What the heck! I just got my sweet sweet new 1D Mk III and was all amped on the improved pro handling of the 1-series body. Lot's of things about it are nice, but I dare say that my 5D is at times more flexible to shoot with. Why is there no equivalent to the Register Camera Settings option on the 5D? It's so easy on the 5D (and the new 40D I might add), but on the 1D Mk III you have to go through the menu system to save and load settings, and there is no easy way to overwrite or delete camera settings. And to top it all off the settings are saved on the media card so if you change cards you lose the ability to use them.
On the 5D I can setup two different shooting settings on the 5D -- one without flash and set for shade, and one with flash and set for sun or whatever -- and easily switch back and forth between them with the twist of a knob. How can my new supposed pro 1-series body not be able to do that easily? Boggles the mind. I thought this thing was about speed and getting the shot at all cost, but it seems to have missed the boat in a couple places.
Any workarounds? Firmware updates? Anything? This is a bit of crutch for an otherwise superb camera.
Oh yeah and did I mention that it's a bit slow loading the settings on the 1D Mk III even when you get to the right menu? It's instant on the 5D with the twist of a knob... Grrr.
I totally agree with you Johnny. This criticism has been made on this thread: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/569705
which you might like to have a look at, as it attempts to list all of the interface and other niggles that the 1D3 suffers.
Amazingly the 1D3 has 2 other methods of saving settings. One is to use the 'basic camera settings' item in the menu. However, basic camera settings doesn't include iso, if you can believe it. OTOH, you can use the * button to temporarily apply some saved settings. In this case it doesn't include white balance. So the 1D3 has no less than 3 broken implementations of the 5D's excellent C-mode:
one doesn't save iso
one doesn't save white-balance
one disappears every time you change memory card
Coupled with the totally broken focus-point selection interface, this camera is way slower to use in a crisis than a 5D.
It would be great if you would add your complaint to my thread https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/569705
as I want to send it to my rep at Canon professional services, just so they know how much 1-series usability sucks.
