I have had my training session. I must admit to a little scepticism beforehand, after all, I had been using 1 series bodies since the days of film so it shouldn't have been that difficult to change from the MKII to the MKIII. How hard could it be?
As it turned out how wrong could I be? This thing is totally new, rather than a re-vamp and although it works on broadly similar principles, everything is new and improved. Even better, the other chap due to share the training session with cried off, so I had a one to one session for an hour, dedicated to my type of photography. We even went outside to test lock on and tracking with the local flying pigeons. This thing is massively quick and the combined joystick and back button focus took a few minutes to get to grips with, but I was shortly instinctively using it to track and shift focus points as necessary. The AI deep learning facility quickly learns what you are focussing on and its performance improves the more you do it. There are more Case settings and even an auto setting - I don't do anything auto, but I thought I would give this a go and it was pretty good straight off the bat.
The anti-alias filter has changed to a semi anti alias for improved sharper images. I did question why they just didn't abandon it as per high end Nikons and his response was that under certain circumstances you still get the Moire effect with the Nikon system and although with low pixel count cameras it is relatively easy to overcome with post processing, with modern high end cameras with large pixel counts, it is much more difficult, hence the Canon solution.
Very very fast at everything, which is why they haven't upped the pixel count, but it is a brand new sensor with higher quality, better high ISO performance and a wider dynamic range. One interesting feature was a built in HDR facility .......... might give that a try.
I had a nigle with the MKII in that it used the then new CFast card and earlier buyers would get a card and card reader, but it didn't come with the camera. You had to claim it from Canon after purchase and it could take up to 28 days to arrive. The MKIII has two CF Express slots and one card and a card reader will be supplied by Canon, with a second card supplied by the dealer. I made the point quite strongly that it needs to be supplied with the camera, so buyers can start shooting straight away. They phoned Canon head office and it will come in the box. Yippee.
Finally, first shipments were going to be March 2020. Now first shipment will be February 2020.
As it turned out how wrong could I be? This thing is totally new, rather than a re-vamp and although it works on broadly similar principles, everything is new and improved. Even better, the other chap due to share the training session with cried off, so I had a one to one session for an hour, dedicated to my type of photography. We even went outside to test lock on and tracking with the local flying pigeons. This thing is massively quick and the combined joystick and back button focus took a few minutes to get to grips with, but I was shortly instinctively using it to track and shift focus points as necessary. The AI deep learning facility quickly learns what you are focussing on and its performance improves the more you do it. There are more Case settings and even an auto setting - I don't do anything auto, but I thought I would give this a go and it was pretty good straight off the bat.
The anti-alias filter has changed to a semi anti alias for improved sharper images. I did question why they just didn't abandon it as per high end Nikons and his response was that under certain circumstances you still get the Moire effect with the Nikon system and although with low pixel count cameras it is relatively easy to overcome with post processing, with modern high end cameras with large pixel counts, it is much more difficult, hence the Canon solution.
Very very fast at everything, which is why they haven't upped the pixel count, but it is a brand new sensor with higher quality, better high ISO performance and a wider dynamic range. One interesting feature was a built in HDR facility .......... might give that a try.
I had a nigle with the MKII in that it used the then new CFast card and earlier buyers would get a card and card reader, but it didn't come with the camera. You had to claim it from Canon after purchase and it could take up to 28 days to arrive. The MKIII has two CF Express slots and one card and a card reader will be supplied by Canon, with a second card supplied by the dealer. I made the point quite strongly that it needs to be supplied with the camera, so buyers can start shooting straight away. They phoned Canon head office and it will come in the box. Yippee.
Finally, first shipments were going to be March 2020. Now first shipment will be February 2020.
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