The Global Photographer

I am still here in Arusha, Tanzania, and have been taking a look at many of my safari images from the past few weeks from my new 1DMkIII, and I have a few thoughts that come to mind. I do understand that there are some potential autofocus issues with this new camera, based on numerous emails that I have received while away. I have spent no more than a few minutes looking at various photography forums, as well as Rob Galbraith's recent article on the 1DMkIII autofocus woes.

I have not encountered many issues with my own 1DMkIII, but I may not be putting myself in a situation where the autofocus isn't working. I have had issues with walking lions and grass that impedes my view of the animal. On my older 1 series cameras I wouldn't have an issue with small things getting in the way, but now the 1DMkIII has super fast focusing, and no matter what settings I try I still have issues with the camera not locking on my subject at all. Back and forth, back and forth the autofocus goes.

I am typically shooting slow moving large mammals, which are not coming towards the camera. Now that I know what other people are complaining about, I will spend some time on the next safari trying to figure out how my specific camera behaves.