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p.32 #1 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Pepito wrote:
For all you MKIII owners, here's an interesting article:

www.prophotohome.com/forum/pro-photo-reviews-articles/73689-canon-1d-mkiii-autofocus-interactive-review.html?garpg=12

Latest update from ProPhotoHome.

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There has been a few others who, after sending in their mkIII's to Canon for repair, have gotten them back with most of the issues apparently fixed. It's still not clear what they are fixing though and why.

Jul 18, 2007 at 02:50 PM

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p.32 #2 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I have to agree with Colin's assessment of a reset and the results given. I got one of the first units in the States. Upon receipt, I cleared all settings and started to customize everything the way I wanted since I had read the manual twice before I got the body and thought I knew what I was doing.
Shooting a lot of paintball tournaments with heavy action, I was quite frustrated and experienced some shots where NOTHING was in focus. That didn't seem logical. I came to the conclusion that I would have to send in the 70-200 2.8 IS for a cleaning and calibration.
As a last resort, I whiped out all CFs and kept my other settings. I followed most of the stuff I picked up at the Birds as art site. At least the ones that applied to my needs. BANG! I started by experimenting with some birds at Ft. DeSoto and then had to shoot a paintball catalog and a tournament last week. I brought the 20D for a backup, but everything went sweet! IQ was beautiful. If there was a problem, I could at least see if it was a back or front focus issue or tell that my center point dad fallen off in a moment of intense action.
Perfect? No. However, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel from here. My percentages went back into the 90s where they should be. I even moved the AI servo focus acquisition speed to fast, just for kicks and I think it may have even helped. Go figure. I too, have only added a setting at a time and experimented to evaluate results.
You can find the stuff at http://www.tampasportsphotography.com/sports.html and find the paintball section, then look for NPPL Boston. The shots aren't perfect, but everything is done in AI Servo.
I know this sounds strange, but this whole MK3 thing has sort of defied logic anyway.
Thanks for all of your help. I think a firmware update at this point may put us right in the pocket of where this camera should be.

Tim

Jul 18, 2007 at 05:26 PM

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p.32 #3 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I have a hard time to swich for 6400 ISO, any tips?

Jul 20, 2007 at 03:48 PM

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p.32 #4 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Have you enabled the ISO expansion?

And do you have Highlight Tone Priority on? HTP will prevent ISO 6400 from being accessible.

Jul 20, 2007 at 04:17 PM

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p.32 #5 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I did Highlight Tone Priority , but I cannot find ISO Expension?

Jul 20, 2007 at 04:31 PM

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p.32 #6 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I can't afford it right now (sworn off VISA) ...but http://www.pictureline.com has them in stock...just got an email from them to that effect.

Jul 20, 2007 at 04:59 PM

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p.32 #7 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

"After hearing many rumors today and last couple of days I finally called Canon and it is a fact, new Mark III 1.0.9 firmware is coming out end of July. They did say - you can send the camera in to get it installed earlier however that is the only way you can get it until the end of the month once it becomes available online.

I was told it addresses:

LCD Sharpness
AF/AI Servo
and Languages."

This was from a SS member. You have the option of sending it to NJ or CA or wait till end of month...which is what i'll be doing.

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Jul 20, 2007 at 07:04 PM

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p.32 #8 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

classicph wrote:
I did Highlight Tone Priority , but I cannot find ISO Expension?

CF 1-3

You have to choose "Enable" and then "Register" to get to 50 and/or 6400.

Jul 20, 2007 at 07:19 PM

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p.32 #9 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I just recieved my camera back from NJ. The work order says "ELectrical Adjustments were carried out on the optical assembly. Other electrical adjustments inspection and cleaning were also carried out. firmware was upgraded.".

I'll have to report back later on how it performs. Right out of the box the screen looks 100% better. I can't understand how they would have shipped these in the begining with a soft screen?

Jul 20, 2007 at 07:50 PM

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p.32 #10 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Thank you, I'll do this later tonight.

Jul 20, 2007 at 09:36 PM

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p.32 #11 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

That wiith onen exception, the firmware did not correct the issues.

He has no also shot a camera purchased in Europe which had the firmware installed and is experiencing the same issues as with the three previous cameras he shot.

I sooooooo wanted to try one of these things

Jul 21, 2007 at 01:28 AM

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p.32 #12 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

classicph:

Having tone priority Enabled ,C.FnII-3, will prevent choosing "H" ie. iso6400 even if you have C.FnI-3 Enabled, and Registered.

Jul 24, 2007 at 02:02 PM

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p.32 #13 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Thank you, Stan.
You are lifesaver:
I was ready to call Canon tomorrow!

Jul 25, 2007 at 01:07 AM

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p.32 #14 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Does anyone have any expierience shooting the MKIII in low artificial light?
I just received my MKIII and I have been reading as much as possible to try and set up the CFn's but if anyone has further suggestions for a base point to start I would appreiciate them.

I will be shooting a Sprint Car Race this Saturday night.

I'd love to get some decent shots to compare them to what I have been getting from my MKII in these tough conditions.

I'm a bit worried about the AF issue as I haven't had the time to really test the body to see if I'm a "Lucky One" !

Those CFn IV settings worry me a bit! Hope I get them close

Jul 26, 2007 at 11:04 PM

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p.32 #15 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

lohnman wrote:
forgot the dog shot
Love this shot!!

Jul 27, 2007 at 06:00 AM

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p.32 #16 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

To my surprise the B&H website shows that the 1D MK3 is in stock. This is the first time I saw this on their website.
I will not purchase one until Canon sorts out the AF problems but anyone who is interested and quick enough may be able to get one.

Aug 02, 2007 at 05:48 PM

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p.32 #17 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Thanks Julius. I missed the ones yesterday because I went out for lunch. :-)

I've been holding off pending the AF issues but I'm ready to gamble on firmware 1.1.0.

Aug 02, 2007 at 06:27 PM

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p.32 #18 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Not as of 3:09 EST

Aug 02, 2007 at 07:10 PM

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p.32 #19 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

I did not think it would last too long, but I could have ordered it if I wanted to. It said "In Stock" at least for 10-15 minutes after I posted.
John--G were you quick enough to get one?

Aug 02, 2007 at 07:59 PM

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p.32 #20 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Yep - sure was. I called to order in case there were issues with the web status. I was starting to think I would be starting the fall season with my two gray-haired MkIIs. I really need two MkIIIs but I'm not that brave. I'll gamble on this first one and if it works then I'll queue up for another one in a future batch.

I have events starting next weekend so I'll know soon enough if this new camera deserves a spot in my bag next to the MkII.

Aug 02, 2007 at 08:38 PM

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p.32 #21 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Has anyone had problems after the firmware update? My focusing in al-servo seems to have gotten more i'ffy' afterwards.
I called canon and he asked if I was using all focal points rather than one to track action and I have been using all., he said that many people are complaining , but Canon has not confirmed any problems and that the customers need to really learn the camera...soo, I plan to try another action shoot (using his suggesstion )before assuming it is the camera and if I still have no luck, then this baby is going in for repair.

I forgot to add that he said the firmware made the tracking more sensitive..seems like it was already senstive before ..

Aug 28, 2007 at 10:59 PM

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p.32 #22 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

susi wrote:
Has anyone had problems after the firmware update? My focusing in al-servo seems to have gotten more i'ffy' afterwards.
I called canon and he asked if I was using all focal points rather than one to track action and I have been using all., he said that many people are complaining , but Canon has not confirmed any problems and that the customers need to really learn the camera...soo, I plan to try another action shoot (using his suggesstion )before assuming it is the camera and if I still have no luck, then this baby is going in for repair.

I forgot to add that he said the firmware made the tracking more sensitive..seems like it was already senstive before ..

Unfortunately no and I am waiting for the newer FW 1.1.1 as well.

Read this link http://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/561225

Aug 29, 2007 at 12:53 AM

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p.32 #23 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

picked up a 1D Mark III 2 weeks ago and did a shoot with it last week. The shoot was a night shoot. When I looked at the shots later, I noticed a red dot on the images in the same place.

After reading about this, I did some tests:

low ISO 1/100 shutter: 0 red dots
high ISO 1600 1/100 shutter: 1 red dot
high ISO 1600 2 sec shutter: 19 red dots!!!!

Checked with the dead pixel app referenced in the forus.

I shoot a lot of weddings, typically high ISO with slow-ish shutterspeeds. The low light focus ability was one of the main selling points for me.

its probably too late to return to the store, but I guess I need to know if this is "normal" and what Canon typically does to fix this kind of thing.

Kind of pissed off that a $4500 camera needs fixes so soon, but thats the Canon QA thing...

thoughts appreciated

Simon

Sep 10, 2007 at 05:41 PM

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p.32 #24 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

Thanks for the rapid response.

Is there software I can use to permanently fix the hot pixels in the camera, or do I need to send it to canon?

Sep 10, 2007 at 06:01 PM

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p.32 #25 · •Hands-On• Eos 1D Mk III body

My first Mark 3 had a single hot pixel visible at ISO 1600 and above and given I shoot alot at this ISO and above this was just another reason to return it. If you shoot routinely at high ISO I would suggest sending it back to Canon for service under warranty.

Sep 10, 2007 at 06:10 PM


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