Delivered 5Dmk3 Units Awesome vs Has problems

[birtembuk]

Man, what happened to Canon's QC?

Man, what happened to originality in trolling?

Seriously, have you no self respect? This "Canon QC is crap" line is old - you must try harder.

Seriously, it's an old line...and still used because it's still relevant. 1DIII AF issue? 5DII black spots issue?

I find it curious that of all the recent releases, almost all of them have been delayed for unstated reasons...the 8-15 fisheye, the 4 supertele lenses, now the 1D X and 24-70 II are also delayed. Why? Is it simply for production reasons, or were problems identified with early units, resulting in a need to re-tool? If so, that speaks to good QC, rather than poor QC, even if many people are upset with the delays. Yet...the 5DIII came out on schedule, and a DPP update had to be released to support it. Both have at least one known, acknowledged issue (IS noise with 200/2 and 800/5.6 for the 5DIII, soft RAW conversions with HQ mode for DPP). Might there be other bona fide issues? While Canon's QC might be quite good, it may be that they were overruled by marketing and pushed the 5DIII and DPP out the door with known issues.

Just speculating... :-X

maybe you are correct but people are coming on here saying the 5d3 AF system is rubbish and that my friend is total bullS___!what it is is someone who has bought a new camera and doesn't have a clue how to operate it!

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[JR]

Man, what happened to Canon's QC?

Man, what happened to originality in trolling?

Seriously, have you no self respect? This "Canon QC is crap" line is old - you must try harder.

Seriously, it's an old line...and still used because it's still relevant. 1DIII AF issue? 5DII black spots issue?

I find it curious that of all the recent releases, almost all of them have been delayed for unstated reasons...the 8-15 fisheye, the 4 supertele lenses, now the 1D X and 24-70 II are also delayed. Why? Is it simply for production reasons, or were problems identified with early units, resulting in a need to re-tool? If so, that speaks to good QC, rather than poor QC, even if many people are upset with the delays. Yet...the 5DIII came out on schedule, and a DPP update had to be released to support it. Both have at least one known, acknowledged issue (IS noise with 200/2 and 800/5.6 for the 5DIII, soft RAW conversions with HQ mode for DPP). Might there be other bona fide issues? While Canon's QC might be quite good, it may be that they were overruled by marketing and pushed the 5DIII and DPP out the door with known issues.

Just speculating... :-X

We have a saying where i work: marketing is the root of all evil!!!

My vote on all of these delays is that marketing had something to do to announce product before they were ready.

 

[bbasiaga]

Man, what happened to Canon's QC?

Man, what happened to originality in trolling?

Seriously, have you no self respect? This "Canon QC is crap" line is old - you must try harder.

Seriously, it's an old line...and still used because it's still relevant. 1DIII AF issue? 5DII black spots issue?

I find it curious that of all the recent releases, almost all of them have been delayed for unstated reasons...the 8-15 fisheye, the 4 supertele lenses, now the 1D X and 24-70 II are also delayed. Why? Is it simply for production reasons, or were problems identified with early units, resulting in a need to re-tool? If so, that speaks to good QC, rather than poor QC, even if many people are upset with the delays. Yet...the 5DIII came out on schedule, and a DPP update had to be released to support it. Both have at least one known, acknowledged issue (IS noise with 200/2 and 800/5.6 for the 5DIII, soft RAW conversions with HQ mode for DPP). Might there be other bona fide issues? While Canon's QC might be quite good, it may be that they were overruled by marketing and pushed the 5DIII and DPP out the door with known issues.

Just speculating... :-X

We have a saying where i work: marketing is the root of all evil!!!

My vote on all of these delays is that marketing had something to do to announce product before they were ready.

I am currently working in a consumer goods company (not electronics though) and can corroborate that Marketing is universally cursed for making promises that operations and engineering cannot keep for them - at least not until we learn to re-write the laws of physics.

-Brian

 

[jabbott]

I find it curious that of all the recent releases, almost all of them have been delayed for unstated reasons...the 8-15 fisheye, the 4 supertele lenses, now the 1D X and 24-70 II are also delayed. Why? Is it simply for production reasons, or were problems identified with early units, resulting in a need to re-tool?
Just speculating... :-X

Keep in mind that Canon's Utsunomiya factory was damaged by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake last March, and both Canon and its suppliers were affected by rolling power blackouts afterward. I'm not sure if that explains more recent delays, but it could explain anything announced last year. Here is more info from Canon's announcement last April:

1) Depending on the procurement conditions for raw materials, parts and other supplies, production at Canon Inc. operation sites and Canon Group companies, including those mentioned above, may become intermittent.
2) In regions subject to scheduled rolling blackouts, ensuring stable operations may prove difficult due to electrical outages.

 

[Axilrod]

You have to figure 1/2 of the "duds" probably aren't actually duds. Too many people have taken a handful of snapshots (of things like the lamp in their living room) looked at the pictures on the back of the screen, and then instead of experimenting they hop online and start a thread about how disappointed they are. There are pages and pages of settings ,people just need to read the manual and use them before rushing to judgement.

 

[wickidwombat]

You have to figure 1/2 of the "duds" probably aren't actually duds. Too many people have taken a handful of snapshots (of things like the lamp in their living room) looked at the pictures on the back of the screen, and then instead of experimenting they hop online and start a thread about how disappointed they are. There are pages and pages of settings ,people just need to read the manual and use them before rushing to judgement.

it goes the other way too someone gets it takes a picture of a tennis ball on a lawn at f8 and declares that its categorically perfect