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Monique et al ... especially first time adopters.
Here's something to consider, before you drop $5k on a body .....
(On the soap box) ....
There are at least 92 photographers, myself among them, from around the world, but largely US & Canada, in a variety of professional markets, working daily with Mk III's, either 1d or 1ds models. Within that group of shooters are men and women that produce images that are seen around the world on a regular basis and these photographers will be waiting for someone else to "test" the Mk IV's before they jump to buy.
The reason .... we have contacted Canon as a group, through Chuck Westfall and 3 other top execs at Canon. We told them that we still have problematic Mk III's, even after numerous fixes carried out by Canon through CPS.
Canon, after 4 weeks of waiting, hasn't even had the decency to respond! Not even a "Thanks - we got your mailing and don't plan on doing anything" response.
Our investment is well over $500,000 in bodies alone. Consider the fact that most of us are using high end glass and are fully invested as Canon shooters with a variety of accessories and that figure probably quadruples at least. Ironically that's the reason we haven't jumped ship.
But on the other hand, none of us can afford to lose 20-30% of our images because of focusing errors or other screw ups in a new body.
I am really hoping that Canon has gotten it right because the images that are good, from the Mk III, are awesome! It's just that a 20-30% failure rate is a little too much to handle. When there's a 10 frame sequence in an important event, 2-3 frames out of focus can be the difference between a cover and a single column filler shot. Sometimes its a pride thing, but for the most part its a matter of not being able to do my job because of equipment failure.
So I, along with most of these 91 others will be waiting!
(Off the soap box)
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