Could it be you had one of the early MkIII's with known problems with AIServo?Originally Posted by Arthur Morris
Could it be you had one of the early MkIII's with known problems with AIServo?
I must say that I should probably have never started reading this thread as I am now not a great deal more enlightened and in fact a great deal more confused.
Jay you must have a great brain to be able to put such effort into learning the art of photography to the sky high limits you seem to aim for from such a recent start, I hope God grants you the time to succeed in your quest.
I am not silly enough to think for one minute that I will be on this Earth for long enough to even grovel at the feet of some of the great photographers here but I am happy enough to grab and devour some of the tidbits that fall to the ground when they feast.
I live in awe of the quality that comes from the cameras of some of the great but always modest Avian greats here and often wish I could turn back time and return to the days when I was fit enough to do all the field trips and speak in person to these folk with my cameras in my hand and watch them in action and see their processes first hand, that is not to be so I will make the best by acquiring what PERTINENT knowledge I can gain here without taxing my aging brain with info which I could not do justice with.
What I have learned here has helped me enormously (though hanging off a cliff to get Gannet photos whilst being at the same level or slightly above my subject (Artie's advice):) cost me three months in hospital) but I still learn from every visit here and my enjoyment of my hobby increases daily.
This thread seems to be picking through the bare bones of a subject that has confused me by its complexity and taught me naught that I needed to know.
As has been suggested to me that has made so much sense is to take as many photos as possible, be happy to dispose of the 90% that do not meet your expectations post some of the remaining 10% and expect many flaws to be discovered and learn from every critique you get and just be happy when the great shots come along.
I simply love and learn what I can from these great and generous folk here who also have the ability to assess the level of the ability of those of us that will never be a danger to Artie's reputation and advise accordingly.
Thank you all for so much but I will now restrict myself to less taxing threads.
Hi Mate, I always wonder why someone posts in a thread that has made them unhappy?Jay you must have a great brain to be able to put such effort into learning the art of photography to the sky high limits you seem to aim for from such a recent start, I hope God grants you the time to succeed in your quest.
To answer your question, if I had a greater brain perhaps I would not have to ask so many questions. :D
I am retired and have so much free time that I have decided to become a creator of digital art ;); images that have been either insignificantly or significantly PP.
Additionally, my brother is a professional photographer (he was a scientist in another life), and he has created big shoes for me to try to sorta fill.
Frankly, I am approaching learning photography the same way I approached representing a client when I was a trial attorney in my former life: do it right; do it once. I ask all of the questions I think of so that I can avoid at least a few of the mistakes I would have made if I didn't ask all of the questions.
Since returning from a trip overseas in October, for the past few months leading up to a knee surgery four weeks ago I was pretty sedentary; thus I have had lots of time to study photography and play in cyberspace. In fact, you could say it has become my new avocation; studying to become a decent photographer. This month I start with Photoshop.
Chris, you seem very upset that so many members participated in this discussion pertaining to the difference between using a 40D (the camera I currently have) and the 1D3 (the camera I am buying after a lot of research both here and on other Forums. The implication of what you said that I quoted is that you do not feel that that this discussion has provided you with any PERTINENT knowledge. OK. For me and probably many others it was very PERTINENT and has helped my in my decision making process.I live in awe of the quality that comes from the cameras of some of the great but always modest Avian greats here and often wish I could turn back time and return to the days when I was fit enough to do all the field trips and speak in person to these folk with my cameras in my hand and watch them in action and see their processes first hand, that is not to be so I will make the best by acquiring what PERTINENT knowledge I can gain here without taxing my aging brain with info which I could not do justice with.
Ouch!! Hope you are healing well; pain sucks! I can't wait for mine from the surgery to disappear.three months in hospital
Me too! :Dtake as many photos as possible, be happy to dispose of the 90% that do not meet your expectations post some of the remaining 10% and expect many flaws to be discovered and learn from every critique you get and just be happy when the great shots come along.
I simply love and learn what I can from these great and generous folk here who also have the ability to assess the level of the ability of those of us that will never be a danger to Artie's reputation and advise accordingly.
Cheers, Mate
PS: I just had the pleasure of looking at your flying mousetrap, and more importantly learned that you are shooting with a EOS 1-D MKIII. All this thread is about is someone who doesn't have a 1D3 learning what you obviously already know - that it is the camera I should buy!
Last edited by Jay Gould; 04-25-2009 at 05:19 AM.
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