Well, I shot a netball practice this evening, ISO 1600 to 2000, 300/2.8 IS, AI tracking sensitivity set to +1 and single centre point plus left/right expand. While it was only a short practice session and I only got through a couple of hundred shots, results do seem more consistently in focus that not.
Big rugby match this weekend and more netball next week so more opportunities to test but my initial feeling is it is working better. Probably the best 'court/field' sports session so far with the Mark 3. More to follow.
I do advertising and marketing... happy people don't say anything, the people you will hear from are the unhappy ones, and that is a fact. I get AF problems with my D1m2 and I am sure it's ME not the camera.
Well the new firmware upgrade 1.11 sounds like it might just be the end of the focusing issues! Man I hope so! I want to buy a MK3 so bad, but I'm not going to jump until it's a proven performer..and no I'm not switching to Nikon!!! EVER!!!!!!
fredv wrote:
I do advertising and marketing... happy people don't say anything, the people you will hear from are the unhappy ones, and that is a fact. I get AF problems with my D1m2 and I am sure it's ME not the camera.
That maybe true for you Fred, but when you look at the focus point and it is square on the chest and it is OOF and the next one is OOF also something is a miss. I am not talking 5 or 10% but much higher. To double check I swap lens and bodies, my M2 70-200 and my M3 400 then the other way around M2 spot on from first frame, with either glass. The OOF also goes from just soft enough not to keep to bad.
This is the 1D3 factual database thread guys, not the 1D3 philosophical and psychological arguments thread. That's down the hall a bit, (behind the door labeled "Cognitive Dissonance"). ;-)
The fact is Nill as I was stating it is a problem, not a bunch of whining. Tested and retested, try and retry then giving it to Canon to prove me wrong.
Nill Toulme wrote:
This is the 1D3 factual database thread guys, not the 1D3 philosophical and psychological arguments thread. That's down the hall a bit, (behind the door labeled "Cognitive Dissonance"). ;-)
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I am just saying most of my problem with photos are with me... and how customers are... Good Luck Dude.
I feel old, it takes me to long, but I get there, to figure out all the short cuts in the English language here. OOF, IQ, etc etc. I get it but man it took me a while! Some one should make a list for guys like me to refer to!
Except for the fact I don't want another concurrent poll running it would be interesting to see the results of the following for those who answered yes.
Focus problems are related to:
A) Initial focus
B) Tracking
C) Regaining focus during burst
D) Inconsistent focus
E) All of the above
To reitterate I find that at F2.8 as long as the initial shot of a burst is in focus it is able to track and focus well. The high sensitivity of the expanded points though makes one shot mode difficult to predict which point will be used and thus complicates the initial composition. This has become less of an issue with practice and doesn't seem to affect Servo.
jomor wrote:
I feel old, it takes me to long, but I get there, to figure out all the short cuts in the English language here. OOF, IQ, etc etc. I get it but man it took me a while! Some one should make a list for guys like me to refer to!
The Exif data for those photos reveals that they were shot with AF off, making this guy's report singularly unhelpful for those of us with genuine AF problems.
There was another thread started on DPR where the OP complained that (while using AFPS on a static shot that 99% of other folks would use CP or selected FP) his mkIII wasn't actually focusing on the points it lit up while taking the shot. Although he was ridiculed for his technique I don't think I've seen that complaint before. I know when I use AFPS in one shot mode with my mkIII critical focus has always been on the points it used if I checked the shot later in DPP.
