Good price for a used Canon 1V-HS?

[akiskev]

I think I'm going to go for an EOS 3 instead. I will only be shooting indoor portraits, and don't need the fast AF and weatherbuild extras. Shutter durability for the 3 is 100K and the 1V is 200K I believe, but I suppose I won't be taking 100K shots with this

I believe that EOS 3 and EOS 1 have the same AF system..? Correct me if I'm wrong.

You're wrong
They've both got 45pt af, f/8 middle point, same as the 1D & 1Ds.
But the EOS 3 is 'faster' when you take into account moving the selected point by using twiddlysticks and dials on the 1 compared to eye-control on the 3.

I see
Eye control was one of the reasons I got mine. I never calibrated it perfectly though.. Daaaaaamn

 

[paul13walnut5]

Properly set up eye-control was excellent. I know some folk didn't rate it at all, but thankfully canon put in an 'off' setting.

It's a feature I would like to see back (like old school DEP mode and on body IR emitter)

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Properly set up eye-control was excellent. I know some folk didn't rate it at all, but thankfully canon put in an 'off' setting.

It's a feature I would like to see back (like old school DEP mode and on body IR emitter)

I bought a cheap 7E last week justfor the lenses. I played with the eye control, it was difficult to get all the points accurately calibrated, but when I did, it worked well. Then, I put on my glasses ... nothing. I guess working with glasses is too much to hope for.

 

[bdunbar79]

The AF on the spec sheets are slated to be faster on the 1V, that's the only difference. IQ is the same.

 

[akiskev]

IQ is the same.

When using the same film of course ;D

 

[dr croubie]

I bought a cheap 7E last week justfor the lenses. I played with the eye control, it was difficult to get all the points accurately calibrated, but when I did, it worked well. Then, I put on my glasses ... nothing. I guess working with glasses is too much to hope for.

I know the EOS 3 has 3 different 'users' to set up for the eye-control, so you can have 1 as your normal eye, 2 as your other eye or with glasses on, and 3 for your assistant (those example from the manual).
Does the 7E have different users, or just one? It might be worth clearing the memory and running Cal a few times with glasses, just to see how well it picks it up.

I'm still impressed with mine, it's rather cold here these days (like it's 12C *inside* when I get up in the mornings), I put the camera to my eye, and the eyepiece fogs almost instantly from body heat. Eye-control AF still works through the fog though, because it's infrared.
So I can AF on stuff and pull the trigger without even knowing what i'm taking or framing properly or anything.
(Just like most people who upload to facebook these days. Bam.)