EOS 1Ds Mk II rear control dial doesn't seem to work

[Wolfeye]

Hello. My EOS 1Ds Mk II has a problem. The rear control dial doesn't seem to work, in that it never changes any setting in shooting mode. In all other respects it works fine, but in M mode for instance, the front control dial changes shutter speed but the rear does zilch. Likewise, flash exposure comp., regular comp. both don't work with the rear dial. Am I missing something? The on/off switch is on, but the camera behaves like it's off. The dial DOES work for menu selection and moving around the menus.

Am I missing something? I've reset all custom and personal setting, reset the date/time clock, and the firmware is current.

[ebiggs1 · Accepted solution]

I agree.  Send it to Canon service.  I think they still work on the 1Ds Mk II but not the 1D Mk II.

[ebiggs1]

Bob in Boston,

All I can say is, you need to try a 1 series.  If you do you will never go back to any other camera.  There is a 1 series and there is everything else.  I have a seven year old grandson that doesn't seem to have any problems with carrying one or shooting with it.

I regularly carry my 1D Mk IV and the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8.  Plus my 1D Mk III or 1Ds Mk III with the 24-70mm f2.8.

I use hand straps on each and the heavier 1D Mk IV (12 lbs with the Siggy) on a Black Rapid.

Right now the best buy, on the planet, in a camera body is a good condition used 1D Mk III.  All I can say is you need to try one.  The minute you pick it up, you will know.

[ebiggs1]

Oh, BTW, if you do happen to get a wild hair and actually want to try one, avoid the 1D, 1Ds, 1D Mk II.

The stellar models, that we can afford, and have at least some up-to-date features are; The 1D Mk IIn, 1Ds Mk II,and the Mk III pair D and Ds.

While the Mk II series has limited controls, the Mk III pair have everything you are currently used to having.

Hey, Mikey, he likes it! 

[RobertTheFat]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

Oh, BTW, if you do happen to get a wild hair and actually want to try one, avoid the 1D, 1Ds, 1D Mk II.

The stellar models, that we can afford, and have at least some up-to-date features are; The 1D Mk IIn, 1Ds Mk II,and the Mk III pair D and Ds.

While the Mk II series has limited controls, the Mk III pair have everything you are currently used to having.

Hey, Mikey, he likes it! 

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Well, it'll be a while, at least. I'm still getting used to my new 5D3. I thought my 7D's were great cameras, but the 5D3 really outclasses them. If I were to win the lottery or something, I might be inclined to buy another one. 

[ebiggs1]

Bob from Boston,

As good as the 5D Mk III is, and I love them as they are very outstanding cameras, the 1D Mk IV is better, IMHO, of course.

And the price for a real nice Mk IV and a 5D3 is about the same.

I guess I am used to the weight factor because I came from a world where I carried F1n's with a motor drive attached with 12 AA batteries.  I usually had a 600mm or a 400mm great white on one, too.  I carried that combo all over these United States for years.  Up and down the Rockies to the ruins at Mesa Verde and a ton of other places.  From the western deserts to the swamps in the South lands.

It's all good, right?