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Canon doesn’t do printed manuals any longer, but you can still get one from Robert Scott Publishing.

Missing manual

Q I recently bought a new Canon SLR and there’s no full printed instruction booklet with it. Is this right? Pete Horn

A That’s right, Pete: Canon has moved away from the full printed manuals and now supplies only a PDF version

on a disc. When I asked Canon about this, they said the change was part of a scheme to reduce the use of paper in the production and supply of their products. You can print the PDF yourself at home, of course, but as the full manuals are always extremely comprehensive, you are going to use a lot of ink and end up with a hefty tome if you print it at A4.

For many photographers, a PDF that can be saved onto your laptop – or even on your smartphone if you want it handy – is a perfectly acceptable and easily searchable format. But if, like me, you are a bit old-fashioned