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Robert Evans is using the 5D Mk3 at the moment. Listen to the interview by Frederick van Johnson on TWiP, episode 206....

Well I suppose it all depends on your budget.... As stated the new 5D will probably be around double the price of the 5D2. I wonder, how much better can picture quality get? There is no doubt they will improve the AF, they will improve the frame rate from a poxy 3.9, and of course the write...

Good choice of camera...

Well, you may have a point, but we also have crap weather here on occasions, but that's how I've done it very successfully... As for the comments above, you guys must be really good photographers....

At 1/4000 sec or more, you should see the threads on the ball focused correctly...

Besides, to freeze the ball you wil need 1/4000 sec so 2.8 is essential...

What I have done in the past is set my camera up on a tripod nicely framing the batsman and keeper, really work on the focus also using a remote shutter, second camera at the ready for any fielding action.. With the camera on the tripod you can just leave it and pick up the other camera quickly...

Not at all mate :) depth of field is not the same at three meters as it is at fifty or sixty meters. 2.8 at 3m may only be a cm or two, but at 100m is going to be much more. Without looking at my lens or a 'depth of field calculator', I couldn't give you exact figures. On the top of your lens...

Use in Aperture priority at 2.8 wide open. Fastest shutter speed possible 1/4000 sec + I use a tripod some times or monopod... And a stool to sit on :) use manual exposure if you can and hope you have a sunny day.... 300 I feel is ok, but I generally use 400 which is still too short. I've shot...

Good move mate, well done!! I was tempted to move to Nikon before getting mine, but so very glad I didn't....

Ah, exactly the same reason...:) I'm selling the 300/2.8 as well, wanting to buy the 600/4 and the 200/2.... :) there are other things I'd like as well, like the 17mm tilt shift, but that will wait a little while... There are two versions of the 600, do you know how much better is version II...

Anytime Syd, I didn't know you were a member of this forum... glad you're only going for a short time...

I've set both my 1D and 5D2 like this... I can't shoot any other way... There are a few reasons for doing it... When you use the front button, and you depress the shutter half way, this activates the focus if you're in Ai, but it locks the exposure. If you are shooting a football match for...

Great shots but...... every time I see people running like this, I feel guilty and that I should be doing same as them... keeping fit.... :( You did well... shots like this normally blow the sky out....

I normally carry mine in my top box or side panniers (in a camera bag of course) :), I have even thrown my 400 f/2.8 in there to go to Phillip Island on the odd occasion.... :) I don't live very far from the island, and it's a beautiful ride there.... Edit: Honda ST1300 Pan European btw....