Though I value RG opinion and thank him for his work, I will know if mine works or not after one game. I do not need to wait for his report to know if mine works. I just wish I could use it this weekend but I am taking some vacation time.
Wickedfn4u do you have any suggestion for the CF settings for best use of AiFocus please give me a help on that as I am going to make some tests these days and I want to have optimal results
I leave most stone stock out of the box. I do use expanded L/R focus points and slow the FPS down from 10 to 8. I then shoot soccer with my 400 2.8 wide open up to 4.0 and just see soft shots.
Wickedfn4u wrote:
I leave most stone stock out of the box. I do use expanded L/R focus points and slow the FPS down from 10 to 8. I then shoot soccer with my 400 2.8 wide open up to 4.0 and just see soft shots.
OK got it and I use quite the same settings except from the reduced FPS.... actually I will play with my gear and I will tell you my results on my camera that is not Fixed (yet)
well, got mine from Dell today.. has the blue dot and higher serial, I will be shooting football tomorrow night so not sure if it will get the "proper" test.
Charlemagne, I got mine from dell today as well. 545XXX, production code OV1005, blue dot box. Can you look at your battery compartment and see what you production code is?
Yeah, so our cameras were made on the same production run. Even though my serial number and others are under 546561. I just don't get why Canon can't get the serials sequential!
Wickedfn4u wrote:
I have said all along every body had that same issue just depended on the type of use it got would the issue show up. SoundHound is a great example opposite of mine, short glass, dim light with people on stage would not get it to show up. Put that same body on mine outside shooting soccer, rugby or football and there is the issue.
It is not just some bodies, that is why Canon has said a range of SN#'s so it did effect all that had been produced.
This is false, and it does not correspond with reality, nor with absolutely any publically available production data (which is NONE).
The reality is that:
1. SOME cameras are affected.
2. SOME cameras are NOT affected, for SURE.
3. It is EASY to find the AF problem, either with or without warm weather, and with our without long-lenses. You just need to make sure that you excercise focus on stringent DoF conditions.
As it turns out, and as I have mentioned (and demonstrated) in multiple times over DPreview, there are cams out-there that just work PERFECTLY fine, and others that simply won't.
1. I have tested/shot with two works fine cameras and got them to do the exact same as my two bodies. Both people could not believe they had a problem when they did not see it.
2. Why then when the store I bought my body at exchanged for the 3rd had an email from canon saying all the bodies produced between (and it gave a ser # range) were included. Not dates, not several ranges but just one large one. I wish I had the #'s start and stop but I did not think to look.
3. Weather did play a part, I shoot NW cool to warm when I was in Socal and hot it was real bad. But you are right stringent DOF is why I was able to show the guys here with "good" ones that they just were not in that % that use it a specific way.
So do I feel that all are effected, yeah I do. Will everyone see it, no they won't. Could it effect bodies differently that I don't know because some have issues that I did not or was not able to cause. Single shot fixed target for example.
...Stringent DOF, warm conditions, no time to focus (pure AI-Servo), and awaiting for the right moment (this is just ONE of the scenarios were the problem would easily show):
There is NO SUCH thing as "all" cameras affected. And anyone with enough experience / ownership with 1-series, especially using all of its AF-prowess, will easily notice any problem, especially under the described conditions, here:
well don't send it in and good luck on the resale then. I just find it funny that RG had it occur on multiple bodies, boy he is just real unlucky I guess too.
I went though six copies, all have problem even @ oneshot mode, untill two days ago, i became a happy 1D Mark III owner with the Dell Blue Dot one
Wickedfn4u wrote:
I don't think its crazy and it is very realistic.
1. I have tested/shot with two works fine cameras and got them to do the exact same as my two bodies. Both people could not believe they had a problem when they did not see it.
2. Why then when the store I bought my body at exchanged for the 3rd had an email from canon saying all the bodies produced between (and it gave a ser # range) were included. Not dates, not several ranges but just one large one. I wish I had the #'s start and stop but I did not think to look.
3. Weather did play a part, I shoot NW cool to warm when I was in Socal and hot it was real bad. But you are right stringent DOF is why I was able to show the guys here with "good" ones that they just were not in that % that use it a specific way.
So do I feel that all are effected, yeah I do. Will everyone see it, no they won't. Could it effect bodies differently that I don't know because some have issues that I did not or was not able to cause. Single shot fixed target for example.
I went though six copies, all have problem even @ oneshot mode, untill two days ago, i became a happy 1D Mark III owner with the Dell Blue Dot one
...Mine came on 9/20ish, from DELL, with NO dots of any kind, and works beautifully.
Just the notion of even pretending that ANY cam in that large range, without posting NOTHING regarding production data, sequence, etc., is just plain non-sense.
Not even R.G.'s production data is known, and most of his tests are already MONTHS old.
God knows what has really happened in production since then, and how such production has been really distributed, though.
If your camera works fine, great, enjoy it as i enjoy my Blue Dot one, and taking more great pictures
feharmat wrote:
...Mine came on 9/20ish, from DELL, with NO dots of any kind, and works beautifully.
Just the notion of even pretending that ANY cam in that large range, without posting NOTHING regarding production data, sequence, etc., is just plain non-sense.
Not even R.G.'s production data is known, and most of his tests are already MONTHS old.
God knows what has really happened in production since then, and how such production has been really distributed, though.
I am glad Canon is fixing the stock first. By the time they get to mine they ought to be experts and know for sure if the problem has been fixed. They are suppose to send me a shipping sticker or box before the end of November. I will miss my Mark lll,but if it comes back fixed I will feel like I just got a new Camera. I have a 30D as backup so I will suffer through it.
There has been no recall in the USA. They are not fixing USA dealer stock. If someone bought it and it was defective, it gets sent back to Canon, that's it. Stock didn't last long on the shelf in the USA, it all got sold, fairly rapidly. Perhaps swapped out with some returned problem cameras as well, but none of that could be resold as NEW.
