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Software & Accessories / Question about Cards for dual slots on 5D III

« on: August 25, 2012, 11:51:03 AM »

I've been happily using 16GB Sandisk Extreme Pro CF cards in my 5DII and continued using them after I got my 5DIII about a month ago.  Haven't tried using the second card slot yet but want to start taking advantage by writing backup images to SD cards.

What cards are people using or recommend?  I really trust Sandisk, btw.  I'm torn between writing RAW to the CF card and JPGs to the SD or just writing RAW to both cards.  Any thoughts?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / 5d III - Number of Shutter Actuations?

« on: July 30, 2012, 01:47:00 AM »

On the previous 5D bodies there was not a reliable way to get the count for the number of shutter actuations over the life of the camera.  Well, there is an app that I believe works for the Mark II but it's accuracy has been questioned by some.

Anyway, is there a new way with the 5D III to get the number of clicks?  Ideally something within the camera itself or maybe with an app like EOS Utility?

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EOS Bodies / 5DIII custom file names ?

« on: July 24, 2012, 09:08:13 PM »

It's cool that they finally added the feature to custom name the files coming out of the 5DIII which was possible on 1-series cameras...But... I tried it and the first character (of 4) I enter never gets included.  Why?  The first character is always just the familiar underscore "_".

If for example I want my initials "BML_", I end up with "_ML_". 

Anybody else seeing this?  Any solution? 

Thanks in advance.

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EOS Bodies / Buying 5D Mark III from Amazon???

« on: July 06, 2012, 11:17:20 PM »

I just saw that Amazon has the 5D III selling for $3399 which is about $100 less than most reputable dealers.  Anyone buy expensive gear from Amazon and want to share your experience - good or bad?

http://www.amazon.com/Canon-Frame-Full-HD-Digital-Camera/dp/B007FGYZFI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1341630996&sr=1-1&keywords=canon+5d+mark+iii