2nd hand Canon 5d - how to restore standard settings?

[Scatterbrain]

I have a second hand Canon 5d & although I only got it yesterday I love it already. I just can't imagine picking up my 400d again!

Is there any way to restore factory settings? I'm conscious that the previous owner would have set up their own personal preferences & I will need to modify those & set up my own. Or should I just shut myself in a cuboard for a day & go through everything one at a time regardless. I wasn't sure as I haven't owned a second hand camera before.

S

[inkista]

In the menu. Setup section (Yellow), there's a "Clear Settings" section that allows you to:

• Clear all camera settings
• Clear all custom functions
• Clear registered camera settings

You can probably use the Canon software (ZoomBrowser/CameraWindow) that came with your 400D to set the owner name, if you didn't get the disks that came with the 5D.

Also, if you didn't get the manual, you can always download a PDF of it from the Canon website.

[Scatterbrain]

brilliant, thanks for the reply.

S