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Originally Posted by sdai
I'm not sure where you've got it but this is totally wrong, Bill...:
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I got this from my experience shooting many, many thousands of images like this one with the 1D2 and 1Ds2 over the past couple of years (I bought them as soon as they came on the market). A huge percentage of these Canon shots are out of focus (using the 70-200 f2.8IS and 300 f2.8IS). Those which are in focus (again a small percentage), require the placement of a single AF point of a rapidly moving face. My memory of the Nikon F5 is this was never an issue, and the people I have talked with who have owned both the 1D2 and the Nikon digitals have the same experience as me. I am shooting the F5 and the 1D2 together this weekend, and I have a rental D2X reserved for the weekend of Oct. 5th. I have both a D3 and 1Ds3 on order. If the Oct. 5th images bear out what I suspect, I’ll buy the D3 and give it a try. I deferred on the 1D3, and may pass on the 1Ds3 too. This is the only area giving me problems, and I would dearly love to find a solution.
As far as people being happy with their 1D3 - yes, I read those posts. Many of the people are coming from D20s, and they are not shooting the type of things I am talking about. For car races and people sports, my 1D2 is fine - I have no problems whatsoever. Chuck Westfall still tells me he has heard nothing from Japan about the 1D3 focus problems, and many profession sports photographers are having significant issues with the 1D3.
