Photography, random posts and very little about kebabs.
What with Louise being tired and bunged up all the time and Rachel throwing up it won’t be long before the lingering house bugs get me. What strength the cold/stomach bug/shits/etc will be is anyone’s guess. Even the bleedin dog is throwing up lately, though that’s probably to do with a chew he’s no doubt got stuck somewhere.
Whilst I still can I will continue to enjoy my cup of tea, no biscuits though. Bugger.
Well, I’m doing the 1D a disservice. I’m sure in testing it would have proved successful. However, after a number of issues with errors when changing lenses it’s going back to Jacobs. Also some of the body trim/case has started to peel off, this to be honest is a disgrace on a 2 grand camera body (especially as it’s 3 days old and only had 300 odd images put through it).
One other thing I noticed was the inability to focus lock on a subject using Servo mode in low light. I accept that low contrast is always a problem with low light photography, but my 5D seemed to handle that focusing better than the 1D.
Pissed off about the whole thing really, I could get a replacement. But I think a refund and walkaway is the better option. Despite me getting a really good deal (£2150, now £2589 on Jacobs website), I feel it’s time to move on.
Looking back, I’m wondering if the 1D was ever any use to me.
Bollocks
Difficult to review the show as I didn’t spend a great deal of time there. You see, the other day my mate Chris emailed me saying ‘Nice deals on the 1D going’ well you already know what happened…….
So, I got one.
To explain, on the Canon stand was Dave Newton from Eos Magazine forums (and technical bloke from CPS). So a brief chat about the fix for the dodgy autofocus (which to be fair isn’t an issue for the majority of people, but would like to know it’s fixed). As we spoke Jacobs scrubbed the sign for the 1D mkIII body, it was £2299, then it became £2150 for the last 5 bodies. One other bloke speaking to Dave got one, I followed behind.
So to help soften the blow, I’m having a clear out of stuff. One of the 5D’s is going (newer one) plus I’ve decided to shift a fair amount of my gaming stuff.
No review just yet, I need a few weeks to figure out all the new menus and custom settings. Currently the 1D is partnered with the EF17-40mm f/4 L. The converts to 22.1-52mm because of the 1.3 crop sensor (APS-H) that the camera uses. So it’s a little wider than the 24-105 but 50mm shorter. The camera bag has been adjusted to fit the bulk of the new body in. We’ll see how things work out with it.
Right then, comments should be enabled now I’ve removed the account restriction. Now, me spam filter can operate in Bastard mode at times. So if at first you don’t succeed try again (unless it’s pharmacy links again, enough super cock pills ads thanks!).
Quite a pointless post really. But at this late stage in the evening I release that I have been awake for nearly 20 hours. No I’m not pushing it to 24, in fact I’ve just started to yawn. So bed really seems the best option. Vodka is have a delayed effect.
Oh, it’s the wife’s birthday today. Happy Birthday Lou.