1D III or 40D and Top of the range iMac. You decide.

have both and don't own one....I'm happy with the two

MaDProFF wrote in post #4197209
TBH, this is a not even a contest,,,,,,, Personally you would be MaD to get a 24" imac over a MK3, especially if you have an imac all ready?, or a mac, my 20" does a fine job on PP, and I have loads running in the background, with 2 gig ram, though I want to get another gig ram
I had the biggest video card put in so I can add another monitor one day, the only thing that makes it slow down is if I have to many photos in one directory opened in Bridge.

Heh I was in TW the other day, live only 25 mins away.

Thanks MaD, its funny how this question has revealed a couple of people who live nearby Small world!

Wazza wrote in post #4197382
http://maps.google.co.​uk …irefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl

Live here with my grandparents, who also have a house in Hastings, so have driven past your town numerous times!

PS, use of a 1D III is just a PM away, although I'm away from next weekend!

Danson Park!! Indeed it is a small world. I used to play in there as a child when I lived nearby with my grandparents

Thanks Wazza, I think you've all made my mind up. Santa's little elves are whittling my Mark III as we speak I bet.

I lived here as a kid from 1983 to 1986 - then moved to New Zealand. Came back July this year for a few months.

So you've actually ordered, or waiting till Christmas?
love your flickr shots

Wazza wrote in post #4197776
I lived here as a kid from 1983 to 1986 - then moved to New Zealand. Came back July this year for a few months.

So you've actually ordered, or waiting till Christmas?
love your flickr shots

Thanks Wazza. My wife would hurt me if I bought before Christmas. Just a little concerned about this "fix" and whether my fresh III out of the factory would be "fixed". Or indeed would I get one that's been sitting in a warehouse for weeks, unfixed.

Still, at least you've help me make up my mind

Wazza wrote in post #4197776
I lived here as a kid from 1983 to 1986 - then moved to New Zealand. Came back July this year for a few months.

So you've actually ordered, or waiting till Christmas?
love your flickr shots

Never mind my Flickr, Wazza, I'm dead impressed with your blog!! Worthy of a bookmark and a visit every now and again I reckon

Well fix news it public now, I would have thought xmas would have been ok for a new one, though beware of shortages, I think once this fix is in and people approve it they will be a bit of a rush for this body

Anke wrote in post #4197818
Never mind my Flickr, Wazza, I'm dead impressed with your blog!! Worthy of a bookmark and a visit every now and again I reckon

Thanks Kindly
Off up Scotland myself on 3rd November - see where I get to - that reminds me, need to PM/Email a couple old POTN folk - Buggbairn and dv2004

Just don't start changing your mind about the 1D - obviously we'll here more of the bad stories, and I'll keep persisting, most are good copies.
My favourite action shot from the 1D: www.warrenwilliams.co.​nz/eagle.jpg
Goodnight, have work in the morning

The 40D is such a capable camera, you'd really have to NEED the relatively few real-world extras the 1D3 gives you.
If you need 10fps instead of 6.5, or that slightly better AF, or that bomb-proof body, then fine.

I wouldn't get a bloody mac though.

Wazza wrote in post #4197382
http://maps.google.co.​uk …irefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wl

Live here with my grandparents, who also have a house in Hastings, so have driven past your town numerous times!

PS, use of a 1D III is just a PM away, although I'm away from next weekend!

You don't live in the big white house; right in the middle of the park do you??? Is Danson your garden? I've lived in Bexleyheath all my life... I rather be in the scenery of New Zealand though!!!

Anke wrote in post #4193554
Right, I'm getting fed up with my feeble brain being able to decide between:

1D Mark III
or
40D and a 2.8Ghz, 4GB 24 inch iMac

I'm not a pro, its just a hobby. But my mind is incapable of making decisions itself. What would you get out of the two choices?

I'm not a pro either, but the MK3 would really help me with the photography that I WANT to get into (Sports and low-light concert photography). I also want an imac, but if I were to decide right now... it would be the MK3, I only have a crappy laptop for PP at the moment and an external HD for storage, but I would put up with that... it might be a bit slow, but it gets the job done. So yep, as a non-pro... I'd still get the MK3!

I have a 40D and a MK 3, 40D is great, but the difference really is all about Low noise at high ISO, when you look at the images from MK3 you don't even notice it at 3200 ISO, sure there is some noise when you zoom in to 100%, but it seems different, and is so easily manageable, but using the camera at anything up to 1250 ISO you don't even use any noise reduction at all in some images. Is it worth the difference in price,,, yep sure it is to some, if you never use a camera in low light than maybe not, but the images are better too

Thanks everyone, I must say I am looking forward to gaining a bit more "wide reach" with the 1.3x crop instead of 1.6x.

MaDProFF wrote in post #4200014
I have a 40D and a MK 3, 40D is great, but the difference really is all about Low noise at high ISO, when you look at the images from MK3 you don't even notice it at 3200 ISO, sure there is some noise when you zoom in to 100%, but it seems different, and is so easily manageable, but using the camera at anything up to 1250 ISO you don't even use any noise reduction at all in some images. Is it worth the difference in price,,, yep sure it is to some, if you never use a camera in low light than maybe not, but the images are better too

STOP IT!!! I can't afford a MK3! Unless I don't pay my bills for 2 months!?! Hmmmm.

no contest: 1DMIII... a better/faster computer wont make u a better photographer. (hell, a better camera wont make u one either :P)

adamlc wrote in post #4200021
STOP IT!!! I can't afford a MK3! Unless I don't pay my bills for 2 months!?! Hmmmm.

Sorry!!!!!!!!! chances are now you will not get one for 2 months