Re: 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points!
AGeoJO wrote:
I don\'t know what else to say.... . I really don\'t recall any complaint about this particular issue in the 7D. Maybe 7D users are just too dumb to figure this out or they are less picky or simply they think that the whole viewfinder, including the AF points, simply works for them just fine. Take you pick!
If you don\'t like the 5D Mark III, either you sell it and get another one even switch to another brand, if you feel necessary or you find a way to work around it. While I can see the point of wanting to see the active AF point to be lit at the initiation of the AF process and lit again as it locks focus, which I believe can be done in a firmware update, but changing the screen or the way it illuminates the AF point(s) is just senseless, IMHO.
I don\'t know why you keep going back to 7D users and their opinions on how that camera functions. Maybe people that bought the 7D chose that over the 5D because of certain characteristics... maybe the 1.6x crop for reach, maybe the speed.... whatever the reason, it\'s probably wasn\'t because it was the best low light performer that Canon offers. And that\'s really where this AF focus point illumination issue is most apparent.
I\'m glad all the 7D users are 100% happy with their AF system (that\'s what I\'ve been led to believe by this thread anyway). And I\'m glad you are happy with the way the 5D III performs, I would be surprised if you weren\'t. You had positive experiences with your 7D, it probably matched your shooting style. Not everybody came to the 5D3 from a 7D and some people shoot differently than you. Don\'t take it personally when some people feel this is an issue while you don\'t. No one is saying 7D users are \'too dumb to figure this out\' except you. Again, it\'s not us against you...
This is about a feature which MANY of us had and took advantage of on previous Canon bodies which is now gone or crippled.
Mar 31, 2012 at 02:50 PM
Previous versions of mtavel's message #10496700 « 5d M III Viewfinder illumination and af points! »
. I really don\'t recall any complaint about this particular issue in the 7D. Maybe 7D users are just too dumb to figure this out 
or they are less picky or simply they think that the whole viewfinder, including the AF points, simply works for them just fine. Take you pick!