--=EOS 1D MK III=-- The Official Release Thread

Since delivery today of 1D MkIII I have only had a short time to grab some images on the sea front at West Kirby on the Wirral,this was a grabshot of a little girl playing on the front (the sea is behind her)

Firsts thoughts on the 1D MkIII are:

It has a great feel to it, the menu controls are mind blowingly simple to use,the 3" screen is very clear both in showing images and moving around the menu,shooting in Raw it produces 13meg CR2 files quite large but worth it I can see me buying 8gig cards as I shoot lots of sports stuff, the 10fps is almost embarrassing when you are near someone!

I am only going to load up one image in my short time using it today, in another forum a certain Aussie gent got heavily criticised for loading up a series of his first shots, I am not going to expose myself to that!

I will study the manual tonight with menu functions and custom options so I can get much better images than today.

First thoughts......its a fantastic camera and well worth the wait!

Brief exif data, 100-400mm lens, 400ISO,1250Tv,F8,Evalu​ative metering.......otherwi​se as out of camera

Chris Gill

Wow, that is a superb "grab shot". I bet her mommy would pay for that portrait. Thanks for posting, you are one of the fortunate few with a Mark III. You are not the first to mention the good "feel" of the camera. I am looking forward to that.

At the time I was more concerned that her mother was going to get me arrested for trying to take images of children

Thanks for the kind words

Chris Gill

Yep, congrats to all who have them, I am very happy for each of you! And yes, I believe you as their is no reason to believe otherwise.

MANUAL: I tried the two links for the pdf manual and got nothing. On one all I got was porn and on the other at the bottom left it mentions the M3 file and says it was downloaded 293 times but I don't see any link to actually download it. Hmmm.

OWNERS: So what is in the software package? Did they put the new version of DPP in there. I think the white paper said there would be an all new DPP with some new tricks for us.

For the gentleman with a source for one more camera sitting at some store... well, contact me and you will get the reward if I can get it there. Click on REWARD link in my signature for my phone number and all.

As I said last night, and believe me, reading my posts from last night is embarrassing. I was having a particularly bad day and night of back pain. Hard to explain, but when you live with pain 24/7 sometimes it actually gets worse than others. Last night was one of the bad one. I take extra meds and then I think I react sort of like when people drink, not as able to express myself well. I take both Vicodin and methadone. When I take more than a couple of methadones, they kill most of the pain, but also kills my thinking ability. So sorry if I didn't make much sense. I was trying to say, regardless of how much I want this camera soon, I realize it is more of an obsession than a need. I will enjoy my daughter's graduation even if I had to just take my old Canon Powershot Pro1 or even if I had to by a disposable camera. It will be a thrill of a lifetime. The next biggie will be when she marries, nothing in the works for that so it will be years probably. Here is a picture of my pride and joy, Kirsten, UCSD Class of '07

Joe,

You have a beautiful daughter, I sincerley hope you get a 1D MkIII for the graduation and take some superb images of the day.

I am sure you will, be positive

Chris Gill

ChrisGill wrote in post #3271099
Joe,

You have a beautiful daughter, I sincerely hope you get a 1D MkIII for the graduation and take some superb images of the day.

I am sure you will, be positive

Chris Gill

Well Chris, I am so glad you had a wonderful birthday which included your new M3.

If I get an M3 or not, I am a lucky Daddy for sure. Kirsten is a great "kid" who is a good citizen, honest, ethical and everything one could hope for in a daughter. So I realize the M3 is just something I want and if I never got it for some reason, I'll survive. I am just a so-so photographer, and that is being generous, as shown by this picture with the tilted fence, poor set-up, etc. I am learning though at a pretty good clip thanks to many here as I constantly read their tips.

Thanks Chris for the kind words of encouragement. Heck, we're all adults and this thing has become like a must have toy and I was back to the age of seven.

Anyone else notice that Canon changed the web page for the Mark III:

http://www.usa.canon.c​om …egoryid=139&mod​elid=14999

They got rid of the "Available Spring 2007", I guess a handful of people getting them means that they are available.

joegolf68 wrote in post #3271071
Yep, congrats to all who have them, I am very happy for each of you! And yes, I believe you as their is no reason to believe otherwise.

MANUAL: I tried the two links for the pdf manual and got nothing. On one all I got was porn and on the other at the bottom left it mentions the M3 file and says it was downloaded 293 times but I don't see any link to actually download it. Hmmm.

OWNERS: So what is in the software package? Did they put the new version of DPP in there. I think the white paper said there would be an all new DPP with some new tricks for us.

For the gentleman with a source for one more camera sitting at some store... well, contact me and you will get the reward if I can get it there. Click on REWARD link in my signature for my phone number and all.

As I said last night, and believe me, reading my posts from last night is embarrassing. I was having a particularly bad day and night of back pain. Hard to explain, but when you live with pain 24/7 sometimes it actually gets worse than others. Last night was one of the bad one. I take extra meds and then I think I react sort of like when people drink, not as able to express myself well. I take both Vicodin and methadone. When I take more than a couple of methadones, they kill most of the pain, but also kills my thinking ability. So sorry if I didn't make much sense. I was trying to say, regardless of how much I want this camera soon, I realize it is more of an obsession than a need. I will enjoy my daughter's graduation even if I had to just take my old Canon Powershot Pro1 or even if I had to by a disposable camera. It will be a thrill of a lifetime. The next biggie will be when she marries, nothing in the works for that so it will be years probably. Here is a picture of my pride and joy, Kirsten, UCSD Class of '07

If you don't have the Mark 111, you will do just fine. My Daughter got a Doctorate in Psychology last Saturday (does the pride show) and I shot with the 5D. I spite of it's slow frame rate, I have about 35 -45 shots of her in every phase of the process.

As you say, the Mark 111 would have been nice, but that is not what it is all about!

donlavange wrote in post #3271212
My Daughter got a Doctorate in Psychology last Saturday (does the pride show) ?

You bet it does, and rightfully so! A big congrats, that IS a big deal for sure there Dad. You done good!

Joe

I got to see one and even touch one today thanks to Morehtml!!!! I guess it is time to sell a body part... Hmmm which one to sell is the question... Thanks Allen!

joegolf68 wrote in post #3269611
http://www.inkjetart.c​om …/1888B002.html?​mv_pc=0125

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Man that sucks. The early announcements from Canon priced it at $3999.00.

Well I got my first shots in today with the MK III. I did a few tests and it does seem that the MK III is better than my 5D for noise at 800, 1600 and 3200 ISO. There have been enough ISO tests that I don't think mine would add to anything so I'm not posting ISO test pics. Here were the bird shots

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=325412

Update from the L.A. area....

BelAir Camera got two in....both were pre-sold and went out immediately.
Samy's still hasn't gotten any in..

I checked with the local shops today Mike's Camera and Wolf, neither would say anything, Mikes is taking names and notifying when they come in and Wolf is taking names and credit cards (no deposit) and have about 4 people on the list already with no idea how many they might get.

KAC