1D Mark iv owners

Skorri

Considering purchasing this beast. I would love to hear from some of you who have a mark 4. I have read tons of reviews and curious about the auto focusing issues. Have they been resolved? Just looking for the straight poop.

Thanks, Keith :dunno

jhefti

Skorri wrote: »

Considering purchasing this beast. I would love to hear from some of you who have a mark 4. I have read tons of reviews and curious about the auto focusing issues. Have they been resolved? Just looking for the straight poop.

Thanks, Keith

Never heard of any AF issues in a Mark IV. Mine work fine. Maybe you are thinking of the 1D Mark III, which had notorious AF issues??

It's a great camera for sports shooters and other action uses, but it's heavy and not easy to carry around. A 5DII will give you better IQ at less than half the price, if that's what you're after. It really depends on how you plan plan to use it...

Skorri

Thanks jhefti, I read so many reviews over the last few days I could have easily got them mixed up . Will be using it for sports photography, certainly a big upgrade from what I'm using now. Thanks again.

David-Stallard

Hey Keith, 'sports' is a very wide subject - I have owned the mk4 for a few months and use it mainly for motorsport in all weathers. started off with the 100-400 4.5/5.6 and now use the 70-200 2.8 mk2 with extenders where needed and have not had one problem with locking onto and focusing fast moving subjects.

I really can't recommend the mk4 enough

.DAVID.

Skorri

Thanks David. I have the 70-200 2.8 and love it. Currently on my 60D and seriously looking at the Mark iv since I landed a spot as a sports photog for a local paper. What extenders do you use on the 2.8 and how do they affect the f when the light starts to fade ? Or do you kick up the ISO to help compensate ?

Thanks

David-Stallard

Skorri wrote: »

Thanks David. I have the 70-200 2.8 and love it. Currently on my 60D and seriously looking at the Mark iv since I landed a spot as a sports photog for a local paper. What extenders do you use on the 2.8 and how do they affect the f when the light starts to fade ? Or do you kick up the ISO to help compensate ?

Thanks

Up to now I have been using just the 1.4 mk III which gives me a constant f/4 and to be fair most of my track work cuts off around 6:30pm due to the circuits curfew. As for upping the iso - I have actually set my high limit to 1600 and to be honest the mk4 just 'works' perfectly.

Not very exciting shots but a couple from last weekend

As the sun goes down and the hail storm creeps back in


Playing in the rain / hail - really was pretty grim


have the 2x mkIII arriving this week so will give that a try but from all the results have seen from the other media guys I will be more than happy.

.DAVID.

David-Stallard

few more with the 200mm 2.8 prime (for a cheap lens it's REALLY quick on the mk4)

In the rain again for a change






Sun did pop out briefly


Next main race for me is a couple of weeks time so if your still unsure by then I will add some shot's with the Canon 2x extender as well.

.DAVID.

Skorri

Thanks for the info and those shots, very nice. I would love to see some with the 2x. I might wait till the 1Dx comes out and hope for a slight price drop on the Mark iv, but who knows. Cheers

David-Stallard

Your welcome, sorry the shot's weren't any better. Here are a few taken testing out different glass.

Canon 100-400 @ 400mm


Canon 50mm 'nifty fifty'


Tamron 90mm (love this cheap macro lens)


Tamron 90mm again - manual focus through glass with the 580 II flash


Tamron 90mm again


Hope that gives you a little taste of the mk4

.DAVID.

Skorri

I love my Tamron 90mm as well, great lens. All great shots, cant wait to get a hold of a mark iv, might need to rent one