Red Grainger wrote:
It now seems certain that the "fix" dosen't work. If RG is wrong on this his reputation is shot so he is giving Canon every opportunity to get the fix right. He would be foolish to risk his reputation on anything short of the compete and unbiased report that we all expect.
Just my two cents of course but I am no longer optomistic.
Why would it be certain? I have a BD that I exchanged at a B&M store here in Seattle and so far it works fine.
Garylv wrote:
lol Yes it seems strangely quiet. I would guess nobody wants to post the blue dot cameras are "working great!", for fear RG will report they still don't work right. Or vice versa.
With Rob's last notice including the photo and caption "Sharpen Up", it leads me to believe they're working fine. The latest firmware probably finished the job after the corrected sub-mirror assembly was in place.
Should see the results today (Friday).
I have stated before and others have as well, that the blue dot that I recieved works great, no AF issues at al, I did have an SD problem with mine, but the latest firmware update took care of that. BTW mine is outside(higher) then the effected range that canon listed.
Managing a large newspaper photo staff of 17 with 7 Canon Mark III shooters. Number of cameras affected by autofocus issues: seven out of seven. First sub-mirror repair arrived back this morning from Canon....camera shutter now defective and sending back once again to Canon. Number of Nikon D3's - eight (still budgeting for the rest next year). Number of problems: none. This case is fast closing for me. The Canon cameras have each spent a significant time in repair already. As an administrator, Nikon service and initial build quality have already outperformed their Canon counterparts in our photo department. My most disheartening sight this year were the number of Canon Mark III's on photographers' shoulders holding a lens while their Mark II's just sang along getting the images we need. We will not be buying any Mark III's for the time being. In fact, the Mark II's are coming back out of the cupboard.
I hearby appoint Rob Galbraith the religious guru of canon trouble. Funny thing, imo, Rob has been mentioned furiously here in FM daily and the guy has never once offered an opinion, or visited the forum. Is this guru too good for FM?
Don't know if he is too big for FM. Is anyone from Canon Leadership a member here ? I saw Chuck Westfall registering and making a few posts (though not on this controversy) over at NSN. Not sure if he is already a member here.
