If you are looking for the User Manual of an SLR camera, any SLR camera, things can be difficult. Just remember that you can look at the manufacturer web site but it could be tough since some of them do not show everything for download, or not all in the same download web site. You should try and look in our User Manuals news category where we frequently publish links to download the PDF files containing English and French User manuals and Operations Manuals for SLR cameras.

The user manual for the Pentax K-x is now available for free download (at Pentax Japan).

• Pentax K-x User Manual

If you want to know everything about the technology included in the Canon 1D Mark IV, you can now download the White Paper published by Canon about this pro photo camera whose possibilities are clearly astonishing (as much as the price, by the way; But, who’s to prohibit dreaming a little?).

Canon White Paper for the EOS-1D Mark IV.

• US: $ 4,999, Europe: € 4,999, UK: £ 4,999
• Buy it from B&H (The Professional’s Source)
• Buy from Amazon.com
• Acheter sur Carrefour online

And now, Canon has revealed the User Manual for the Canon EOS 1D Mk IV. It is available for download.

• User manual (in English on the Canon Rumors web site)
• Other languages still to be found

It may help you decide whether you want to get it for Christmas.

The Nikon D300s has just been made available that we already offer you the opportunity to see its interest by checking the original/full user manual.

Download the Nikon D300s user manual.

• D300s User manual in English (10.3 MB, PDF file)
• D300s User manual in Spanish (en Español, 11.0 MB, PDF file)
• D300s mode d’emploi en français

Were you looking for the EOS 5D MkII instruction manual? It is available for free download. You can find it:

• EOS 5D Mark II Instruction Manual from Canon USA
• Manuel d’instructions du modèle EOS 5D Mark II en français depuis le site de Canon Canada

Here it is! The User Manual for the new Canon EOS 7D is available for your download. If you want to read it to decide whether this SLR camera is your next camera, the answer is here:

• In English: Canon EOS 7D user manual or here
• In French: Manuel d’instructions du modèle EOS 7D en français depuis le site de Canon Canada

The Nikon D700 user manual has always been difficult to find on the web. But here we come with the right opportunity to check the features and operation of the D700.

Download the Nikon D700 user manual:

• D700 User manual in English (11.6 MB, PDF file)
• D700 User manual in Spanish (en Español, 11.6 MB, PDF file)
• D700 User manual in French

Download the Sony Alpha 850 User Manual copy here.

The original is still on the Sony HK web site, but this is VERY slow download.

Where to get the Sony A850 user manual

A few news for Pentax. The Pentax K-7 is receiving a new firmware. the most visible change is the introduction of a customizable behavior for the 4-way controller in order to allow people not to use the OK button so often.

• For Windows (Download zip from www.pentaximaging.com, 9.2MB)
• For Mac (Download zip from www.pentaximaging.com, 9.17MB)

At the same time, I can indicate that I identified the availability of the Pentax K-7 user manual (ready for a free download).

• Download Pentax K-7 User Manual in English (PDF – 6.8MB)
• Download Pentax K-7 User Manual in Spanish (PDF – 6.8MB)
• Update: Télécharger le mode d’emploi du Pentax K-7 en français (PDF)

Canon user manuals are sometimes difficult to find. The Canon EOS 1000D (aka Canon Rebel XS) owner’s manual (8.9MB PDF file) is now available for download from the Canon Europe website.

The Nikon D300 is superb SLR photo camera. But you were looking for its user manual in a downloadable electronic format? That is exactly why I found the D300 User Manual (PDF document) available for download.

The Nikon D5000 is the new entry-lelve SLR photo camera from Nikon. But they don’t want to make it easy for you to find its user manual in a downloadable electronic format. So, I got the D5000 User Manual (PDF document) available for download.

Since some people have a hard time finding it, the Canon EOS 450D (aka Canon Rebel XSi) owner’s manual (6.9MB PDF file) is now available for download from the Canon website.

The Canon Digital Learning Center has just published couple of interesting articles related to the Canon EOS 500D/ Rebel T1i:

• What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: HD Movie Mode
• What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: What’s New in the EOS Rebel T1i: Creative Auto Mode

They could be interesting a lot of people, but it is also interesting to notice that the CDLC is a nice web location to discover a lot of digital-camera-related information provided directly by Canon.

The Canon EOS 500D (aka Canon Rebel T1i) owner’s manual (5.7MB PDF file) is now available for download from the Canon website.

Sony Alpha 900

If you want to get the user manual of the Sony Alpha 900, you just have to look here:

• In English
• En français