Two questions

Just got my new 5diii and I have two questions.

With the 24-105 kit lens installed certain rows of the af points blink in af selection. I can't find anything in the manual explaining the reason for the blinking.

Second is picture style. The book talks about picture style. Am I right that picture style would only apply to JPEG?

Thanks

I think the flashing rows are the non cross type sensors. Yes, picture styles I believe are for jpeg.

He's right. The new AF system adapts itself to the lens you're using. Only f/2.8 lenses (well, most pf them) and better can take full advantage of all of the cross type points. The lenses and their corresponding AF configurations are listed in the manual.

Great, thanks. I can't wait to really put this camera through its paces.

I suggest you get the camera and sit with it while you go through the Canon 5DIII specific tutorials at http://learn.usa.canon​.com …d_markiii_tutor​ials.shtml. AS you follow along, push buttons and turn dials. You will be amazed at what you can learn in a short period of time.

I actually sat with the manual this afternoon and did that but I will certainly look at the tutorials. Thanks!

Even if you are a RAW only shooter, pay attention to your Picture Style and its settings. I shoot only RAW and I use the "Neutral" PS with contrast set to -4. This gives the embedded .JPG file a more accurate histogram. Too much contrast will affect the histogram and blow out highlights which would not blow out at lower contrast levels. Of course, this only applies to what you see on the back LCD, not what you see in LR or DPP, but if you're shooting and getting a lot of "Blinkies" on the LCD, make sure it is not just too much contrast on the embedded .JPG.

In DPP, you do get the image with the picture style used for shooting as your first suggestion. Since it's all by Canon, they read each other's data and DPP knows which picture style was used. But when using RAW, you can then freely change the picture style after shooting, to get a different look, if you prefer.

Or you can do the same in some cameras, which allow RAW developing after the fact in the camera. If you have one of these (you have, since the 5D Mark III is a new camera), then you can apply different picture styles to the same RAW already in the camera, and check the result, if you like. But the computer screen is of course a better one to look at, so consider the camera processing option something being useful if you are for example travelling home from a photo session by bus or something.

John from PA wrote in post #15230799
I suggest you get the camera and sit with it while you go through the Canon 5DIII specific tutorials at http://learn.usa.canon​.com …d_markiii_tutor​ials.shtml. AS you follow along, push buttons and turn dials. You will be amazed at what you can learn in a short period of time.

Great - I need that as well.
TNX