I'm starting this thread in hopes of sharing information and recommendations from other R3 users.
I am not one who learns in linear fashion, reading the manuals thoroughly and going from step A to step B to step C. I prefer to jump right in and start fiddling with things learning as I go. It's inefficient and extremely frustrating to organized left brain types, I know. But that's just the way my brain functions. It's one reason why I stick with a single brand of camera. I've learned where the cheese is and I don't want it moved.
I'm hoping that we can share some tips, voice some frustrations and enable everyone to learn a bit.
I've set up my R3 almost identically to the R5 (back button autofocus with "autofocus on" button selecting the beginning focus point using whatever selection method I've chosen (single point, expanded point, etc.) and then using the * (star) button to switch to all-points face or eye recognition.
I set the smart controller to -2 as I found with the 1dxIII it was too easy for me to inadvertently change the autofocus point when pressing autofocus on.
I found myself accidentally switching from stills to movies because I could not always tell the smart controller/AF-On from the movie record button by feel, so for now I just switched that button to reset the AF point to the center. What do others suggest?
How do you have your R3 configured? What do you like and more importantly, what areas are you finding frustrating?
I haven't done anything yet with eye-control autofocus. I'm interested in how others might be setting that up.
I have two basketball games and a wrestling match coming up in the next week. I'm anxious to test the R3 out in the field under pressure of needing to deliver. I'll try to offer a few observations after those events, especially in comparison to the 1Dx III.
My requests: Keep to the topic. Keep it humble. Be helpful. Don't lecture others.
I am not one who learns in linear fashion, reading the manuals thoroughly and going from step A to step B to step C. I prefer to jump right in and start fiddling with things learning as I go. It's inefficient and extremely frustrating to organized left brain types, I know. But that's just the way my brain functions. It's one reason why I stick with a single brand of camera. I've learned where the cheese is and I don't want it moved.
I'm hoping that we can share some tips, voice some frustrations and enable everyone to learn a bit.
I've set up my R3 almost identically to the R5 (back button autofocus with "autofocus on" button selecting the beginning focus point using whatever selection method I've chosen (single point, expanded point, etc.) and then using the * (star) button to switch to all-points face or eye recognition.
I set the smart controller to -2 as I found with the 1dxIII it was too easy for me to inadvertently change the autofocus point when pressing autofocus on.
I found myself accidentally switching from stills to movies because I could not always tell the smart controller/AF-On from the movie record button by feel, so for now I just switched that button to reset the AF point to the center. What do others suggest?
How do you have your R3 configured? What do you like and more importantly, what areas are you finding frustrating?
I haven't done anything yet with eye-control autofocus. I'm interested in how others might be setting that up.
I have two basketball games and a wrestling match coming up in the next week. I'm anxious to test the R3 out in the field under pressure of needing to deliver. I'll try to offer a few observations after those events, especially in comparison to the 1Dx III.
My requests: Keep to the topic. Keep it humble. Be helpful. Don't lecture others.