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Photo Forum / Digital Photography / DSLR Cameras / March 2006Camera manuals on line?
Do Nikon, Canon, Olympus, etc, make their camera manuals available on line? Doing so is common in many lines of tech gear, but I haven't been able to find them on the camera manufacturer web sites. Am I just looking in the wrong places? > Do Nikon, Canon, Olympus, etc, make their camera manuals available on > line? Doing so is common in many lines of tech gear, but I haven't > been able to find them on the camera manufacturer web sites. Am I > just looking in the wrong places? Nikon has them in PDF format. If you're a registered owner of any Nikon product, you can download them. If you're not, you can only view them. Go to their Knowledge Base and do a search. In article george says... > Nikon has them in PDF format. If you're a registered owner of any Nikon > product, you can download them. If you're not, you can only view them. Pathetic attitude. Most other manufacturers have PDF manuals freely available in support area of their sites. > In article george says... > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Pathetic attitude. Most other manufacturers have PDF manuals freely > available in support area of their sites. I downloaded the D200 manual pdf & I don't recall having to register. >> In article george says... >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >I downloaded the D200 manual pdf & I don't recall having to register. Where did you find it? >>>In article george says... >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Where did you find it? I don't recall but I just searched the file name and found it here: http://www.newsrx.com/temp/D200-En_01.pdf In article Paul Furman says... > I don't recall but I just searched the file name and found it here: > http://www.newsrx.com/temp/D200-En_01.pdf Non official sources may not last long. The Nikon sites have recently changed to require registration but you may not actually need to already own Nikon product. >I don't recall but I just searched the file name and found it here: >http://www.newsrx.com/temp/D200-En_01.pdf I did some more hunting and found where they hide it. Start with http://www.nikonusa.com/ then click on "Software Downloads". This gets you to the Knowledge Base somebody else mentioned. From there you can select "Manuals and Guides" from the Category pull-down menu. The hard part was figuring out that manuals were hiding under "Software Downloads". The fact that it's hiding behind some javascript menu explains why google didn't know about it. Hopefully, the camera is designed better than the website! I have no clue why they insist that you have a serial number to be able to print it, but looking at it on-line as a PDF is good enough for my needs. >>I don't recall but I just searched the file name and found it here: >>http://www.newsrx.com/temp/D200-En_01.pdf [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > able to print it, but looking at it on-line as a PDF is good enough > for my needs. ***SOMETIMES*** you can download a printable, English language, PDF manual from the Nikon Taiwan website (i.e., no Nikon ownership required). I do agree that their attitude is deplorable. I was able to download and print the D200 manual quite some time back due to my D70 ownership and I feel that helped them (Nikon) to be able to sell me one (D200)...if I hadn't already been somewhat familiar with the camera and been able to look up everything I wanted to know about it in advance, I may not have purchased it or at least not so quickly. >> Do Nikon, Canon, Olympus, etc, make their camera manuals available on >> line? Doing so is common in many lines of tech gear, but I haven't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >product, you can download them. If you're not, you can only view them. Go >to their Knowledge Base and do a search. Do you have a URL for the Knowledge Base? I can't find it on www.nikonusa.com, and google comes up blank too. >Do you have a URL for the Knowledge Base? I can't find it on >www.nikonusa.com, and google comes up blank too. Hint, click the link for "Digital Tech Support" -- Ed Ruf Lifetime AMA# 344007 (Usenet2@EdwardG.Ruf.com) http://EdwardGRuf.com > Do Nikon, Canon, Olympus, etc, make their camera manuals available on > line? Doing so is common in many lines of tech gear, but I haven't > been able to find them on the camera manufacturer web sites. Am I > just looking in the wrong places? Yes, you are looking in the wrong place. > Do Nikon, Canon, Olympus, etc, make their camera manuals available on > line? Doing so is common in many lines of tech gear, but I haven't > been able to find them on the camera manufacturer web sites. Am I > just looking in the wrong places? I just did a google on Canon 20D Manual PDF, and got it in one. |
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