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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX silent mode?

« on: July 18, 2012, 12:31:02 PM »

Would you say the 5d3's silent mode is more silent in comparison to it's normal shooting sound than the 1DX's?

I have both, the 5D MKIII's silent mode is VERY quiet, much more than the 1D X.

The silent mode in the 1D X doesn't really change the sound - it just separates the mirror return from the mirror-up and shutter sounds. When you press the shutter release, you hear the 'flop' up the mirror going up followed by the shutter opening and closing - then the mirror drops back into place when you release the shutter button. by separating the two parts of the sound, it seems to be a bit less intrusive.

However, the silent shooting modes on the 5D MKIII is far quieter.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: Canon 1DX - AF Micro Adjustment reset when I turn off the camera

« on: July 17, 2012, 09:50:40 AM »

I'm not having that problem, mine are staying as expected.

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 1DX (possible) Ai Servo Issue

« on: July 17, 2012, 08:51:32 AM »

I've been having focus issues with the 1D X in both AI Servo and one shot.

I also had similar experiences in full daylight as the OP with the camera refusing to focus at all. In my case, I was using a 70-200 2.8IS II L. A few times when I would point the camera to an object at infinity. The focus would rack to the nearest distance and stop. This was in sing;e shot AF. It wouldn't hunt - it would just go totally out of focus. Releasing and pressing AF wouldn't do anything - the camera would not try to focus again. The only ay I could get it to acquire focus was to manually focus the lens (to get it at least somewhat sharp), then the AF would begin working again.

Below is one example of the camera missing focus from a wedding I shot this past weekend. An assistant was holding a 600EX-RT behind the couple for backlighting. This was in one shot mode with single AF point and four expansion points. This is a screen grab from the file in DPP so the active (and helper) focus point can be seen. As you can see, there is lots of contrast for the main focus point, as well as good contrast under the four expansion points yet it totally missed.

Here's the OOF example from the wedding: