I just purchased a used 1DIII, in excellent shape, and gave it a test drive on this Woodpecker in the back yard.
I’ve wanted to try a ‘1 Series’ body for quite a while now and must say I’m very impressed with the build quality and speed of focus/shutter this camera has!
Haven’t had it long enough to compare the IQ of the smaller sensor vs. my ‘5DII’ but looks pretty good so far.
This was also my first attempt at a BIF shot, as is pretty obvious…(got a long ways to go on this technique for sure)
I’m totally lost on all the focus point selections available and what is best to use on BIF shots.
Any advice you guys might have would be much appreciated.
Defiantly got my hands full figuring out all the functions that are available on this thing!....

Very nice job. I love my M3.

I might add, I use single focus point for BIF, using the joystick to tap the single point to the head of the subject while in flight. I do not use surrounding points.

Very nice Jim. I don't have any M3 (camera or car ).
Dan

danjacquitaylo wrote:
Very nice Jim. I don't have any M3 (camera or car ).
Dan

Chad-- > <--- Danielle

72chevelle454 wrote:


Chad-- > <--- Danielle


Who's Danielle

Dean

danjacquitaylo wrote:
72chevelle454 wrote:


Chad-- > <--- Danielle


Who's Danielle

Dean

New name for you, Much more fitting than all the rest LMAO

PS Jim, sorry for Daniella's behavior on your M3 post... he is out of control sometimes

72chevelle454 wrote:
danjacquitaylo wrote:
72chevelle454 wrote:
Chad-- > <--- Danielle

Who's Danielle
Dean
New name for you, Much more fitting than all the rest LMAO
PS Jim, sorry for Daniella's behavior on your M3 post... he is out of control sometimes

No problem Chad, I'm enjoying the show..... ..Thanks for the comments....

72chevelle454 wrote:


New name for you, Much more fitting than all the rest LMAO

PS Jim, sorry for Daniella's behavior on your M3 post... he is out of control sometimes

I still like Dean best....'cause Noelle picked it LMAO
Really love #3 shot Jim.
Dean, Danielle, Danno, Lucky Danno (take your pick Jim)

Jim, Lucky Danno has an identity crisis for sure!

Congrats on the MK III body acquisition, I believe you will be doing great things in no time with it Splendid BG's on all three, nice color room to tweak the sharpness IMO.

I like the last shot, fill flash??

I had an 'M' car, would love to have the new 'Z' car but would now like an M-body camera

Karl

Beauties Jim love the light and the composition on these. Pretty sweet details too!
I see the new camera has already made you a better photographer

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

danjacquitaylo wrote:
Very nice Jim. I don't have any M3 (camera or car ).
Dan

Thank you Dan......

very nice captures. The bg are awesome!

-Quang

Karl Witt wrote:
Jim, Lucky Danno has an identity crisis for sure!
Congrats on the MK III body acquisition, I believe you will be doing great things in no time with it Splendid BG's on all three, nice color room to tweak the sharpness IMO.
I like the last shot, fill flash??
I had an 'M' car, would love to have the new 'Z' car but would now like an M-body camera
Karl

Thanks Karl..... ...I applied sharpening using ‘Nik Sharpener Pro’ and it seemed this was about as far as I could go without causing them to look overly processed...They are all pretty heavily cropped and guessing that was probably part of the problem....
Didn't use flash, just fairly 'harsh' sunlight that might have also contributed in washing out some of the details....

Congrats on your new camera, Jim.

Have a look at this PDF from Canon:

http://usa.canon.com/uploadedimages/FCK/Image/2007/MARK%20III%20Suggested%20Settings%20121207/EOS1D_1DsMark_IIIoptimizingAFsettings_Final.pdf

Tony

Nice job handling the harsh light, backgrounds are great. Have fun with your new toy.

Rob

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

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

Looks like you're off to a great start Jim! Great BGs on these!

Nello Milanese wrote:
Beauties Jim love the light and the composition on these. Pretty sweet details too!
I see the new camera has already made you a better photographer


Thanks Nello...

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

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

Thanks for the tip Tim.....

ShutteredMe wrote:
very nice captures. The bg are awesome!
-Quang

Thank you Quang.....

Imagemaster wrote:
Congrats on your new camera, Jim.
Have a look at this PDF from Canon:
http://usa.canon.com/uploadedimages/FCK/Image/2007/MARK%20III%20Suggested%20Settings%20121207/EOS1D_1DsMark_IIIoptimizingAFsettings_Final.pdf
Tony
Thanks for the link Tony..... ....

The results look great Jim. You must be happy. Enjoy!

Morris