One more: highlight tone priority is great but why doesn't it have an automatic setting so that it can kick in for contrasty images when iso is set at 200-3200? I find myself having to switch it on and off a lot.
Valerie S wrote:
My 3rd Mk III doesn't seem to AF in very low light as well as my 30D does (both using the center AF point). I'm taking ISO 1600, f1.4, 1/125 sec low light. Since I mainly do music photography, this is where I live. Technically, the Mk III is rated for -1 to 18 EV whereas the 30D is -.5 to 18 EV, so the Mk III should be better. When people rave about the lowlight AF capabilities, I wonder how rigorously they are using it? Possibly the same situation as my usage of Servo and long lenses - certainly a valid point.
I'm considering returning mine and getting a 40D (although selling at cost may be an option since it seems decent compared to some copies out there - I would've done that gladly when I went through the Sigma 30mm/1.4 fiasco). However, it's hard to go back to a non pro body, as I've had to when returning my previous defective Mk IIIs....Show more →
I have about 120 ISO 6400 1/50 f1.2-f1.6 shots from Sat. There's not one missed focus. Could it be the lens your using? I'm sure this is the best low light focusing camera from Canon. But I wonder if it does best with the newer Canon lenses. I was the 85L MKII
Valerie, a garden party lit by tea candles with Japanese lanterns around the perimeter. Pretty much shooting in the dark. Focus could take as long as a second, but generally faster. One of the few times I would shoot one shot with AF confirm beep.
I've shot a lot of concert and theater. Not at all equipment critical with digital, in my opinion. I would expect near instantaneous AF with the MKIII. I would be comfortable shooting with an XTi in terms of focus and noise. So I'm not sure what's going on with your cameras.
Are you confident in your settings and technique? The shots you have posted look great, btw.
I shoot mainly in clubs which is different lighting than theaters and concerts. I'm usually thrilled when my lenses stop down at all (I shoot often in Tv). I'm confident in my settings and technique.
One second would be a long "woosh" (that's my sound for lens creeping into focus). I "think" my Mk III would do similar. Mind you, my comparison is with the center AF point on my 30D (which works great - it's just the other AF points that don't work reliably enough for me). I've got to shoot at a club and judge from that, but I'm afraid of getting sprayed with beer or grinded (ground?) against a stage, and not having the option of returning the camera if it's subpar in performance compared to my 30D.
I use the 1D Mark lll for shooting Sat. night stock car racing and Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday night football on badly lite fields. The Mark lll replaced my 30D. I have not found any focus issues in over 1600 night action shots usually at 3200 or 6400 with no flash. My pictures would probably be just a little better with a flash set up correctly. They frown on using flash on the side lines around here. I can honestly say the Mark lll rocks and image quality is much better under low light condictions than the 30D was for me. I have been using this camera for 2 weeks.
Switching cards is still not as easy as with the Mk2n...why not? This needs to be a one button function.
Custom WB is now a bit of a process. It was easier before.
The joystick is weird. I have big fat fingers and don't like the little nub to move about.
What's up with Live View? Sometimes it seems to turn itself on...I need it figure out how to get rid of that little problem. No doubt I'm doing something wrong by accident.
You can't delete all the files at one time anymore without going into the menu.
Is there some way to have the back display show how many shots remain on the card? I only see this on the top display and inside...maybe a custom funciton I missed?
I do like the new battery, light easy to change out quickly...which is important during the game. Now if I could just buy an extra battery...do they actually sell those?
I think the screen is very bad, it's just a very bad design, but this comes from the Canon professional philosophy that initially had the 1D coming with no review screen at all because in Canon's words "professional won't use such a thing!" As it was they released it with no zoom!!!
The new screen make people look sick and I nearly vomited the first few times with this camera, luckily they do not look like this on the PC.
I only had joypad AF selection with the Nikon and think it is the ONLY way. Was disappointed that I could not use the joy, or should we call it sad-pad, for AF selection.
My pictures are blue biased ~ must learn how to kill a little blue in the advanced menu for colour balance ~ not looked into that yet.
Push, push push, Canon takes away double button pushing and replace it with push three times, you know we've heard that record, time for a top management change and give the designers a long, long holiday, like on the moon with no internet link-up.
Balance this post ~ I believe that pigs will fly this autumn.
brainiac wrote:
The monitor is yellow. I can't judge colour with it. It is badly at odds with what I get on my computers and print. Does anybody else have horrible yellow colours in skin and elsewhere on the back of the camera?
No joystick focus point selection like on my 5D's. How could this happen?
I still can't zoom into the image review without first pressing play.
No histogram superimposed on full size image on monitor. Why? Because they don't want to copy Nikon? Just mad mad interface decisions not being fixed in a new generation camera. Very depressing..
Thinking about the interface problems, we need to ask why iPod was such a success when there were plenty of other MP3 players around. Canon needs to stop the engineers determining the interface. If it takes sacking the team and calling in Porsche to do what they did so well on the Contax cameras, then bring it on. The current interface guys can go back to designing VCR's or whatever they were doing before.
I was in between grin and grip shots when the flash just fired. No picture was taken. I didn't have my finger on the shutter button. I was holding my setup in my right hand with the back of my hand facing the ground.
Most likely: the FEL button of the portrait grip. Next time it happens, check to see if the little star is showing by the flash symbol in the finder.
Less likely: static.
Now who did you bribe to get one. 