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February 3, 2008: Canon USA informing VIPs of new EOS-1D Mark III AF fix Starting on February 1, 2008, Canon USA began informing key photographers and key organizations using the EOS-1D Mark III that engineers at Canon in Japan have developed a new fix for the camera's autofocus, a fix that's in addition to the change in the sub-mirror mechanism and firmware updates introduced in 2007. In closed door meetings at the PMA 2008 trade show in Las Vegas, at Super Bowl XLII in Phoenix, Arizona and on the phone, by our count it's a minimum of four different professional market reps that have revealed to photographers or managers at seven different sites using the EOS-1D Mark III that a new fix is in the works. In other words, Canon USA reps have been directed by their superiors to begin contacting VIP customers, and to tell those customers that there's good news pending on the EOS-1D Mark III autofocus front. Details are scant right now. Here's some of what's being said by Canon USA reps: Canon's autofocus engineers have determined
the root cause of the EOS-1D Mark III's warm/sunny autofocus problems. They now know precisely what's wrong,
and can completely correct it with the new autofocus solution. The phrase "root
cause" or "underlying root cause" seems to be common to most
or all of the briefings, suggesting the upcoming solution is meant to go well
beyond the improvements introduced with the sub-mirror repair and the algorithm
changes rolled into firmware v1.1.3. |
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Legendary Photographer and Filmmaker Gordon Parks Dies at 93Legendary photographer, filmmaker, and musician Gordon Parks has died. Parks captured America as a photographer for Life magazine for 20 years, and he will be missed. Gordon Parks' 1942 photo "Children with Doll" (right) and his 1966 photo
of boxer Muhammad Ali only hint at the diversity of the images he captured
in a decades-long photojournalism career. He also was known for his work as
a writer and filmmaker. |
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