I just had a thought about repair ques

[Tim Dolan (Longwatcher)]

My 1DsMkII is well over due for calibration (It tends to shoot back a bit, but I am used to compensating for this ) and had planned to have it calibrated to my 85/f1.2, since unless the mkII breaks I will keep the lens attached basically forever (or so my plan goes ).

But a comment I read on another thread has me curious.

Because of the 1DM3 AF fixes, is this NOT a good time to send in my camera for this?

I was waiting until I had the 1DsMkIII in hand and made sure it was working correctly first, but then my priority was to send in the 1DsMkII and when I got it back, part with my 10D, which is my current backup camera. I know they are not comparable, but I figured it would do and save me money for when the 1DsMkIII came out and I have a film Hasselblad if I got desperate.

Just curious if anyone would happen to know if maybe I should wait awhile or if Canon has added extra persons to do the AF fix and regular repairs and servicing (at least for the 1-series ) are still running at a good clip. To date all of my repairs have been done in under 2 weeks from drop off at my local camera store.

 

[Bart_van_der_Wolf]

My 1DsMkII is well over due for calibration (It tends to shoot back a bit, but I am used to compensating for this )...

I'm in a similar situation and figured the following.

Calibration apparently is seperately done on both the body (to verify it's within manufacturing tolerances), and each lens (to bring it within manufacturing tolerances). Then, when needed, the lens can be further adjusted to the body. After that it becomes useful to self adjust the Mark III body, so both the main and back-up unit are calibrated.

Because of the 1DM3 AF fixes, is this NOT a good time to send in my camera for this?

Hard to say, it may depend on geography. Locally there have been lots of out of stock situations on 1D3's (not necessarily due to high demand, but rather due to reluctant buyers and resulting low stock situations).

Just curious if anyone would happen to know if maybe I should wait awhile or if Canon has added extra persons to do the AF fix and regular repairs and servicing (at least for the 1-series ) are still running at a good clip. To date all of my repairs have been done in under 2 weeks from drop off at my local camera store.

I somehow doubt the (temporary) addition of (inexperienced) extra hands.

I'd wait for the 1Ds3 to actually become available for you, then schedule a (1Ds2+lens) calibration and use some leverage as a 2x series 1 user to get the calibration done fast. Check the result (might require another intervention) and then perform the final Mark III self calibration.

Bart

 

[Tim Dolan (Longwatcher)]

That was my plan basically, although only planned on sending in the 85/1.2 with the 1DsMkII, but probably should do my 28-70/2.8L as well, but was waiting to see what it did with the new camera first. My other lenses are not so critical in use.

Thanks,