{"id":142,"date":"2008-03-01T01:58:53","date_gmt":"2008-03-01T01:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/?p=142"},"modified":"2008-03-01T13:14:14","modified_gmt":"2008-03-01T13:14:14","slug":"out-of-focus-2008-1d-mkiii-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/?p=142","title":{"rendered":"Out of Focus 2008, 1D MkIII edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m doing the 1D a disservice.  I&#8217;m sure in testing it would have proved successful.  However, after a number of issues with errors when changing lenses it&#8217;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&#8217;s 3 days old and only had 300 odd images put through it).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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 (\u00a32150, now \u00a32589 on Jacobs website), I feel it&#8217;s time to move on.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/blogpics\/1dmk3_2.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving on a London Midland train, don't think this box will come back with me again\" align=\"middle\" border=\"1\" height=\"449\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" width=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looking back, I&#8217;m wondering if the 1D was ever any use to me.<\/p>\n<p>Bollocks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I&#8217;m doing the 1D a disservice. I&#8217;m sure in testing it would have proved successful. However, after a number of issues with errors when changing lenses it&#8217;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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/?p=142\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Out of Focus 2008, 1D MkIII edition&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kebablog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}