Asher Kelman
OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Forthright Report by Rob Galbraith on the 1DIII: When Rob first reviewed the apparently groundbreaking built from scratch Eos 1D Mark III auto focus tracking sports and action camera, the report practically was made in 14 carat gold foil except for the focus, not doing too well and attributed to the issues that occur in pre-production models.
The low light performance with lenses such as a 50 1.4 was found to be stellar. All that is still true. The pictures at ISO 6400 are still acceptablle and ISO 1600 is very good. That's still so with production models.
What is staggering is that several other 1DIII copies tested by Rob and Mike Sturk, both well known sports/news photographers all had the same issues with maintaining or getting focus with long lenses and movement or even no movement some times! UGH! You must use the link below to get the whole story.
So the best current relaible camera on the market today for getting the shot in sports or presumablely for bird and wild life too, is the 1DIIN or the 1DII.
This is so sad, a disappointment and a letdown.
What does it mean?
Since presumably the much tested 1DsIII (or whtever they will call it) likley has the same autofocus circuitry and firmware, it's likely in trouble. I expected the camera to appear no earlier than the end of the year. However, the 1DIII will be the test bed to get the AF right and so the 1DsIII might, IMHO, be delayed if the issue is not sorted out.
I have trouble getting the 5D to get focus in dim light. The 1DII is far better but has failed me in weddings in dim light unless I use flash.
I was so looking forward to the 1DIII to be my new miracle cam to deeal with both issues. Well, not just yet! No doubt this is something Canon will now address. If they aknowledge it to Canon users, as Lecia did in there M8 fiasco in Decmeber 2006, is another matter!
Read more here .
The low light performance with lenses such as a 50 1.4 was found to be stellar. All that is still true. The pictures at ISO 6400 are still acceptablle and ISO 1600 is very good. That's still so with production models.
What is staggering is that several other 1DIII copies tested by Rob and Mike Sturk, both well known sports/news photographers all had the same issues with maintaining or getting focus with long lenses and movement or even no movement some times! UGH! You must use the link below to get the whole story.
So the best current relaible camera on the market today for getting the shot in sports or presumablely for bird and wild life too, is the 1DIIN or the 1DII.
This is so sad, a disappointment and a letdown.
What does it mean?
Since presumably the much tested 1DsIII (or whtever they will call it) likley has the same autofocus circuitry and firmware, it's likely in trouble. I expected the camera to appear no earlier than the end of the year. However, the 1DIII will be the test bed to get the AF right and so the 1DsIII might, IMHO, be delayed if the issue is not sorted out.
I have trouble getting the 5D to get focus in dim light. The 1DII is far better but has failed me in weddings in dim light unless I use flash.
I was so looking forward to the 1DIII to be my new miracle cam to deeal with both issues. Well, not just yet! No doubt this is something Canon will now address. If they aknowledge it to Canon users, as Lecia did in there M8 fiasco in Decmeber 2006, is another matter!
Read more here .
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