RobAmy wrote:
To me over the 1dx II the III improves on
AF in my opinion is better
Full touch screen, so much nicer than the 1dx II
Having 2 of the same media cards vs 2 different kinds
Having the ability to shoot full silent
Ability to focus at f11
Having the increased focusing area in Live View
Tons of video features that I will not get into here
AF smart controller I really like but the joystick works very well too but still a new feature
Built in wifi for the times I would like to remotely control it without buying the additional wifi unit ( I have not tried it yet)
The increased frame rate is nice, not a huge difference over the 1dx II but noticeable
Buffer is just insane
Thanks again for taking the time to share your initial experience with the camera Rob.
I have to wonder with a number of those features you like having to do with the LV system and essentially every feature seemingly able to be incorporated into a MILC....would you have rather Canon made an "R1"?
I was able to spend some time with a pre-production 1Dx MkIII and was pretty impressed with the focus improvements. First off, I am not a bird or wildlife photographer (unless you count images of my Tibetan Terrier who dominates my Instagram feed.) I am doing mostly editorial and commercial documentary work. In the time I was able to use the camera, I was impressed with the new method of changing the focus point using the sensor on the rear focus button as well as the camera's ability to follow faces and heads (when the face is turned away.)
I have an eclectic client base, hospitals/medicine, education and sciences, food, agriculture, and editorial clients who have even more diverse interests. The challenge I always face is nailing focus in chaotic environments where people are moving in different directions, things are passing between your subject and the camera from time to time, working in bad weather as well as dusty and/or smoky environments with less-than-ideal light, and there is no real "setting" for general visual chaos with people and things moving unpredictably in poor light.
The MkII was a huge leap forward in its focus ability compared to previous pro bodies and have been using it happily for the last four years. In my time with the new camera, it's pretty clear MkIII has not only improved focus speed and accuracy, but has also increased the toolbox of how you can use it to focus with the ability to pick focus points more quickly and the camera's ability to follow a face/head despite distractions and things passing in front of the subject.
Of course the MkII had the autofocus feature to ignore things that passed in front of the subject, but I found in using it, there was typically a pause after the distraction had moved through the frame before the camera picked up focus again... that pause is gone with the MkIII.
I was also able to use it in a rather dark and un-contrasty environment and it definitely kept focus better than any Canon I have used in the past. The high ISO jpegs looked very nice.
I am also so glad that Canon has finally set it up to use two of the same (blazing fast) cards in the camera. It was silly to spend the $$ for Cfast cards only to have them hobbled by the speed of Compact Flash.
Looking forward to getting mine soon and being able to run some raw files through C1.
Dragonfire wrote:
Remote control Jet Aircraft would be the best way to test the 1DXIII vs A9II.
Talking about planes, I hope Rob did shoot some at f16 and f22 so we can check for oil. 😁
arbitrage wrote:
Thanks again for taking the time to share your initial experience with the camera Rob.
I have to wonder with a number of those features you like having to do with the LV system and essentially every feature seemingly able to be incorporated into a MILC....would you have rather Canon made an "R1"?
I would need big improvements over the R but using the R and the live view of the 1dx Mark III I think the Pro model would be tough to turn down. I really like some features of the mirrorless, I am not sold on EVF's yet, at least looking thru them for long periods of time. The lag/slideshow with the R is not all that fun to work with. Definitely looking forward to what is coming down the road. Still hopeful for the 600mm DO
RobAmy wrote:
I would need big improvements over the R but using the R and the live view of the 1dx Mark III I think the Pro model would be tough to turn down. I really like some features of the mirrorless, I am not sold on EVF's yet, at least looking thru them for long periods of time. The lag/slideshow with the R is not all that fun to work with. Definitely looking forward to what is coming down the road. Still hopeful for the 600mm DO
I wish we could get a hybrid OVF/EVF or even an option to add a hotshoe mount EVF like the M6II to a 1DXIII....that, and give it a single axis flip screen and it would be to die for!!
even though they might just be jpg's, checking your flickr it's stunning to see how clean 3200 and 5000 iso looks, with the images still being sharp and crispy
The 2XIII does not seem to detract from the IQ, is there a noticeable effect in the AF speed?
Thank you for posting.
I think I already know the answer to that one Frank.
Rob has mentioned before while using his 1DXII + 2x that there was very little effect on AF speed with that glorious lens.
But maybe there is yet even better results with this new body?
I was able to do a test this morning before I boxed it up and shipped off to CPS. I did test shots at 16000 ISO strait out of the camera with all the same settings using the 1dx Mark II and the 1dx Mark III. I cropped in to 100% doing nothing to the files then the last 2 shots I used Topaz AI set the same for both. The 1dx Mark III is cleaner to me. Still no hawks flying strait on but maybe some will find this interesting Images are larger on Flickr showing better detail when viewed larger.
The 2XIII does not seem to detract from the IQ, is there a noticeable effect in the AF speed?
Thank you for posting.
I still want to test both bodies side by side, but I do feel there is a quicker response with the 400mm f2.8 over the 1dx II. This is something I will do once the preorder comes in and will confirm.
RobAmy wrote:
I was able to do a test this morning before I boxed it up and shipped off to CPS. I did test shots at 16000 ISO strait out of the camera with all the same settings using the 1dx Mark II and the 1dx Mark III. I cropped in to 100% doing nothing to the files then the last 2 shots I used Topaz AI set the same for both. The 1dx Mark III is cleaner to me. Still no hawks flying strait on but maybe some will find this interesting Images are larger on Flickr showing better detail when viewed larger.
Certainly has cleaned up all that green/purple splotching in the Mark II file. Promising to see as that type of splotching is usually what starts to ruin these high ISO shots for me more so than just the finer chroma and luminance noise.
Interesting - the Mk III is definitely cleaner. I don't know how much cleaner, at least not in terms of "stops". It'll take a lot of comparison testing and all that, but there is definitely an improvement. I'd be more than happy pushing the ISO on the Mk III.
