Comments on: [News] Canon’s 5D Mark III Has Issues

By: Eden Connell

Eden Connell — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 11:45:00 +0000

Damn new Canon 5D Mark iii having problems … is in manual mode, iso between 1000 and 8000, white balance is set to flash, have reset it and also done a custom white balance check, still get yellow/green colours in the exposure ahhh

Test 1 -https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1fregz59c9fj8xd/jDKeggLlQE

Test 2 – https://www.dropbox.com/sh/atg8qf0m6ia7eps/pjEJhVGQ27

Test 3 – https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lk99tsegabipjmd/ToqjcHnSNM

Taking it back tomorrow

Not even a week old

By: bluenapoleon

bluenapoleon — Wed, 30 May 2012 07:40:00 +0000

All Issues were minimal but are fixed in their firmware update, but changing the subject about our conon 5d mk 111 do no solve our problems, i have several thousand of dollars in lenses and the main ones i refuse to use because of strange noises, i am worried that my lenses will be affected, also i have one of the 1st with the light leak and seen how canon fixed the problem on the latest issue release, not a hoppy chappy, now i have sticky tape in the top of the camera, discusting who needs a warranty that repairs and sells pro bodies like this my 2 year ond could have done better with chewing gum, also i am really dissapointed in the battery shooting life on the new canon i purchased, after speaking to canon australia they said wait till i use the battery a few times and the charge will get better, i can tell you i have charged the battery over 30 times after a discharge and i am very disastisfied with the performance, alsoo the lignt meter is way out.so now it has gone back for the 3rd time, i reall should have kept my 5d mk 11 even though i had rear focusing faluts. not happy no more canons for me. maybe pentax medium format

By: Jon Dize aka DIZEMAN

Jon Dize aka DIZEMAN — Tue, 08 May 2012 01:59:00 +0000

I’ve never been able to get my D700 to sync at 250, it’s always sync’d at 200. Is there no quality control these days? No man running around the Nikon/Canon plants with red and green sticky dots?

By: Jonni Sergi

Jonni Sergi — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:39:00 +0000

Hopefully Canon can get these few issues cleared up. I am sure it is common with any new product but it still does not go over well. Maybe a firmware upgrade could fix some of the problems but the top LCD causing exposure issues could be a real pain for the photogs that have to send their gear back to be fixed.

By: squbg

squbg — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:25:00 +0000

i cant shoot faster than 160 with my phottix wireless syncs either

By: Martin Ellard

Martin Ellard — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:25:00 +0000

This camera has been a long time coming, so there really shouldn’t be these kinds of issues, certain canon pro’s have had them to trial with for months before release, it’s not as though they were tightening the last screw the night before the release announcement. How did nobody notice noise when testing the camera, and why weren’t all third party accessories tested, pocket wizard is professional kit used by a lot of us pros, did it not occur to some tech geek at canon to test and at least say upfront it won’t work for now or even give PW a call and say “here’s a body to test and get your firmware ready” . I know lightroom has now released an update but surely that should have come out on the day of the MK III not a week after people start using it.
It’s a half arsed job again.

By: Martin Ellard

Martin Ellard — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 08:18:00 +0000

I spent a long time finding the optimum settings on my PW mini TT to get higher sync speeds, I shoot a lot of location lit jobs and I can squeeze up to 400th out of my mk II with so little edge shadow it’s not noticeable. I was really hoping the MK III would have a higher sync to start with. Hardware has moved on so why Canon couldn’t put a shutter mechanism with the ability to hit at least 250th is beyond me, other than to keep a little distance between the 1D X now this news of the mini TT not being compatible has come to light it’s another minor glitch that makes me feel the need to hold off on an upgrade. I’ve got used to a decent sync speed since I bought the mini TT, I certainly don’t want to have to by a set of PW Flex’s as well just because Canon changed something.
I gave the MK II a 6 month bug finding period before I bought it, it looks like the MK III will have to have the same.

By: Shannon Wimberly

Shannon Wimberly — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:40:00 +0000

doesn’t really seem too big of a deal actually…. if image is not affected, besides those lenses are so expensive, not sure if I would ever own one….. only rent…… I can sync at 160 okay…. or just push it higher and crop out the black band in post….. now if it was something like that lenses just fell off during operation, I would think that would be a real problem…. :)

By: Devon Burch

Devon Burch — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:06:00 +0000

I just got my 5D Mark III with the kit lens, and I have also noticed the noise with the shutter button halfway pressed. (using the 24-105 kit lens it came with) I have also noticed it does the same thing while attempting to record video. The only way to get the noise to stop is by disabling IS on the lens, or switch to another lens completely.

By: Jr Miller

Jr Miller — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:02:00 +0000

New cars coming off the design table and into manufacturing get recalled all the time..the new iPad 3 gets too hot with prolonged use etc..not unheard of. That’s the headache built into the price of innovation.