Does the focus point indicator on the RAW converter work in Al Servo mode?. Also if you focus and move the camera before taking the shot, the indicator will not necessarily correlate focus point indicator?
No it doesn't. Even though I kept the CP on the pelican the whole time I did have CP expansion set to 2 which if the full surrounding points, obviously the camera decided it should focus on the tower at some point. Cfn III-4 was set to 1 which according to the manual supposedly stops poles in front of an object to not interrupt tracking (obviously not in back of . . ..)
The AF is so precise and fast in this thing that I'm beginning to wonder if one almost needs to reset the cfn's literally for each type of shot to be effective, not very realistic I guess. I've experimented with all of them and there's a big difference in how the camera tracks between all the settings.
I wonder if it has something to do with the color of the "Great Blue Heron" looks to me that the tower is very close to the same color, and it could get fooled by that very easily.
rd4tile wrote:
No it doesn't. Even though I kept the CP on the pelican the whole time I did have CP expansion set to 2 which if the full surrounding points, obviously the camera decided it should focus on the tower at some point. Cfn III-4 was set to 1 which according to the manual supposedly stops poles in front of an object to not interrupt tracking (obviously not in back of . . ..)
The AF is so precise and fast in this thing that I'm beginning to wonder if one almost needs to reset the cfn's literally for each type of shot to be effective, not very realistic I guess. I've experimented with all of them and there's a big difference in how the camera tracks between all the settings....Show more →
I tested this morning with AI servo tracking set to slow. I felt that this worked really welI. I obtained the best focus with center point with surrounding assist points, but also with all points enabled. Somehow it seems that I get more consecutive sharp images when adjusting the drive to 7 or 8 fps. It becomes clear to me that the Af is extremely sensitive, often focusing on the outer wingtip or other of a moving bird.
Just recevied this back from Canon support this morning
Thank you for contacting Canon product support. We value you as a Canon customer and appreciate the opportunity to assist you.
We are currently investigating the Internet reports regarding focus concerns. If you feel that your EOS-1D Mark III is exhibiting difficulties regarding focus tracking of moving or static subjects as the Rob Galbraith article suggests, we request some information from you to better help us assess the situation. We request that, if possible, you send us a sample sequence of images that display the problem you are experiencing, burned to a CD. Any updates to our investigation will be
published on the Canon USA web site (www.usa.canon.com).
Since this concern is still under investigation, we do not suggest sending the camera in for service as little can be done until clarification is received from Canon, Inc. in Japan.
RD4tile, did you have the alservo fine tuning adjusted to stay on track with your main focal point and not be diverted to anything else in the frame?
I noitced when playing with the menu, that there is a setting for this/
There have been a few similar complaints of error messages etc. I am not sure that this represents a problem more than those probably observed with past cameras. There are always a certain no. that have problems and I think with the recent focus issue, you may hear more about failures with this specific camera. Desert_Watcher wrote:
Guys this is URGENT, i've found that some people had other ISSUEs beside the focusing problems, is that true http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LW22
this the link
please could some one check it?
i'm so frustrated, and because i'm waiting for mine
Desert_Watcher wrote:
Guys this is URGENT, i've found that some people had other ISSUEs beside the focusing problems, is that true http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LW22
this the link
please could some one check it?
i'm so frustrated, and because i'm waiting for mine
I think we may be getting a bit hyper-sensitive here (regarding your link). Clearly people are having problems with AI Servo and Error 99 messages, anything else appears to be random and isolated. Throw the dice, mine works perfectly from what I can tell. That RG suddenly got hundreds of e-mails after his pronouncement is no surprise, whatsoever.
If you are a professional and you routinely rely on AI Servo for most of your work, you might wait. If you are wanting it to be an all-around camera for a variety of photographic tasks, I'd say jump on it, it is a fantastic camera that is impressive on many fronts. Whatever problems are revealed will be fixed by Canon, you can be assured; there are too many pro sports shooters and PJs using the camera to assume they'll ignore it.
mark1958 wrote:
There have been a few similar complaints of error messages etc. I am not sure that this represents a problem more than those probably observed with past cameras. There are always a certain no. that have problems and I think with the recent focus issue, you may hear more about failures with this specific camera.
thanks mark for your response, i have been using canon SLRs for more than 3 years, in which i've used most of the models like 300D, 350D, 20D, 30D, 5D and finally the 1D mark II N. and i didn't experince any of these complains. i'm so worried about my new invesment. and i really hope that this issue will be solved soon. i'm following other forums for this issue, hoping to find something satisfactory but i didn't
Desert_Watcher wrote:
Guys this is URGENT, i've found that some people had other ISSUEs beside the focusing problems, is that true http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00LW22
this the link
please could some one check it?
i'm so frustrated, and because i'm waiting for mine
thanks jeff for your response, to be honest we have to be sensitive, if we are spending 4500$ to me jeff i'm a wildlife photographer, and i'm originating from a very hot area, the temprature rises in my country to 55C. this why i went to the 1D line because it should tolerate our harsh weather conditions. eventully i will jump on it, because i've already sold my old MK IIN. and waiting in the long row, i'm just wondering, should i cancel my back order
I've shot a few thousand frames, with some "mild" weather Al Servo stuff. Have not seen the problem. And it doesn't work like my previous 1 series. Have seen fantastic improvement from the MkII. I'm a pig in sh*t at this point. The problem may well exist, but I haven't seen it yet.
-jc
I'll try to keep this short.
I shoot paintball tournaments and shot a pro event in Chicago this weekend. Two weekends previous, I shot in lakeland FL in 98 degree (in the sun) weather.
I got the camera about three weeks ago, sat down and set all custom settings as I wanted, took a few test shots and went to the first tournament. Not good. IQ was sweet, in terms of dynamic range and such but the focus problem was evident. I use AI servo since there is so much fast action and it comes right at me.
Experimented between tournaments with lenses, settings, etc. Shot the first day in Chicago with my adjusted settings and, same problem. So much so, that I went back to the 20D for day two and considered the possibility of a problem with the 70-200L IS. Evening of day two, saved my settings in User 2 and RESET all custom settings. I don't have the camera with me now, but I know I set the AI speed one click toward slow and used center point with assist. BOOM. Sweet. Back to 90%+ publishable images. Okay, maybe not that high, but up there.
Suggestion: Don't give up. Start from scratch.
My hypothesis is that something is conflicting in the firmware. One parameter is fighting another and the processor isn't doing its job quickly enough. Keep it simple and go from there. There is still no excuse for this, but we have to do something until they figure it out.
I'll come back with settings tomorrow. Sorry, four hour nap last night and then off to my real job.
Jim,
I'm guessing, if Canon believes the problems are hardware related, they would stop shipments because a recall would be in order. If they feel like this problem can be fixed in firmware and may only apply to a percentage of shooting styles, they would continue to ship. As I said, just guessing.
Thank you for doing this poll. I ordered a 1D Mark III from Dell 5/4 and, as you can imagine, the ship date continues to be pushed back due to "Production Delays" is what Dell is telling me. My next ship date is 6/29, but I'm not holding my breath.
I was at the Canon repair facility last week getting my 30D sensor cleaned and asked the two reception people if they had many 1D Mark III's in for service. They actually told me - only two and neither were for focusing issues - one was for someone on vacation in Europe dropping the camera (ouch!).
I'm wondering how many posters here with issues have shipped their 1D Mark III's into the Canon Irvine, California facility for focusing and other issues? Can it be they really have only received a couple of cameras?
deedee4re wrote:
I'm wondering how many posters here with issues have shipped their 1D Mark III's into the Canon Irvine, California facility for focusing and other issues? Can it be they really have only received a couple of cameras?
TIA,
DeeDee G.
I'm not sending mine in until Canon says they've identified the issue or Canon makes a blanket statement that nothing is wrong. Otherwise how do you know it will come back fixed. I've yet to see anyone post that they've sent their body in to fix specific tracking issues and that the body has come back fixed. It's too early to assume Canon knows what's wrong.
I'm wondering how many posters here with issues have shipped their 1D Mark III's into the Canon Irvine, California facility for focusing and other issues? Can it be they really have only received a couple of cameras?
TIA,
DeeDee G.
My 1D3 was in Irvine the week before last for the ERR99 issue.
I'd have to say that they didn't do a very good job taking it apart and/or putting it back together. The heads on several of the screws that hold the the case together are all stripped out now. I let them know of my dis-satisfaction and they said I could ship it back for them to take a look again. I think I'll wait until my second body arrives before I ship the first one back again.
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