Conflict of info.

[Forseti]

Originally Posted by rapidfire

The rubber attachment on the strap is for using while shooting in 'live mode' I think

WRONG, If you take a picture without looking at the viewfinder , light entering the eyepiece can throw off the exposure. To prevent this, use the eyepiece cover attached to the camera strap. During Live View shooting and movie shooting , attaching the eyepiece cover is unnecessary. ........EOS 7D manual page 108 and which Manxman has quite correctly stated already.

Picture styles are NOT recognised in any other software other than Canons own i.e. DPP. These are written into the manufacturers headings and are not accessible by software such as Adobe CS/Elements. In ACR/Lightroom you have the ability of selecting a style and whilst these might have the same name as the original they have been produced by Adobe themselves and represent what they think would be the equivalent setting.

Originally Posted by rapidfire

Peripheral Illumination Correction - set to 'enable' but I dont even know what that is......

Page 76 of the 7D manual explains this quite well and in some detail. However, leave this setting OFF if using Adobe products for the rendering/editing of your raw files.

More info here http://forums.adobe.com/message/2589994#2589994 particularly post 6 by Eric who is an Adobe employee.

Originally Posted by rapidfire

sRGB - not sure if thats the best one but thats what the 7D manual indicates to use.

Not important when shooting raw files as colour profiles are not recognised by raw editing applications. In a very broad sense one could say that to all intents and purposes raw files don't contain a colour profile but whilst not read by ACR for instance the information is once again written to the image header. It is only when you the user export the image as either a JPG or TIFF etc that a colour profile is added and in this case sRGB is the most common choice.

I trust this post has been of some help?

[rapidfire]

Hi Forseti,
I stand corrected sir and obviously need to pay closer attention to the manual!

Unfortunately I have to admit that I suffer from a common male trait:-
Receive package.
Remove manual and place somewhere safe to read later.
Remove camera, get excited , have a go because it can't be too difficult to
get the hang of can it?
See results and try to find manual !!!

No, I'm not quite that bad but the forum is like discussing the problem with someone in the same room and more reassuring somehow than the manual if you do not quite understand it.
Much appreciated !
John