased , have the quick start manual but no full user manual. Have canon stopped includeing it in the box ?

Have downloaded the pdf document but rather have the actual book. 

[Waddizzle]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

"Have you considered just how large a printed copy of the full manual would be? How much it would cost to print? How much bigger and heavier the box would be? "

Actually, given the small footprint of the full manual, I don't think including one would change the size of the packaging.

But, there is a cost, real and environmental, and that is the way the world is going. I support that.

All you need to do is spend some time on this forum and you will see that folks don't read the manual anyway 🙂

I download the PDF version to my iPad and iPhone. Instantly available and no internet conection required.

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For example, the full manual for the 80D is 508 pages.  That is the size of a very hefty paperback novel.  It would be close to the size of the actual camera itself.  I would think that packing a “second camera” into the box would require a bigger box.

[jrhoffman75]

The standard footprint for every manual in my cameras since the 1D Mark II is 4.25x5.5xpages thick. 1D X is about 1 inch thick. 

[Waddizzle]

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@jrhoffman75 wrote:

The standard footprint for every manual in my cameras since the 1D Mark II is 4.25x5.5xpages thick. 1D X is about 1 inch thick. 

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Okay, I guess.  That aspect ratio seems a little too square to me, and a little to thin for a 500+ page paperback book.  My iPad does not make it easy to figure out how large PDF pages should be.  

In either case, adding that much size and weight to a camera should still require a bigger box, IMHO.