Canon 5D MKIII official owners/users thread, anything related to the 5D MKIII

EspressoJunkie said:
I'm afraid that simply isn't the case.

Both times I've ordered cameras from Panamoz the price quoted on the site is the amount I've paid.

I've never been charged for tax or VAT either when paying or on arrival of the camera.
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I am not going to get into this arguement but you should ahve declared them. Having not done so means you are breaking the law. It is simple UK law. Sorry to shatter your illusion! ;)
 
EspressoJunkie said:
I'm afraid that simply isn't the case.

Both times I've ordered cameras from Panamoz the price quoted on the site is the amount I've paid.

I've never been charged for tax or VAT either when paying or on arrival of the camera.
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Not going to start an argument on this as I have used Panamoz before. There prices don't include either and in occasion you may receive a bill from UPS, however Panamoz will refund this. As to the VAT, please show us a VAT invoice :)
 
menthel said:
I am not going to get into this arguement but you should ahve declared them. Having not done so means you are breaking the law. It is simple UK law. Sorry to shatter your illusion! ;)
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Ok I get that, but your post implied that you would be charged for them. I know its questionable legally, but I have no issue with that when it saves me £600!
 
Is anyone aware of an eyepiece cover available for the 5D3? I understand you get one attached to the camera strap, but it's of limited use while sitting in my loft!
 
Well received mine from Panamoz yesterday at 14:00 not bad considering I ordered it Monday at 08:00 full English manual and charger couldn't be happier :D
 
The goblin said:
Hi, not been on here a while. I am wondering if anyone has any tips on how to reduce the distortion I get with my 24-70. I can and do correct this in LR but was wondering if there's a way to do it in camera? Many thanks.
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There is some correction in camera under the lens profiles. I'm not with my camera at the moment though, so can't give you anything more specific than that.

EDIT: It is however on page 149 of the manual. :)
 
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Number45 said:
Is anyone aware of an eyepiece cover available for the 5D3? I understand you get one attached to the camera strap, but it's of limited use while sitting in my loft!
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It's one of those things I might have expected to see an aftermarket version of - like the built in ones on the 1D series. Flick a switch and it opens and closes, easier to use and less chance of losing.

I find with both my mark 3's I don't actually need one currently, who is to say it won't change with time.
 
EspressoJunkie said:
Ok I get that, but your post implied that you would be charged for them. I know its questionable legally, but I have no issue with that when it saves me £600!
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Even declaring it and paying the charges, a 5DMkIII works out about £250 cheaper than from WEX currently. Claim it back from Panamoz and then you are back up to the £600 saving so Panamoz is still an attractive option.
 
graphilly said:
It's one of those things I might have expected to see an aftermarket version of - like the built in ones on the 1D series. Flick a switch and it opens and closes, easier to use and less chance of losing.

I find with both my mark 3's I don't actually need one currently, who is to say it won't change with time.
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Thanks. Yeah, it's a shame they don't offer anything.

Heading out on Sunday for some long exposure - don't know if I'll need it but would have been nice to have just in case! I'll just cover it with whatever I have to hand if necessary.
 
Number45 said:
Thanks. Yeah, it's a shame they don't offer anything.

Heading out on Sunday for some long exposure - don't know if I'll need it but would have been nice to have just in case! I'll just cover it with whatever I have to hand if necessary.
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Do some tests before you go, blast a torch into the viewfinder under different shooting conditions and see if it effects the image or not.
 
Thanks for the suggestion. Going to test tonight (new filters, so also need to create a custom WB for the temperature difference) so I can give that a try as well.
 
Number45 said:
There is some correction in camera under the lens profiles. I'm not with my camera at the moment though, so can't give you anything more specific than that.

EDIT: It is however on page 149 of the manual. :)
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Thanks for that,I've spent most of the day trying to locate the manual! The joys of moving house and country.
 
I primarily use a CF card but have a SD card in just in case - what bugs me is every time I take the CF card out for downloading and then put it back the Cam has defaulted to the SD card - I then take the SD card out switch on and then off before putting the SD card back in (now shows the CF card as the active card). Is there a setting somewhere that will always select the CF card when both are present?
I suspect this may have been asked before but the thread is now so long that it would take hours to go through it.
 
I don't think you can set it to always select the CF card when both slots are filled. If you don't turn the camera on after removing the CF and then put it back in it will stay on the CF card. I'm sure you already know that though.

I've added the "Record function+card/folder select" to the personal menu so changing back only takes a couple of seconds. Generally though I only have a CF card in the camera.
 
Roy C said:
I primarily use a CF card but have a SD card in just in case - what bugs me is every time I take the CF card out for downloading and then put it back the Cam has defaulted to the SD card - I then take the SD card out switch on and then off before putting the SD card back in (now shows the CF card as the active card). Is there a setting somewhere that will always select the CF card when both are present?
I suspect this may have been asked before but the thread is now so long that it would take hours to go through it.
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The trick is to not shut the camera door while the CF card is out of the camera. If you do the camera defaults to the SD slot. This makes sense to me as it means the camera wont be trying to write to a non existent card.
I too have added the Record function item to My Memory (and have My Memory come up as default).
 
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Roy C said:
I primarily use a CF card but have a SD card in just in case - what bugs me is every time I take the CF card out for downloading and then put it back the Cam has defaulted to the SD card - I then take the SD card out switch on and then off before putting the SD card back in (now shows the CF card as the active card). Is there a setting somewhere that will always select the CF card when both are present?
I suspect this may have been asked before but the thread is now so long that it would take hours to go through it.
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Mine doesn't do that, my SD card has always been in there. When I plugged my CF card back in, it will switch to CF Card as default automatically.
 
Hi chaps, I have a 6D and i'm starting to get a little frustrated with the lack of AF points (mainly cross type). Has anyone made the switch from 6D to 5D mk3?
 
I write raw files to the CF card and highest quality JPEG's to the SD card as back-up.

What write speeds should I be looking for for both the CF and SD cards? I know the SD slot is limited to x133 (unless this has changed recently) so is it worth buying a 120MB/s CF card, or would it be wasted given the write speed of the SD card, and would a 60MB/s card be just as quick in real terms?

I'm pretty sure I know the answer, but I'm reading conflicting things and my brain isn't good enough when it comes to working out buffers etc.....anyone have a plain English answer about this?!
 
You have it right about the CF/SD speeds in camera but dont forget that the faster the card the less time it will take to download the images to your computer.
I think a 60MB/s CF card is plenty fast enough if you are going to write to both all the time.

My transfer speeds from my CF card to my PC averages about 55MB/s using a USB3 card reader. This is where i find the faster card to be more useful.
 
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Thank, Dave.

I rarely go to the buffer's limit, but it has happened at important points such as when I machine gun a bride walking down the aisle etc. Having said that, I was writing raw files to both cards at the time so switching to JPEG's on the SD should sort that one.

I want the fastest write speeds I can get but wondered if a x1000 CF would make any real world difference given the limit of the SD card's write speed.

Thanks again! (y)
 
No problem. We have discussed all this waaaay back last year and i think a few guys did some proper tests to see how fast or slow things get.
You could turn off the SD card just for those machine gun moments if you find you are missing shots dues to the slower write speeds. You can always create JPG's in camera from the raw files and copy those across to the SD card if you have some down time during the day.
 
I've not done any testing writing to both cards. If we get a decent day I will have a go. On CF cards alone then there is a benefit in faster cards but that has to be offset against cost.

I only use CF cards so all the cards that I buy from now on will be 160 MB/S I want the extra frames.
 
Enjoying the 5D3 so far, doesn't feel right to me without a grip tho. Mine should come on Monday :)

Does anyone know if there are any 5D3 training DVD's to help learn about the camera?
 
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Just had a quick play with the camera writing full size RAW to a CF card and L JPEG to an SD card.

SD card is 95MB/S in all instances.

CF 60 MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 5.4 seconds.

CF 90MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 4.6 seconds.

CF 160MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 3.6 seconds.

So no real advantage in using the fastest cards.
 
Im Bald Ok said:
Hi chaps, I have a 6D and i'm starting to get a little frustrated with the lack of AF points (mainly cross type). Has anyone made the switch from 6D to 5D mk3?
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Or anyone else that had a camera with a stone age AF system. I find the focussing a bit sluggish when I'm shooting sports. Or anything that I need to get a quick accurate lock of focus on I find myself using the centre AF point. Either the composition suffers or I end up cropping. In real world scenarios is the AF system really leaps ahead?
 
The AF is very good. Needs a bit of getting your head around but there are some useful articles on the net.

I wonder if Canon will release an upgrade similar to the recent one for the 1DX
 
Gaz J said:
Just had a quick play with the camera writing full size RAW to a CF card and L JPEG to an SD card.

SD card is 95MB/S in all instances.

CF 60 MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 5.4 seconds.

CF 90MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 4.6 seconds.

CF 160MB/S. Buffer 7
Frames until buffer full 7
Seconds until buffer back to max of 7 3.6 seconds.

So no real advantage in using the fastest cards.
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Good work. Ive stuck with the 60MB/s cards as they seem fast enough, and this shows there really no in camera advantage to paying a lot more for faster
Im sure there would be a small increase in getting the images on to the computer but again, cost comes in to play.
 
dave_bass5 said:
Good work. Ive stuck with the 60MB/s cards as they seem fast enough, and this shows there really no in camera advantage to paying a lot more for faster Im sure there would be a small increase in getting the images on to the computer but again, cost comes in to play.
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But just to clarify, in case some reader isn't following along very carefully (I know Dave and Gaz know this, but...) these figures are while both CF and SD cards are being written to concurrently. If you only write to a CF card, then significant gains can be experienced from buying faster CF cards.
 
TonyHall said:
But just to clarify, in case some reader isn't following along very carefully (I know Dave and Gaz know this, but...) these figures are while both CF and SD cards are being written to concurrently. If you only write to a CF card, then significant gains can be experienced from buying faster CF cards.
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If you only use CF cards to write to then using the fastest cards does have a positive effect. In short a 160MB/s CF card will give you on average an extra 8 frames before the frame rate slows compared to a 60 MB/S CF card.

I haven't done any tests using JPEG but I will soon.
 
dave_bass5 said:
Mine doesn't stay as default unless i leave the door open. I cant imagine our cameras are any different.

How have you got the two slots set up?
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Not sure if I set it up :thinking:, but when pressing "Q" button, I can see both cards CF and SD are being set as "Auto switch card"... with both recording RAW files ... I took out the CF card, shut the door, recording changed to SD, open door, put CF card in and it switches back to CF card
 
dave_bass5 said:
Very interesting. I cant seem to reproduce that no matter what i do.
Once the SD card becomes the default card i have to manually set the CF card again.
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Let's see.... On Set Up1, under Record func+card/folder sel.

Record func. - Auto switch card
Record/play - CF Card
Folder - As Default

Been going through the menus, can't find anything that relates to this matter :thinking:
 
robinsslee said:
Let's see.... On Set Up1, under Record func+card/folder sel.

Record func. - Auto switch card
Record/play - CF Card
Folder - As Default

Been going through the menus, can't find anything that relates to this matter :thinking:
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Yep, thats how i have mine set as well

Very strange.
 
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