I own an original Canon Optura. I am wondering if there is a good website for this camera.

Does anyone know how to tuen the power save feature off on this camera? It will turn off after about 5 min. when in record standby.

It is a great camera and I want to learn more.

Go to www.dvinfo.net/xl1.htm and see the Articles Menu > Camera Head section for an article called "Standby Mode explained." The same principles and work-arounds will apply to the Optura. Sorry but there is no way to disable it.

I also have one of the original Opturas; looks and handles like a 35mm TTL camera. I really liked mine, also, although I didn't really use it very much. It's footage always looked good for a 1-chip camera. And the lens is quite large and clean for a camera this size. The only problem I always had with it was its battery. The slip-in battery compartment only accepts one battery size...and its life was not heroic. I'd wind up wearing a bandalero of batteries just to shoot for a few hours.

Gee, maybe I'll pull it out again.

E-mail:

richard.szewczyk@woodside.com.au

and ask him for his Optura website address. I seem to have lost this link. He's got a lot of good info on this cam.

When you find that link, let us know here. I'll link to it from our site.

Here is that site, mainly about the Optura:

http://ricksz.swsites.net

Thanks, Frank. It's good to have you around.

Don't mind it here at all.