Daniel Harrison
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Got to go to PMA Australia today, lots of fun and got to see and play with all sorts of fun stuff. Treid to take some shots with the 1DIII on my CF card but the canon people said no, one said yes but as I was about to go ahead another said no - so sad :-(
anyway when they handed it to me I almost told them they had the wrong camera - it felt so light. and the new user interface is so 20D like it makes it appear cheap to me. I was quite bothered by it actually, the wheel is the same as the 20D and it has a set button, and two button pressing is alot less- anyway I didn't like that part.
but live view and remote shooting sounded great as well as all the other features it sports - but I left the stand thinking that I am happy with my 1DmkII and have no real desire to upgrade - perhaps if I had some images I would change my mind
played with some nikons, I really like the way they change AF points, but don't like the sensors - one day canon will use their brains and use a simple AF selection method.
Anyway had a great time, and it was worth going to for sure. I also tried the M8, always wanted to try one - but I decided that unless the subject was dead I would never be able to focus, so no go for me
anyway when they handed it to me I almost told them they had the wrong camera - it felt so light. and the new user interface is so 20D like it makes it appear cheap to me. I was quite bothered by it actually, the wheel is the same as the 20D and it has a set button, and two button pressing is alot less- anyway I didn't like that part.
but live view and remote shooting sounded great as well as all the other features it sports - but I left the stand thinking that I am happy with my 1DmkII and have no real desire to upgrade - perhaps if I had some images I would change my mind
played with some nikons, I really like the way they change AF points, but don't like the sensors - one day canon will use their brains and use a simple AF selection method.
Anyway had a great time, and it was worth going to for sure. I also tried the M8, always wanted to try one - but I decided that unless the subject was dead I would never be able to focus, so no go for me