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 p.16 #15 · 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points! | |
garyvot wrote:
Good analysis of the differences between the old and new viewfinder designs.
Yes, a perfect analysis, in fact.
Judgning by all the similar discussions that happened with the 7D (where were all you guys then?), Canon chose this approach because of the flexibility gained for implementing features like Zone AF.
Where were we? Using our 5D1, 5D3, 1D, 1D2, 1D3, 1D4, 1Ds, 1Ds2, 1Ds3, etc. If a person does not own a 7D, why would they loiter on a 7D thread? And even if a Canon shooter did, why would they be concerned? The 5D, 1D, and 1Ds series cameras always illuminated AF points the same way. Why would anyone expect that to change in the 5D3? What's more, I suspect many 5D, 1D, and 1Ds shooters kept using similar cameras. 7D shooters were more likely to graduate from the xxD series to use the 7D, and likely didn't notice a problem. Hell, I once owned a 20D and I even think that camera used the same AF point illumination method.
Whether it's a "degraded" experience or not will be up to the individual, but it's not an "issue" to be fixed: it's the way the camera is designed to work.
It is an issue if a legion of camera users who were used to using the camera a certain way. And if there are users who never relied on that functionality, so be it, but I can firmly say that their images suffered as a result. They hobbled 7D approach (for lack of a better term) adds another step to the process of shooting. How anyone can say that the addition of another step improves one's photography is beyond me. It only hinders the output. It takes time to hit another button and recompose a shot. And in doing so, you are very possibly missing shots in the process. Not. Good.
I would expect anyone purchasing a new $3.5K camera would do enough research to discern what is new and what is different ahead of time. Lots of things change. It's up to you to decide if the changes are good or bad for you. Canon is not going to ask your permission before taking your money. And if you don't like a product, you generally have some time to return it for a refund.
Oh, so those of us who are complaining are now stupid. Thank you.
There was NOTHING in the product literature online or elsewhere when I placed an order for a new camera that would suggest that the AF point illumination would change. NOTHING. There were a few sporadic posts online before my camera arrived, but it was hard to discern what the problem was until the camera did arrive.
If you want to defend Canon, so be it. But there are seasoned pros on this thread (and others on other bulletin boards), including yours truly, who find this to be a major annoyance at best, and a significant hurdle at worst. If you want to sit back and defense the covert changes to a AF system that Canon engineers SURELY knew would change the way people take photos (and not for the better) then you are living in some alternate universe. That or you don't understand the true power of that now missing feature. Those of us who used it, and now no longer have it, miss it. Not for some selfish, self-centered purpose...because it affects our performance.
Don't worry, I won't call you stupid like you just did me.
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