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My question is when using manual settings & a long shutter delay will this damage or shorten the life of my Canon 70D ?I read somewhere that doing that will run up your shutter count & shorten it's life ??
I am the proud owner of a new 70D !  The problem I have encountered is with the 18-55 STM lens attached the night flash pics are very dark , testing outside starting at 25 ft . Moving up to 4-5 ft there is enough light & the focus is GOOD .Different ...
When I conect the camera to the monitar with the HDMI cable & try to play the video I have on the cam all I get is the first frame of the video but I cannot get the video to play with nothing I try !!If I turn the cam to movie & start recording while...