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Comment by Ian Phillips-McLaren on November 27, 2009 at 9:40am

Hi Paul, Funny you should mention the focusing are you using the EF 24-70mm f/2.8 lens, I'm putting mine in to get calibrated with the camera in about a weeks time, I don't have any problems with my mark1 and mark2 . I have heard that some canons do tend to have back focusing problems depending on the lens. Chances are it is your camera and lens combination.

Comment by Paul Hughes on November 26, 2009 at 11:45pm

Ian i havent had the rsolution change dramatically but i am suffering from auto focus issues and having had both the body and lenses calibrated i have come to the conclusion its me!!!!!

Comment by Ian Phillips-McLaren on November 26, 2009 at 7:11pm

Has anyone had a problem with the canon 1ds mark 3 where the camera jumps from 21 mega pixel to 6 mega pixel in the middle of a shoot for no reason ?

Comment by Damon libby on September 30, 2009 at 8:23am

why doesnt Canon come around to Stevenson like Nikon does, I have a bag now that they gave me last year that advertises them everywhere I take it. Hmmm, would love to promote Canon more,,,I have used both, but I find that Canon is just that wee bit better. So Canon,,,come see us at the Colleges.

Comment by Ian Phillips-McLaren on June 30, 2009 at 10:02pm

I use a few different cameras but own both a Nikon d200 and a Canon 1ds mark 1, both cameras have a similar amount of pixels the d200 10.4mp and the 1 ds 11mp the Nikon has a DX chip and the 1DS has a FX chip, now this isn't suppose to be a Canon Versus Nikon rant and it's not but in saying that there is quite a significant difference in detail (if detail is what your after). Initially, I did a like for like test i.e. the nikon with a 75 mm lens (nearly 100mm equivalent with dx chip) and the canon with the 100mm lens both quality f2 lenses.

I sat my daughter on the sofa, set up the cameras took the shots. The nikon as usual had nice warm skin tones, looked great, checked out the Canon shots and noticed that there was some side light coming in from another window, I thought that was strange, there was no trace of the side light what so ever on the nikon. I found that bizzare, no trace at all, I couldn't believe my eyes. Anyway, I just wanted to share that with you. I still love and use my Nikon, especially for beauty shoots or actress headshots but if your looking for detail it has to be the Canon, without a doubt, horses for courses.

Comment by Ian Phillips-McLaren on June 30, 2009 at 10:06am

Here are some links to get the canon group started.

Canon USA

Canon UK

Canon Rumors

Canon Digital Learning Centre