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EOS Bodies / 5D III error 80 and failure to release shutter

« on: April 04, 2012, 10:16:18 PM »

My brand new 5D III has twice locked up giving me Error 80, and requiring I pull the battery.  This is within the first 300 pics.

In addition, I have 8-10 times had the camera focus, give me the focus confirmation beep, and then not fire as I held down the shutter button. This has happened in AI-servo mode, as well as straight up green auto everything mode. I've had a 7d for 2 years, and am not unfamiliar with the new focus system.  I even read the manual. But it's not really a focus problem, the camera just refuses release the shutter.

I am traveling now so returning is not really possible for the next week.  Has anyone else encountered these problems?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / When/How to sell your 5D Mark II?

« on: March 04, 2012, 08:49:39 PM »

Many of us 5D II owners are going to sell to pay for the new 5D III.  But when?  How?

Obviously November 2011 might be a good time, but must i sell today?  Can i wait a month or two (or three) to get my 5DIII in hand first?  I have a back-up body to get me throughout the gap, but it's no 5DII.

For me straight to eBay ( I live in a small town far from the city), but for you?  And should I sell my 24-105 with it?, or separately?  (I am getting another lens, and don't need it)  How about my vertical grip.  Sell Body, Grip and Lens as a kit or separately? 

What am I missing? 

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United States / Canon's version of Fro? Kia?

« on: January 11, 2012, 10:50:01 PM »

A friend and fellow Canon shooter has asked me who it the Canon equivalent of Fro from Fro Knows Photo, or Kia from Digital Rev. (If you don't know who here guys are you are not wasting enough of your life on youtube.)

I don't think there is anyone quite like that.  Funny quirky, entertaining 1st, informative 2nd or... 3rd?  There is "FakeChuckWestfall", but he seems a little angry.

Any idea? Volunteers?

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EOS Bodies / Rain Photos - Wet Camera Photos/Stories

« on: October 30, 2011, 11:44:54 PM »

OK, so I keep seeing articles where the camera body and lens are photographed covered in water, and forum posts where people gush (pun intended) about how water proof thier DSLR is.  Maybe I'm the last person who puts thier camera into a nice waterproof camera bag when it starts to rain.   

So lets see some of these photos taken in the rain.  Seriously.  If you keep on shooting when it starts to rain, lets see some of those photos.


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