I have three N bodies - I use the firewire for tether every weekend - but I only need one body for that. Of the three of them, 2 of them tether just fine, meaning I have all the software and drivers and such. Then there is one, that I have not ever gotten to tether via the same computers that the other two tether correctly.
So there might be an issue with the port or chips inside?
Reminds me... I should send that body off to get that issue fixed!
I got it thank to all you guys. It is finicky to say the least. The firewire has to have some light pressure pushing it up to connect, and EOS Utility will only show the options if it opens automatically when the camera connects. If I connect the camera and then try to open Utility, the options are grayed out.
Now I have to figure out how to register the personal function groups so I can switch between them out in the field.
marcus riley wrote:
I got it thank to all you guys. It is finicky to say the least. The firewire has to have some light pressure pushing it up to connect, and EOS Utility will only show the options if it opens automatically when the camera connects. If I connect the camera and then try to open Utility, the options are grayed out.
Now I have to figure out how to register the personal function groups so I can switch between them out in the field.
Thanks!
marcus
It seems you are having precisely the same issue I had with all my 1-series up to the 1Ds3, quite how you are supposed to use that tethered in a pro environment and impress clients I don't know.
Setting the PF's is easy once you're 'in' just choose anything you are ever likely to need. It's a truly silly way of doing things and much easier and more consistent via USB on the 1D3 series'
I remembered reading once that once you turned them on once, you can always go in and turn them on and off in-camera. So I just set the ones with options, and turned them all on.
The problem I have now is that I will set it up one way and register it as PF Group #1. It work like I want. Then, I will go change and save them as PR Group#2. When I check it, they work like I want in #2. BUT when I switch back to #1, now it is the same as #2. Basically, anytime I change the PF and register them to group 1/2/3 it changes the other two groups the same. So obviously I'm saving them the wrong way or something.
