Those are some sweet shots, quality and subject wise, Jim.
There's a ton of opinions on what the best settings to use are and I am guilty as the next hobbiest for not knowing or taking the time to learn them all. I generally use a single focus point on the Mark III for stationary birds and the legenday ring-0-fire for BIFs when the background is not too busy to steal focus. Otherwise, I pray, spray and hope for the best
Tim Kuhn wrote: I use single focus point for BIF, using the joystick to tap the single point to the head of the subject I do this ALL the time, one of the best features of the mk3
Congratulations on the new body Jim These are looking real good already. I'm expecting top notch results from you from here on out Seriously, I am looking forward to seeing your work from this body.
Tim
Boy, great job with your MKIII already. Looks like it agrees with you
Nice BIF, congrats, those birds are fast!
Here is a link to the extensive pdf. file written by Canon for MKIII users, particularly helpful for sport and BIF shooting. Custom function recommendations:
[it's very helpful and informative for full use of the specialized functions]
I printed out what I needed, CF III and IV, [the first link being the most informative]
KirkB wrote:
These look very nice Jim... lovely BG's and I like your compositions too.
IF looks pretty good also, and your IF keeper rate will go way up as you practice and learn to really take advantage of the M3's AF system.
Very nice work.
Kirk
Thanks Kirk....love the focus speed and also seems to be much better/faster lock in low light conditions than my 5DII......
Probably not going to be able to crop to the extremes that the 5DII allows with its full frame sensor but agree about the increase in keeper rates....
Martin Good wrote:
Congrats Jim on acquiring this great camera. Its on my wish list!
Am sure it will take a bit of getting used to but these are very nice pics to start with
Martin
Thanks Martin... ....yep, practice, practice practice....
Mr Zoom wrote:
Those are some sweet shots, quality and subject wise, Jim.
There's a ton of opinions on what the best settings to use are and I am guilty as the next hobbiest for not knowing or taking the time to learn them all. I generally use a single focus point on the Mark III for stationary birds and the legenday ring-0-fire for BIFs when the background is not too busy to steal focus. Otherwise, I pray, spray and hope for the best
Ken
Thanks Ken, I appreciate the comments & tips..... ....got the feeling I'm going to be praying & spraying for quite a while.....
Jim, hang on to the first link I gave you above. It will answer all [and I mean ALL, lol] your questions about CF III and IV for autofocus. It's a hard pdf. file to find and you may want it some day.
Netgarden wrote:
Jim, hang on to the first link I gave you above. It will answer all [and I mean ALL, lol] your questions about CF III and IV for autofocus. It's a hard pdf. file to find and you may want it some day.
Hey Linda, thanks for the links.....
I have already printed off several pages for future referrence and saved it to my favorites!...Very much appreciated.... ..
morris wrote:
The results look great Jim. You must be happy. Enjoy!
Morris
Thanks Morris, it's an awesome camera... ...only thing is, now that I've experienced the quality of the '1' series camera, I've got a craving for the new '1DIV' soon to be out!.... ....
These are looking real good already. I'm expecting top notch results from you from here on out 
Seriously, I am looking forward to seeing your work from this body. 
