02-15-2011, 06:40 AM
[quote name='thw' timestamp='1297659786' post='6091']
That statement is absolutely correct. Why do you think Canon introduced those firmware updates to the 1D3 many months AFTER the 1D3 went on sale? For fun and laughter??? Canon had a lot of time to test and fix their professional cameras long BEFORE they were released, and to make such a gloss mistake is unimaginable.
I may be a Canon shooter, but I am not blinded by 'fanboism'. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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As a person who works and develops software algorithms all day long, I have learned to appreciate how difficult it is for camera manufactures to write code that essentially reads the minds of people who can't get a job that doesn't involve sitting butt-cheek-to-cheek in shorts in a smelly cubicle, relying on the spraying and praying technique because they have very little real talent.
All manufacturers have had such issues... for example some early D3 bodies were having [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=d3+shutter+fail"]shutter fails[/url]. Leica M9s have their own [url="http://leicarumors.com/2009/09/26/leica-links-2.aspx/"]issues[/url]. The new Sony SLTs also have [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=sony+SLT+overheat"]problems[/url] as a result of innovation. Sigma is definitely [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=sigma+camera+freezing"]no stranger[/url] to issues.
Speaking like there's something perfect out there is true "fanboyism" IMO <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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[quote name='thw' timestamp='1297659786' post='6091']
Errr... those shots are no challenge for all current AF sensors (including those in entry level cameras like the 550D). You would have been more convincing if you showed a whole series of continuous shots of a running target in low light. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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I don't think the 5D2 claimed to be a spray-and-pray sports camera and proving it as such wasn't my point. If you do a bit of searching you'll find many examples of the 5D2 being used for sports in an intelligent manner.
Also I'd like you to point out a 21MP APS-C camera with a 125mm f/1.2 lens that can produce an image that's equivalent in DOF and magnification to those images I showed <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
GTW
That statement is absolutely correct. Why do you think Canon introduced those firmware updates to the 1D3 many months AFTER the 1D3 went on sale? For fun and laughter??? Canon had a lot of time to test and fix their professional cameras long BEFORE they were released, and to make such a gloss mistake is unimaginable.
I may be a Canon shooter, but I am not blinded by 'fanboism'. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[/quote]
As a person who works and develops software algorithms all day long, I have learned to appreciate how difficult it is for camera manufactures to write code that essentially reads the minds of people who can't get a job that doesn't involve sitting butt-cheek-to-cheek in shorts in a smelly cubicle, relying on the spraying and praying technique because they have very little real talent.
All manufacturers have had such issues... for example some early D3 bodies were having [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=d3+shutter+fail"]shutter fails[/url]. Leica M9s have their own [url="http://leicarumors.com/2009/09/26/leica-links-2.aspx/"]issues[/url]. The new Sony SLTs also have [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=sony+SLT+overheat"]problems[/url] as a result of innovation. Sigma is definitely [url="http://www.google.com/search?q=sigma+camera+freezing"]no stranger[/url] to issues.
Speaking like there's something perfect out there is true "fanboyism" IMO <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />[quote name='thw' timestamp='1297659786' post='6091']
Errr... those shots are no challenge for all current AF sensors (including those in entry level cameras like the 550D). You would have been more convincing if you showed a whole series of continuous shots of a running target in low light. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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I don't think the 5D2 claimed to be a spray-and-pray sports camera and proving it as such wasn't my point. If you do a bit of searching you'll find many examples of the 5D2 being used for sports in an intelligent manner.
Also I'd like you to point out a 21MP APS-C camera with a 125mm f/1.2 lens that can produce an image that's equivalent in DOF and magnification to those images I showed <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />GTW