Canon EOS 1Ds MarkIII Post up pics and discuss!

man one thing i haven't really tried until tonight is manual focusing with fast glass on this beast. Wow is all i can say. leaps and bounds better than my 7D. i think only 1 image was oof at 1.4. I would still like to try a katz eye focus screen though. Anyone have one/used one?

Why do the Mode settings affect each other? For example: If is set Manual to 1/200 and f2.0, and then I use Av mode on f3.2, if I change back to Manual it's not 1/200 and f3.2. Is there a setting that I can change so that the different modes don't affect each other? Thanks.

marcus

marcus riley wrote in post #11735348
Why do the Mode settings affect each other? For example: If is set Manual to 1/200 and f2.0, and then I use Av mode on f3.2, if I change back to Manual it's not 1/200 and f3.2. Is there a setting that I can change so that the different modes don't affect each other? Thanks.

marcus

confused. You are kind of contradicting yourself to me it seems.

NaKiD EyE wrote in post #11735394
confused. You are kind of contradicting yourself to me it seems.

Sorry, maybe it wasn't clear. I don't want the settings in the M, Av, Tv modes to affect each other, but they do.

Example. If my settings in M are 1/100 and f2.0, and then I change to Tv mode and set the shutter speed on 1/500, when I change back to M the settings are now 1/500 and f2.0. And then if I change the M settings to 1/2000 and f2.0, when I switch back to Tv again, it is now 1/2000 also.

So whatever value I use in Av mode affects the M mode values and vise-versa. And whatever value I use in Tv mode affects the M mode values and vise-versa.

I prefer that my settings in M stay the same no matter what I change the Av or Tv values to. Example, If I set 1/100 f2.0 in M, and then change to Av and use f5.6; when I change back to M I want the settings to still be 1/100 f2.0.

marcus riley wrote in post #11735465
Sorry, maybe it wasn't clear. I don't want the settings in the M, Av, Tv modes to affect each other, but they do.

Example. If my settings in M are 1/100 and f2.0, and then I change to Tv mode and set the shutter speed on 1/500, when I change back to M the settings are now 1/500 and f2.0. And then if I change the M settings to 1/2000 and f2.0, when I switch back to Tv again, it is now 1/2000 also.

So whatever value I use in Av mode affects the M mode values and vise-versa. And whatever value I use in Tv mode affects the M mode values and vise-versa.

I prefer that my settings in M stay the same no matter what I change the Av or Tv values to. Example, If I set 1/100 f2.0 in M, and then change to Av and use f5.6; when I change back to M I want the settings to still be 1/100 f2.0.

That's odd. If I go from Manual to AV for example, the settings stay the same.

ok thats what i thought you meant. As far as i know just looking through the menu options real quick is that the custom function you are looking for doesn't exist. sorry.

jdizzle wrote in post #11735486
That's odd. If I go from Manual to AV for example, the settings stay the same.

right but he is saying that if for example once switching to AV change your aperture then once switching back to manual it will still be the same aperture from your AV settings and not your previous manual settings. lol

NaKiD EyE wrote in post #11735505
right but he is saying that if for example once switching to AV change your aperture then once switching back to manual it will still be the same aperture from your AV settings and not your previous manual settings. lol

Idk man. I try not to look for problems with my camera.

jdizzle wrote in post #11735512
Idk man. I try not to look for problems with my camera.

lol me neither. I have never noticed before that the settings stay the same, especially since i don't care and hardly ever switch my mode. So i guess the real question is ... why are you switching modes so much marcus? I can't think of any scenario that would call for using more than 1 mode that simultaneously.

This little candle lamp was putting out some great light.

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NaKiD EyE wrote in post #11735527
lol me neither. I have never noticed before that the settings stay the same, especially since i don't care and hardly ever switch my mode. So i guess the real question is ... why are you switching modes so much marcus? I can't think of any scenario that would call for using more than 1 mode that simultaneously.

Here is the situation where I discovered the problem:

I took some friends to a dinner show. At one point in the show, the performer does a fire breathing trick. The light of the fire drastically changes the lighting on the stage. I've been to this performance and I know what setting is great for exposing the guy during the fire breathing trick (1/1600sec f3.5, freezes the fire and gets the performer and fire all in focus). But I also wanted to take pictures before and after the fire-breathing.

So I set the settings I wanted in M mode, in preparation for the fire breathing (1/1600, f3.5), and then used Av mode up to the part he was preparing to breath fire. I was using Av at f2.2-2.5 to get enough light in. When I switched back to M for the fire-breathing, suddenly my settings were now 1/1600 and f2.2, so I missed the exposure on the fire part. I've tried to let the camera Auto expose in Av during the fire-breathing, but it can't adjust fast enough and measure the scene correctly because of the drastic lighting. So the most accurate way to shoot the performance is to have my M settings ready for the fire moment, and just let Av take care of the rest of the show (this is what I did before, but on different cameras. this is my first attempt to shoot the performance with my 1ds3).

I started experimenting and found that my aperture and shutter speed settings in M are also changing the last settings I had in Av/Tv mode, and the settings I select in Av/Tv affect the last settings I had in M.

So your 1ds3's don't act like this? First I want to see whether or not this is always the case (I don't remember my camera behaving like this before), and second, what settings I can adjust to make the Mode settings independent of each other (like i feel they should be)

This is the scene I'm describing. It only lasts for a second, but I've been to the show enough to know when it will happen and what settings I need to get a good exposure. This is not a 1ds3 shot, sorry. I wanted to get the same shot with my 1ds3, but then discovered the settings changing each other.

davilandrew wrote in post #11736467
Really great

Canon 5D Mark II was my first full frame camera.
If you're looking for an excellent, full-frame DSLR, the 5D Mk2 is very, very good. It's at least 1 full F-stop more sensitive to light than my Canon 1DS Mk2. A setting of ASA 800 or 1000 yields about the same noise level as my older camera at ASA 400.
It has 3" diagonal with 900,000+ pixels lcd screen. If you've never used a DSLR with live view, you'll love it. The only negative of live-view is that it really drains your battery and it
The huge 21 mega-pixel RAW images are excellent.The resolution is stunning, but only as good as the lens used. The 24-105 supplied in the kit is good, but a little soft compared to my very good EF-L 70-200 IS f4. I took 80% of my shots with the 24-105 but looked for opportunities to use the 70-200 instead, particularly for scenics.

Um, might I ask what this has to do with a 1Ds3?

Gedanken wrote in post #11736476
Um, might I ask what this has to do with a 1Ds3?

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marcus riley wrote in post #11735348
Why do the Mode settings affect each other? For example: If is set Manual to 1/200 and f2.0, and then I use Av mode on f3.2, if I change back to Manual it's not 1/200 and f3.2. Is there a setting that I can change so that the different modes don't affect each other? Thanks.

marcus

I'm not aware of such a setting either.

Gedanken wrote in post #11736484
I'm not aware of such a setting either.

Hmmm, so does that mean that your camera acts the same way? Thanks for the reply.