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Hi chaps.
I'm seriously considering upgrading to a new to me ID body. Please can you advise which version might be the best to look at?
I've seen
1D MkIII
1Ds MkII
1Ds MkIII

I'm sort of thinking that the 1DsMkIII is the one to go for, its at the top of my budget. Is that what you'd recommend?
I'm thinking of buying from a camera dealer, not off Fleabay.
Given that its a pro level body, what's a 'low' shutter count?
Thanks
 
Id3 Carol,

Frame rate on the other two is too low for sport....They are useable but IMHO and I have used the 1ds3 for sport, the 1D3 is the way to go
 
Thanks, Tug. Thats kinda what i was thinking.
 
When I upgraded frorm the 10d I was looking at 1d series and thought the s was for sport...duh :) stay away from any wiht s :)
 
Agreed. The ISO on the 1DsIII only goes up to 3200 as well.
 
DemiLion said:
Agreed. The ISO on the 1DsIII only goes up to 3200 as well.
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I moticed that on looking at specs. Why is that do you think!
 
Mainly because it was designed as a direct competitor to studio MFs, I would imagine. :)
 
I'm a happy bunny.
Decided to try camera stores near where I work. One is Aperture. They didn't have anything.
Went to another close by, serendipity, got a virtually brand new, not a scratch on it, 1DMkIII second hand with a 6mth guarantee. Can't wait to get to grips with it.
I guess its just a question of being in the right place at the right time.
 
I looked at that and it isnt clear if it works on mac or on a 1d. According to posts it doesnt work on a 50d either. I guess it would be worth taking to somewhere like calumet if they offer that service?
 
No they don't have a MAC version yet. The PC version does work on the 50D, 7D and 1D bodies.
 
Gee it was hard work finding how much it costs! Ill look into this.
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I've since spoken to the camera shop, and they tell me there is a custom function in the 1DmkIII for this, but apparently you need to do this for whatever shot you are wanting to take, and its not always necessary. They don't recommend microadjustment. Or am I talking about something else??
 
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FoCal Plus at £39.95 as it's automatic. Not sure you need all the reports in the Pro version for an extra £30.
 
Whats the longest lens you have calibrated with this software Robin?
 
Photodiva said:
Gee it was hard work finding how much it costs! Ill look into this.
Update
I've since spoken to the camera shop, and they tell me there is a custom function in the 1DmkIII for this, but apparently you need to do this for whatever shot you are wanting to take, and its not always necessary. They don't recommend microadjustment. Or am I talking about something else??
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Your going to love the 1D body Carol, Let us know how you get on with it.
 
Tugster said:
Your going to love the 1D body Carol, Let us know how you get on with it.
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I think it will be a bit of a steep learning curve, as I remember from a while ago trying one and finding that the knobs and buttons and menus are completely different to the 50D and the 5D that I fancied at the time. I'll have to be ambidexterous to be confident with both and not get them muddled! I'll let you know how I get on :)
 
Photodiva said:
. They don't recommend microadjustment.
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I've borrowed Bigrob's 300/2.8. Was virtually useless to me without micro adjustment on my 7D. Needed a +17 adjustment. It didn't need anything like as big an adjustment on his 1D III or his 1D IV. it all depends on the particular body/lens combination.

Can't see why you were told it is not recommended. At large apertures most things would be out of focus by quite a long way for me - unless of course I was after 'soft focus', but that isn't usually good on our feathered friends.
 
Ploddles said:
I've borrowed Bigrob's 300/2.8. Was virtually useless to me without micro adjustment on my 7D. Needed a +17 adjustment. It didn't need anything like as big an adjustment on his 1D III or his 1D IV. it all depends on the particular body/lens combination.

Can't see why you were told it is not recommended. At large apertures most things would be out of focus by quite a long way for me - unless of course I was after 'soft focus', but that isn't usually good on our feathered friends.
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Maybe I didn't ask the right question, or misunderstood the answer, but I see now that microadjustment may be needed. I read on Luminous Landscape about the inbuilt adjustments
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/1D-MKIII-Field.shtml
Is this what gets adjusted at somewhere like Fixation?
 
Dont get too hooked on trying to calibrate your gear, honestly if youve spent thousands on gear then have to struggle calibrating it then take it back as it's a lemon, Calibration should be done as the last process on the production line during the quality inspection, if id just spent 10K on a D3S and 400mm lens id be pretty ****ed if it needed calibrating.

Never ever needed to do it on a single Nikon body or lens ive owned and ive owned hundreds, if consumers put up with this shoddy crap from manufacturers they'll continue to produce sub par equipment (Canon still are doing with the 1DX it seems}

Next thing you know is they'll be selling cameras in kit form like manufacturers do with lots of products, and you know why, simple, because you the consumer allowed it to happen.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Dont get too hooked on trying to calibrate your gear, honestly if youve spent thousands on gear then have to struggle calibrating it then take it back as it's a lemon, Calibration should be done as the last process on the production line during the quality inspection, if id just spent 10K on a D3S and 400mm lens id be pretty ****ed if it needed calibrating.

Never ever needed to do it on a single Nikon body or lens ive owned and ive owned hundreds, if consumers put up with this shoddy crap from manufacturers they'll continue to produce sub par equipment (Canon still are doing with the 1DX it seems}

Next thing you know is they'll be selling cameras in kit form like manufacturers do with lots of products, and you know why, simple, because you the consumer allowed it to happen.
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But if your lens in 10-15 years old it can have wandered since coming out of the factory brand spanking new. Calibration can then be handy.
 
Ploddles said:
But if your lens in 10-15 years old it can have wandered since coming out of the factory brand spanking new. Calibration can then be handy.
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Serviced maybe, Calibration no.

Lenses and bodies didnt need calibrating in the film days, its shoddy quality control, ive used 30 odd year old used and abused lenses without any problems with back/front focus issues.
 
Gary Coyle said:
Dont get too hooked on trying to calibrate your gear, honestly if youve spent thousands on gear then have to struggle calibrating it then take it back as it's a lemon, Calibration should be done as the last process on the production line during the quality inspection, if id just spent 10K on a D3S and 400mm lens id be pretty ****ed if it needed calibrating.

Never ever needed to do it on a single Nikon body or lens ive owned and ive owned hundreds, if consumers put up with this shoddy crap from manufacturers they'll continue to produce sub par equipment (Canon still are doing with the 1DX it seems}

Next thing you know is they'll be selling cameras in kit form like manufacturers do with lots of products, and you know why, simple, because you the consumer allowed it to happen.
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Hi Gary. I had that exact conversation just the other day. I'm back off vacation after the weekend and get my hands on it then. I'll let you all know in a short while.
 
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Im sure itll be fine Carol, it's just so frustrating that when people spend thousands on brand new gear it needs calibrating, i had this crap with Canon when i had trouble with my 400mm, i had also just bought a brand new MKIII and when dropping the lens off at Lehmanns they also told me to bring in the less than 1 week old MKIII for calibration, to me thats taking the ****, it was done FOC under warranty but seriously, come on, needless to say as soon as the 400 got fixed i sold up and moved to Nikon, unfortunatly for myself i fell for the marketing blurb about the "new and vastly improved MKIV" and moved back to Canon, unfortunatly the MKIV was besotted with so many problems i ditched that and moved to Nikon again and for the last time.
 
This does seem to be a Canon problem and I agree with Gary that it's nonsense.

However if you have Canon gear I think you're (not you personally) daft not to do MA with your lenses.
 
Nikon have MA on their top end bodies so they must know it is needed on Nikon as well as Canon, otherwise why have the ability to do it.
 
They may have it but I haven't heard of anyome who has needed it.
 
Ploddles said:
Nikon have MA on their top end bodies so they must know it is needed on Nikon as well as Canon, otherwise why have the ability to do it.
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Youre right they do, and it's begining to creep into Nikon users pyschie that they need to do all this rubbish, lenses from any manufacturer have always had front/back focus issues mainly due to QC tolerances slipping, but in the past it was remedied by sending it back and getting a replacement until you got one which was right, consumers have now been brainwashed into thinking its their responsibility to sort it when its not, its a manufacturing issue so let the manufacturer sort it, i know its a little difficult if you bought the lens used and the original owner didnt pick up the problem or didnt really care, but send it back to him.
 
Well, picked it up yesterday. Had a busy evening, spent some time messing about while watching the England match. Managed to update the firmware and charge the battery. So tonight will have a 'hands on' session ...
 
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