Wildlife Photography across the Water: News - 1Dmk111/1DSmk111

Tuesday, 3 March 2009

News - 1Dmk111/1DSmk111 - AF Updates

Thanks to the feed from Blab, Canon have announced information regarding the accuracy of mark111 Af performance.

Link to Canon announcement is here for you. (for UK sites, for other countries, please check via your Country Canon support sites)

Also good news by the looks of it for the dreaded Err99 syndrome.

This is not a problem that I have ever seen with my Mark111, but I know it happened to Dave on more than one occasion.

Let us know about your experiences with the Mark111 since the last firmware updates from earlier last year.

Also good to see that Canon are not just leaving users, as I have seen written by others elsewhere.

Martin

1 comment:

Anonymous4 March 2009 at 18:40
I have not had any issues since I received my 3rd body..... 1st died of err99 (bought in June 07), 2nd had focus issues and was exchanged in December 07 for my current 1D MK3 which has been great. However that said I will be sending it in for this latest fix just as a precaution and a free clean ;-).
Lets hope this does not have an adverse affect on it's performance.. Oh and latest Firmware 1.2.5 installed..
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Bio's

David Courtenay, a self taught wildlife and nature photographer, has been capturing images for over 30 years. He has had a passion for wildlife since early childhood and remembers being glued to the television whenever Survival, Wildlife on One and other natural history documentaries were shown. In the 2006 he swapped his established career for the life of a wildlife photographer, such a move demands a measure of uncompromising passion and commitment.

David has travelled extensively throughout Europe as well as spending more than 7 months in India working with local guides and trackers in search of Bengal Tiger, Asian One horned Rhino and Asian Elephant. He has also photographed Wildlife in Australia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Africa, Canada and America. Working closely with Conservation companies he tries to raise funds to help Wildlife that has been put on the endangered list by poaching and habitation loss

Martin Dyer has had a passion for avian wildlife since childhood, particularly raptors. Photography was also another keen interest and it was with the specific availability and control of the whole process that digital offers that Martin was then able to combine the two in 2003. Based in the UK, Martin is a regular visitor to Scotland, specifically the Isle of Mull to watch the Eagles resident there. Other trips to Europe and around the UK are usually part of Martin’s agenda in a typical year.

However, as a firm believer on making the most of the local patch, Martin has spent a lot of time and hard work creating a wildlife garden which is reaping the rewards with many new species and varieties of wildlife. A keen member of a number of wildlife photographic groups, Martin is keen to expand his portfolio into other areas of wildlife, and has already established a wide portfolio of images of fungi.