DaveMart wrote:
You may not have seen the latest addendums to the preview at IR: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/E1DMK3/E1DMK3EXPOSURE_INCANDESCENT.HTM
- he has shot in exactly the low-light you are looking for, with excellent results, and
compared it to the 1DIIn
hope this helps, David - IR have done an awsome job on the 1DIII
don't miss his tests on the new highlight preservation facility too
A human subject at slow shutter speeds with two different lenses. Not worth the ttime it takes to read. Just shooting his standard setup in low light would have been useful.
dcmiller wrote:
A human subject at slow shutter speeds with two different lenses. Not worth the ttime it takes to read. Just shooting his standard setup in low light would have been useful.
I was thinking the same thing. Either the test setup in low-light, or some actual concert shots.
And should've been using identical lenses, focal lengths, aperture, shutter speeds, etc.
But thanks to the OP for the link, anyway. I hadn't seen that before.
That's great!
Just read this in the German magazine called c't (freely translated):
'According to Canon the camera [Canon 1D Mark III] could be even faster. It has been limited to 10 fps, because at many events higher frame rates already count as filming - and the licences for that are manifold more expensive.'
OK then... that probably means Canon is able to make a FF 10fps body
DavidP wrote:
I was thinking the same thing. Either the test setup in low-light, or some actual concert shots.
And should've been using identical lenses, focal lengths, aperture, shutter speeds, etc.
But thanks to the OP for the link, anyway. I hadn't seen that before.
Yeah, not a criticism to the OP. I shouldn't criticize test procedures either- it's impossible to make everyone happy. I'm confident there's another stop in the new camera. I'm more interested in tonal quality and other features anyway.
Philippe Arnez wrote:
That's great!
Just read this in the German magazine called c't (freely translated):
'According to Canon the camera [Canon 1D Mark III] could be even faster. It has been limited to 10 fps, because at many events higher frame rates already count as filming - and the licences for that are manifold more expensive.'
OK then... that probably means Canon is able to make a FF 10fps body
Pulling it off the chip is one thing, processing the data is another. AI servo would get progressively worse with higher fps too.
But if you don't confine yourself to the center focus point, then the new expanded area might include several cross type sensors, whereas before you might have had none. I never liked the concept of an 18 point AF area, since that puts an awful lot of reliance on the camera to choose the right point.
dcmiller wrote:
Pulling it off the chip is one thing, processing the data is another. AI servo would get progressively worse with higher fps too.
In some ways yes, and in some ways, no it wouldn't. Say you are at the superbike races at Daytona, and a bike is coming at you at 70MPH on the infield. If you take a 1 second series of photos, it doesn't matter if you capture 8.5 or 10 frames in that interval, the focusing of the lens has moved the exact same amount, since the bike has moved the exact same amount. One would be able to capture 10FPS, or 2FPS, but the lens will have tracked the subject at the same speed either way. At some point there is a maximum speed the combo can keep up with, but Canon quotes the ability to track at speeds well in excess of 100MPH depending on subject distance. The mechanical aspect of going above 10FPS is probably more limiting than focus tracking.
Hammerli, but wouldn`t it be nice to be able to choose the 13 center points (that is center point and 12 surrounding points) alltogether? That would give us an area with 7 crosssensors.
steven
Stefan wrote:
Hammerli, but wouldn`t it be nice to be able to choose the 13 center points (that is center point and 12 surrounding points) alltogether? That would give us an area with 7 crosssensors.
steven
No, I don't think it would be nice. If you are going to broaden the scope of a single focus point that far, then you've really gotten away from the precision of a single point, and essentially are allowing the camera to choose the AF point, so why not just use full AF. For my uses, I prefer the precision the new system will offer. I don't want the camera doing too much thinking on its own, I'd prefer to limit where else it looks. I don't consider 13 AF points a "manually selected focusing point" anymore.
dcmiller wrote:
I'm confident there's another stop in the new camera.
I'm fairly certain of that, as well.
And, like you say, they've addressed so many other little things, as well. And some not so little (like the much improved AF and the addition of so many cross-type high-precision AF sensors in all the right places.
I really did NOT think that I'd be upgrading . . at least until I saw all the specs.
DavidP wrote:
I'm fairly certain of that, as well.
And, like you say, they've addressed so many other little things, as well. And some not so little (like the much improved AF and the addition of so many cross-type high-precision AF sensors in all the right places.
I really did NOT think that I'd be upgrading . . at least until I saw all the specs.
I was thinking the same, but after seeing that is not a subtle change like the way the 1D2 was to the 1D2N. I've bit the bullet, pre-ordered mine, and decided to deal with the button & menu changes. The use live view feature to manually fine tune your focusing is a definite plus. I'll be looking forward to having this camera in my hands on the day it is released.
DavidP wrote:
I really did NOT think that I'd be upgrading . . at least until I saw all the specs.
Me too. I just recently got a used 1D2 thinking that I wouldn't bother with it *ever*, if it had more pixels and just minor upgrades. The *only* thing holding me back is *knowing* what this means for future Canon 1-series, and the next 5D replacement.
Stefan wrote:
Hammerli, but wouldn`t it be nice to be able to choose the 13 center points (that is center point and 12 surrounding points) alltogether? That would give us an area with 7 crosssensors.
steven
Actually, if you let the camera chose the AF points in servo mode, it uses all the points within the center circle to track, very much like what you are asking. I do this with the MK2N,and it works really well.
