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Hi Renato:

Thanks for the reply.  Would you happen to know how long the startup time is now assuming you have no SD card inserted and the CF card is not bootable?

From what I have read, currently, there is no way to disable the BootDisk flag on the 5Dmk3.  I am not sure if its currently under investigation either.  This delay at startup or restarting from sleep mode may not affect every 5Dmk3 user but I suspect it affects action shooters.  If you are shooting an event, and need to switch cards, you need to aware that the camera won't be responsive for at least 2 seconds after the card switch or if the camera went into sleep mode.

Hi Balb0wa,

How long is the startup time of the camera now with ML?  I'd really like to try out the raw histogram in photo (non-live view) mode but not being able to disable the boot flag and restore the camera to its previous state is holding me back.

Thanks,

Ron

Any luck on removing the bootflag from the camera?

wish i hadn't put it on now, camera start up time is terrible

Thanks for the info Audionut!!  Do you know how long the camera takes after each shot to process the Raw histogram?  Would enabling raw histograms be practical when shooting an event where you are shooting many consecutive frames using AI servo mode?  I noticed that in a different thread, you have asked for the priority of the raw histogram to be lowered to allow the camera to be responsive more quickly.

I would guess that Auto-ETTR might not be practical as it may do several shots back to back and then evaluate what exposure is ideal in that situation.

I have yet to install ML onto my camera but interested in both Auto-ETTR and raw histograms.

Is there any way to have Auto-ETTR and Raw histogram features when shooting still images without using live-view?  I typically shoot using AI Servo mode tracking subjects where using live view is not an option.

Ideally, the raw histogram would replace the jpg histogram when reviewing images and the Auto-ETTR hint would be visible in the viewfinder when shooting in Manual Exposure mode telling you how many EV you are off.