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Software & Accessories / Re: Magic Lantern Alpha 3 Available for the EOS 5D Mark III

« on: November 28, 2012, 03:30:36 PM »

Anyone can download and run ML.  It's free! 

Of course, they would like for people to support the ML team through donations (developers have to eat too!) but they are not required.

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Lenses / Re: smashed 24-105 F4 L Lens front element

« on: August 15, 2012, 02:41:43 PM »

You were photographing the International Space Station with a 24-105L? 

It was a really tall tripod.

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EOS Bodies / Re: Chinese Did it Again! alternative grip for 5D III on pre order

« on: May 18, 2012, 10:24:40 AM »

I had a 3rd party grip on my rebel and I was quite happy with it, although I could tell the quality was not *quite* the same as the overall quality of my T2i/550D.

I now have a 5D mk III and am REALLY impressed at the quality difference of this body.  I'm not excited about having the build quality of my previous grip on this new body for two reasons:

• While the quality difference between Canon Rebel body and 3rd party grip was not great, I'm afraid it would be REALLY obvious on a higher end body
• The weight difference between my Rebel body and EF-S lenses and my 5D body and EF lenses is quite marked, I'm concerned about how a 3rd party grip will hold up

Any thoughts from people that have used 3rd party grips with better built bodies and heavier kits than I have?

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5DMK3 - Af question

« on: March 30, 2012, 05:05:28 PM »

Actually, the illumination function for AF is very limited right now (I would call it broken)

Here is the reply I got from Canon support:


Dear [mtavel]:

We appreciate your continued correspondence regarding AF point visibility on your EOS 5D Mark III.

The autofocus points will only illuminate AFTER focus is achieved. I can understand where it would be difficult to see the AF points in low light. Hopefully, with enough feedback from our customers, our engineers may be able to develop some fix or implement an option to better illuminate the AF points prior autofocus is locked.

Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with your EOS 5D Mark III. Thank you for choosing Canon.

Sincerely,

Rxxxxx
Technical Support Representative

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark 3 Queue @ B&H

« on: March 22, 2012, 11:26:43 AM »

Looks like the B&H web site is dead.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/

Edit:  Looks like it's coming back up now.  My order is of course still backordered - no miracles to report after the outage

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark 3 Queue @ B&H

« on: March 19, 2012, 10:40:30 PM »

B&H warehouse worker sorting through 5D3 shipments:

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EOS Bodies - For Stills / Re: 5D Mark III Information

« on: March 13, 2012, 07:20:02 PM »

Looks like there's plenty of stock! Hopefully I have mine sooner rather than later

I count 10 of them in the picture... I suspect that won't quite fulfill the preorders