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Any issue - 5D3 with 85LII

 
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Sep 30, 2013 00:01 |  #1

Hi,
Yesterday, i went for a pre-wedding shoot.
I always have 2x5D3 for the shoot.

I was surprise that a 5D3 was with the 85LII. No matter how i tried to focus, it went out -> clearly OOF from LCD camera zooming in (i am not a pixel peeper). Next, i checked and the AF is ON.

strange. Next thing i did is to switch the 85LII onto the other 5D3 body. Then the focusing went well. sharp and in focus.
Now, i need to label my 5D3 to tell me which body is 85LII ok.

Any ideas y? any clue? any experiences?
I suspect that the camera battery is low.. maybe causing the AF to half-focus...?? no idea..

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Sep 30, 2013 00:22 |  #2

You might have a dodgy 85Lii - have you dropped it before? My 85Lii is my favorite lens and I use it for probably 70% of my wedding shots, but i dropped it once and then the AF crapped out a few weeks later in the middle of a shoot. I sent it to canon and they fixed it, no questions asked.

Now it;s fixed it never misses focus and it takes a beautiful photo.


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Sep 30, 2013 07:34 |  #3

No problems with my 85L II in either of my 5D3s. It is indeed strange that it would focus on one body and not the other.




  
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Sep 30, 2013 07:38 |  #4

Could you have AFMA enabled on one body but not the other?




  
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Sep 30, 2013 07:54 |  #5

Scott,

Very strange. I have no issues whatsoever with my 5DIII and 85L.

Your camera battery should not have any effect on how well the camera focuses, unless that particular camera body is malfunctioning. Was it doing it with other lenses? How about after the battery is full charged? It seems like some basic troubleshooting is in order and then perhaps we can narrow down the possibilities some more.

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Sep 30, 2013 13:18 |  #6

It's not strange at all that your lens could focus well on one body but not the other. Each body and lens has a range of acceptable focus accuracy. Canon repair calls it "within spec", which is ambiguous and annoying. Anyhow, what it does show is that your two 5D3 bodies are not in sync with each other, meaning that the distance of the sensor to lens mount are offset by different amounts on each body. A service tech can add or remove shims of specific thicknesses to compensate for a front or back focusing body. It would be better if both of your bodies were synced in that spec, and it would be IDEAL if both your bodies were synced to ZERO offset, which is considered perfect. The only problem is, Canon repair doesn't calibrate to ZERO, they calibrate to an acceptable range that is "within spec" so it is all but impossible to get them exactly matched. At least, this is my experience with Canon repair, using three different facilities.

You can compensate for this by dialing in specific microadjustments for each body and lens combination. I'm sure this would get your 85L (and all lenses) working very nicely with both bodies.

The only tech I have ever found in the planet who calibrates bodies to zero offset is Toshio. It costs me a freakin fortune to ship my gear over to him, but it's worth it to me to know that it will be fixed right and will work as well as it possibly can.


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Sep 30, 2013 14:58 |  #7

Lloyd,

I've heard you refer to Toshio on several occasions, and he sounds like the jedi-master of Canon repair. (I'm sure he is...and trust your judgement!)

Where is he located? Is there a way for other POTN members to request him, or would too many people asking ruin a good deal?

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Sep 30, 2013 16:16 |  #8

bps wrote in post #16336248 (external link)
Lloyd,

I've heard you refer to Toshio on several occasions, and he sounds like the jedi-master of Canon repair. (I'm sure he is...and trust your judgement!)

Where is he located? Is there a way for other POTN members to request him, or would too many people asking ruin a good deal?

Thanks,
Bryan

He is the Jedi Master, but I heard Canon is making his life difficult by not supplying some parts for the latest and greatest lenses. In any case you can always call him and ask about your specific problems and he can tell you if he can help or not. And anybody can request his services of course!

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Sep 30, 2013 17:12 |  #9

Thanks Lloyd! Much appreciated!!

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Oct 02, 2013 18:12 |  #10

Thank you all for your input.
I am puzzled and am aware of the issues that Lloyd mentioned.
I have not dropped the 85LII.

hmhm...
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