Originally posted by *isteve Sadly the 1d3 is on its second hardware recall to fix the problematic AF system which is still not as good as the Mk2. So much for progress.
Yeah, it's a damned shame. Canon has lost a lot of goodwill on that whole mess. Not only did they have hardware issues, they made the Mk III AF system so amazingly complex very few people actually manage to configure it to act like they want. I've heard from more than a few Mk III owners that they prefer to shoot with the Mk II since you can pretty much grab it and use it instead of fiddling with the AF settings to get it to do what you want.
I think Canon just tried too hard on it, the Mk II system is so good there really was no need to attempt to improve it.
edit: I suppose it's like espresso machine. A superauto machine like my Italia gets a 90% perfect shot 100% of the time, while an all manual one has the chance of getting a 100% shot maybe 5% of the time, and the rest's all over the place. I'll take consistency rather than the potential for something slightly better most of the time...