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Im not trying to make life difficult but I am trying to get a handle on how widespread the current AF issues are and what effect they have on owners.
1Ds3 owner... Not completely satisfied with AF when using wide(r) apertures (from wide open to f/2.8) when using the outer AF points (and to a lesser extent the center AF point) in One Shot. Work arounds are either to MF with these apertures or to stop down to at least f/4. Not ideal, but I'll manage (pro use). Mainly because the IQ is stunning
Based on your previous posts I knew you had an issue with your 1Ds MarkIII. There was a submirror recall for the 1D MarkIII as you know and I believe Lars was referring to the notion that you have to stick to just one, either the 1Ds MarkIII or 1D MarkIII. I would say the way it was presented, owners of either camera have voted or will be voting, which will give us a skewed picture. Well not this kind of poll is valid anyway.....
as i find the 3 choices a bit outlandish i'll say that mine works considerably better then when it was originally purchased. it focuses as as it should. had it performed as it does now from the beginning i may not have done what i have done. unfortunately now i have found a need for a more consistant product set to use.
There's not enough data yet for serious conclusions of course. But it strikes me that still about 25% have problems, which is the same ratio when I did a similar poll in March.
AI Servo has improved and is very good now. Like anything AI it can be fooled but after a while you get to know what that is. Just like auto exposure, sometimes I just know it is going to meter wrong and I compensate accordingly.
Iberian wrote:
AI Servo has improved and is very good now. Like anything AI it can be fooled but after a while you get to know what that is. Just like auto exposure, sometimes I just know it is going to meter wrong and I compensate accordingly.
I've stood out front of my house and shot cars coming down the street using AI Servo in the hot desert sun and it works fine too. I'm just starting to get a good feel for this thing and like it more all the time. Either I got lucky or Canon has their wagons in a circle now on the 1D.
Id3 new in mid-May, with new firware, and it's been superb. No Af issues shooting action sports, faster af lock on than my MkII, much better file to work with.
Not really, this has nothing to do with the nature or type of AF problem at all. Its a binary situation - do you have a problem with your AF or not?? Has your product let you down, one way or another. I am interested in any users that have had an AF problem with their MkIII.
This poll is not about the nature of the fault its about the design or build QA for the AF system on current 1 series camera and I dont see that as being an unreasonable question.
AGeoJO wrote:
Based on your previous posts I knew you had an issue with your 1Ds MarkIII. There was a submirror recall for the 1D MarkIII as you know and I believe Lars was referring to the notion that you have to stick to just one, either the 1Ds MarkIII or 1D MarkIII. I would say the way it was presented, owners of either camera have voted or will be voting, which will give us a skewed picture. Well not this kind of poll is valid anyway.....
I love mine....it's a blue dot...ser. # 556.... I installed the new firmware 1.2.3
I'm amazed at the low noise I get with it...I only have Lightroom for PP...here's a shot with a few basic adjustments done....MK3 500 f/4 + 1.4 tc 800 ISO
