MkIII quick settings guide

OK, I've been having some issues with my MkIIn lately, so I went ahead and accelerated my time-line for buying a MkIII.

It's going to get here late Wednesday and I've got basketball games Thursday, Friday and Saturday, so I won't get much time to play with it. I was hoping I could get some quick advice from the other basketball shooters out there as to which Cfn & Pfn's to set right away that I wouldn't think of when going from a MkIIn to a MkIII along with any other things to think of.

Thanks!

Derek,
I need to find a reason to acclerate my purchase of a MIV too.
Have a look here, it should be a good place to start.

http://www.sportsshoot​er.com/news/2371

Opps, I now see you are after a MIII, umm this.

http://web.canon.jp …eosd/eos1dm3af/​index.html

or this

http://www.pressefotog​rafforbundet.dk/fil/eo​s1dmk3_af_cfn_guide.pd​f

Thanks for the links Jeff! I wish I had more time to look them over, the camera's about 45 miles away right now awaiting delivery! Can't wait.

That last one is great for describing the AF Cfn's. Very easy to understand!

Just put it in green box mode.

Dan-o wrote in post #9529623
Just put it in green box mode.

Do I enable that in the Pfn menu? Do I need to hook it up via firewire to do that?


That reminds me, do I need to hook it up via firewire to enable the Pfn menus & put in my "author" name.

Yes you do Derek. There are a lot of things to go through but I really don't change much except for Servo speed. I could give you a list of my settings if you want.

J.Napier wrote in post #9505175
http://www.pressefotog​rafforbundet.dk/fil/eo​s1dmk3_af_cfn_guide.pd​f

Thank you, I hadn't seen that guide before.

Dan-o wrote in post #9529728
Yes you do Derek. There are a lot of things to go through but I really don't change much except for Servo speed. I could give you a list of my settings if you want.

I think I've got a fair handle on it with the links that Jeff put up. I'll try and figure out what works best for me from there. Thanks!

Perhaps you should stick with the MkII for work until you've had time to digest the MkIII further?

Why stress yourself over fumbling with new gear in the heat of battle?

FlyingPhotog wrote in post #9529912
Perhaps you should stick with the MkII for work until you've had time to digest the MkIII further?

Why stress yourself over fumbling with new gear in the heat of battle?

I'm guessing I'll get more than 4 shots out of 125 in-focus with the MkIII, regardless of how I have it set up.

I've gone from about a 90% in-focus rate for basketball to less than 5% in a month. The first game it happened, I blamed myself. The next 4, I was still in denial. After shooting almost 500 shots on Thursday and having less than 25 keepers, I give up. I'm not 100% sure if its my 70-200 or the IIn, but I need to get them both checked out. My 85 was acting pretty erratic as well, which is why I'm leaning towards the camera being bad.

DDCSD wrote in post #9529935
I'm guessing I'll get more than 4 shots out of 125 in-focus with the MkIII, regardless of how I have it set up.

I've gone from about a 90% in-focus rate for basketball to less than 5% in a month. The first game it happened, I blamed myself. The next 4, I was still in denial. After shooting almost 500 shots on Thursday and having less than 25 keepers, I give up. I'm not 100% sure if its my 70-200 or the IIn, but I need to get them both checked out. My 85 was acting pretty erratic as well, which is why I'm leaning towards the camera being bad.

Ah, didn't realize the MkII was giving you problems...

By all means, fire up the MkIII then!

Dan-o wrote in post #9529623
Just put it in green box mode.

And don't forget to use the pop-up flash for some fill...

Had to chase down the UPS guy to sign for it, cut she's here! Me likey so far. Can't believe how much lighter this thing is than my MkIIn. I didn't think it would even be noticeable. I'm really liking the menu system as compared to the IIn as well.