EB-1 wrote:
Jeff, how much is all this suffering and stress worth over the past year? Sometimes, as with a lemon car, it is better to bite the bullet and move on even at some monetary loss.
Gary Petersen wrote:
I agree. Sometimes you just have to dump the thing and move on.
Move on to what? I need a sports camera, and I need a D300-like FF camera, one that is not the 5D. The 1D MkIII is the camera that I need in my bag, and Canon does not currently make the full-frame camera that is its complementary. The MkIIn won't do it after experiencing files from the MkIII.
My only option at this point would be to dump Canon all together, and move into the unknown realm of Nikon. Some of my future lenses (which I currently REFUSE to buy) would be cost-prohibitive on the Nikon side.
Yes, I'm between a rock and a hard place. Not sure which I prefer.
I meant to suggest that you ditch the current 1D MK III, buy another one and test it thoroughly. Or do you feel that the model is still inherently unreliable?
Jeff wrote:
Move on to what? I need a sports camera, and I need a D300-like FF camera, one that is not the 5D. The 1D MkIII is the camera that I need in my bag, and Canon does not currently make the full-frame camera that is its complementary. The MkIIn won't do it after experiencing files from the MkIII.
$8k aside, 1Ds3 won't fit the bill? 5fps is not _that_ bad...
Jeff wrote:
Move on to what? I need a sports camera, and I need a D300-like FF camera, one that is not the 5D. The 1D MkIII is the camera that I need in my bag, and Canon does not currently make the full-frame camera that is its complementary. The MkIIn won't do it after experiencing files from the MkIII.
My only option at this point would be to dump Canon all together, and move into the unknown realm of Nikon. Some of my future lenses (which I currently REFUSE to buy) would be cost-prohibitive on the Nikon side.
Yes, I'm between a rock and a hard place. Not sure which I prefer....Show more →
I wonder if anyone has simply sued Canon over this. My 1D functions perfectly. Granted I've only had it a week but have worked it under harsh Arizona desert conditions and it does all it's supposed to do. Make Canon give you a new one. There's probably an equal chance to get a bad Nikon at this point.
Jeff wrote:
I feel that the model is still inherently unreliable.
I have to agree with this statement as my personal experiences from last June to the Blue_Dot, but i am not sure about the newest production Mark III, say serial above 570xxx... I am thinking to give it a last try.....
stanj wrote:
$8k aside, 1Ds3 won't fit the bill? 5fps is not _that_ bad...
Although the 5 fps might be close enough to be tolerable, the $8k is a bit too much to stomach after my experiences the last year. I don't really need an $8k camera, and paying an extra $4k to solve a problem my camera shouldn't have seems counter-productive.
Gary Petersen wrote:
As far as I can tell in a few hundred shots the new one work just fine. I just got mine last week and can't make it misbehave.
After only a few hundred shots mine worked fine, too. It took me 8000 shots to get to this point with this second (replacement) camera. Before this, it was all 'close enough' to be tolerable.
Not anymore, I can't continue to rationalize this camera's faults, however infrequent they may be.
p.5 #10 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
forestmage wrote:
camera schamera. That's 21 year-old single malt! Nice
Don't forget the $31.00 cigar to go with it. I lost my wife a week ago and decided a celebration of her life was a good thing to do. I didn't want to cheap out on her.
p.5 #12 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
Garylv wrote:
I occasionally see photos like Jeff's from my 1DIII also. It's an early serial number body and had all the repairs and upgrades from Canon. For the most part it does ok now but I see those weird ghosted ones too. I'm not sure it's an AF issue, but I can't explain it.
None of you other people see photos like that? Ever? Maybe only certain bodies are affected. Jeff's replacement is a newer one. Whatever the cause, apparently Canon still doesn't have a handle on it.
I guess that's why a number of people feel they just couldn't trust the MkIII, and gave up. ...Show more →
Ditto. Been back to Canon twice.. Works well in some conditions, then unexplained performance just like pictured here rear it's head. Maddening.
p.5 #13 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
It would be interesting to track down a body with a serial number very
close to Gary's and test that one. Maybe the good ones come from certain
batches.
Still sounds like Canon's having problems with this body.
p.5 #14 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
Hrow wrote:
Having been through exactly this situation (with Jeff's kind assistance) and seeing how this has been a problem for Jeff for some time, I don't think any of the typical suggestions are going to yield much in the way of results. My only offerings would be to try turning completely off the sensor cleaning from the menu (I think you can) and if that doesn't work (I doubt that it will), just sell the camera.
Dumping my piece o' s@*t 1DMkIII was the best thing I have done photographically in a very long time. My mood improved dramatically, I don't constantly wonder if important shots are screwed up and even though it was very expensive moving up to a 1DsMkIII, it turned out to be significantly cheaper as having a camera that can actually focus has yielded images that have produced more income than the price difference.
I am convinced that if you have a bad 1DMkIII then the only option is to get rid of it. The good ones may be very good but it is hard for people who have not experienced it to understand just how bad the bad ones are. ...Show more →
The 1Ds Mk III and 1D Mk III share the same focus mechanism. In light of this one has to wonder how one is misbehaving so bad while the other is behaving so well.
p.5 #15 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
Jeff wrote:
I feel that the model is still inherently unreliable.
I agree with this. When I got my 1st 1D3 at the beginning of June last year, after 3 weeks I returned it for a refund. In August I bought a 2nd one, after a long and protracted argument with my dealer and Canon, the latter eventually agreed to exchange it again at the end of October for a new blue dot from the factory.
I am actually very very pleased with this one but had I received a 3rd duff body I would agree with Jeff and got rid of it and stuck with my Ns until the Mk4 series came out
As good as the 1D Mark 3 14-bit files are, if I had received a 3rd duff body I would not use and could not trust a Mk3 to do the job for me. Filewise it might be a small step back to the N but I know I can trust an N to take the shot I want and that is worth far more to me than whatever differences there are in the files.
p.5 #16 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
Yakim Peled wrote:
The 1Ds Mk III and 1D Mk III share the same focus mechanism. In light of this one has to wonder how one is misbehaving so bad while the other is behaving so well.
There are also AF problems with the 1Ds3. Different problems than with the 1D3, but problems nontheless...
p.5 #20 · This frickin' 1D MkIII just ain't right!
What a bummer man! I am a pro photographer and before that I used to process transparency film for a large magazine company. I have seen a problem like this before this was in the manual focus film days. It was a weird out of focus problem that moved to different parts of the image after much swearing and hair puling the photographer took it to a tech who discovered a loose lens element that tilted around and moved depending on the angle of the lens, problem fixed. Have you tried using a different lens?
Manual versus auto focus? Maybe a lens test shooting a page of text with a tripod going through a the f.stops and shutter speeds might reveal something a bit more scientific. Otherwise send it back for a full refund or replacement you paid good money for it and it should work.
Good luck.
