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Barrfly

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Yesterday I received my 5D mkIII with 24-105 kit lens, a 70-200 f2.8 L II and a battery grip. ( Had to tap into my retirement fund to do so ). Having upgraded from a 7D I'm finding the layout and feel of the new full frame is pretty easy to navigate.

I find adjusting from the viewed perspective from a crop sensor to full frame is going to take some getting used to. A 17-40 L was my walk around lens on the 7D , it's so wide on the 5D that I guess I'll have to readjust my state of mind to use it haha.
Happy the kit lens will fill that spot nicely on the 5D.

I'm having one problem , though the set up is very similar to the 7D I can't quite get it to change focus points with the directional button .
I can't for the life of me figure out how it get this to work threw the viewfinder . I'm going the pdf manual trying to find it but if anyone has the short answer to this I'd really appreciate it !
 
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Press the top right button on the back of the body to select af points through the viewfinder. (the af point button, see the manual page 74)

You can select af points on the screen by pressing info, then the af point button.
 
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That was so simple that I feel foolish for missing it, thanks much Alex !

alexturton said:
Press the top right button on the back of the body to select af points through the viewfinder. (the af point button, see the manual page 74)

You can select af points on the screen by pressing info, then the af point button.
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Thanks much for the compliment Sporgon, if your referring to the shot of the Steel Pier in Atlantic City Nj more can be seen at the end of this folder : https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151090869969858.448109.708799857&type=3

All of my photos to this point have been with a 7D and other cropped cameras , I'm looking forward to the added definition and overall improved IQ of the 5D, we'll see how that goes ;D

Sporgon said:
@barrfly, really like your picture of the steel bridge - very polished !

To use the joystick direct you have to set it up in the custom menu.
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alexturton said:
No worries :-)

The af system is still baffling me. Never sure which is the best servo mod to be in
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AI servo AF is the only one to use when not using one-shot. There must be a reason the 1Dx doesn't have the AI Focus AF mode! If you don't need depth of field preview you can assign switching between one-shot and AI servo to the dof button - pretty handy.

GuyF.
 
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are you selling the 7d? I'm in the process of upgrading to the mkiii and it disheartens me that I originally paid 800 for it and I'll maybe get 500 for it. but I guess a 300 dollar rental fee for 2.5 years is reasonable.
 
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jdramirez said:
are you selling the 7d? I'm in the process of upgrading to the mkiii and it disheartens me that I originally paid 800 for it and I'll maybe get 500 for it. but I guess a 300 dollar rental fee for 2.5 years is reasonable.
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I'm only one day into the 5D, even though just tinkering with the new camera I'm sure I'll keep the 7D as back up. The difference is quite amazing but I can already see where the extra reach of the cropped censor will come in handy sometimes while using telephoto lenses .
 
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Happy Shooting! Picked up mine last August. Paid full premium. It is worth every penny. Didn't buy at online stores. Brick and Mortar is my road to go for that, I like to see and talk to the person who's selling gear to me. Today, I just picked up a used 16-35/2.8 L II USM at the same chain. Instead of CHF 1998.00 retail I got it for CHF 998.00 in excellent shape. Cheers, Pedro
 
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jdramirez said:
are you selling the 7d? I'm in the process of upgrading to the mkiii and it disheartens me that I originally paid 800 for it and I'll maybe get 500 for it. but I guess a 300 dollar rental fee for 2.5 years is reasonable.
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$800 for a 7D three years ago? I sold my 7D on ebay 2 months ago for $900.
 
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shtarker said:
jdramirez said:
are you selling the 7d? I'm in the process of upgrading to the mkiii and it disheartens me that I originally paid 800 for it and I'll maybe get 500 for it. but I guess a 300 dollar rental fee for 2.5 years is reasonable.
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$800 for a 7D three years ago? I sold my 7D on ebay 2 months ago for $900.
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No... a 60D... I left out a crucial bit of information. Paid 800 3 years ago and probably getting $500 now.
 
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Pi said:
Barrfly said:
I find adjusting from the viewed perspective from a crop sensor to full frame is going to take some getting used to.
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The older crowd had the same problem adjusting from FF to crop. ;)
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Though it pains me to admit it, I think I graduated to the " Older crowd " when my AARP card came in the mail last month .
But your right , it did take some adjusting from shooting 35mm film to cropped digital. ( It's been so long that I forgot haha ).
 
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Barrfly said:
Pi said:
Barrfly said:
I find adjusting from the viewed perspective from a crop sensor to full frame is going to take some getting used to.
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The older crowd had the same problem adjusting from FF to crop. ;)
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Though it pains me to admit it, I think I graduated to the " Older crowd " when my AARP card came in the mail last month .
But your right , it did take some adjusting from shooting 35mm film to cropped digital. ( It's been so long that I forgot haha ).
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I don't shoot with long lenses normally but I use my 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro for some reach and I'm mulling over a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS mkii... but on a crop it is 160mm and 112-320mm respectively... but when I go full frame, it will be roughly 62mm (what I presently see though my crop) and 43-125... It just takes a lot to wrap my mind around that.
 
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Barrfly said:
Yesterday I received my 5D mkIII with 24-105 kit lens, a 70-200 f2.8 L II and a battery grip.
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5Dmarkiii, w/ kit lens no less, AND the 70-200... and to rub it in... a battery grip.. I hate you! (nothing personal!)

Your endorphin glands have to empty now... I mean unboxing that much metal and glass in one sitting.... I'd be numb after that... I mean Scarlet johanson could have knocked on my door with a suitcase full of a million dollars right afterwards, and I'd have to ask her to come back later because I was too busy unboxing photographer's crack.

Definitley watch the AF vids from canon, and stay posted for the new firmware release that promises clean HDMI out.
 
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