The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III is an engineering tour de force which, true to the EOS-1 legacy, redefines the state of the art in no uncertain terms. An entirely new 21.1-megapixel full-frame Canon CMOS sensor delivers astounding image quality and creates new photographic possibilities. Dual DIGICIII Image Processors work in tandem to speed up data handling and camera operation, while further refining imaging performance. Tough, high-durability body and shutter designs, combined with the unique EOS Integrated Cleaning System, set new standards for professional dependability. Cutting-edge features-such as a large 3.0-inch LCD monitor with Live View Function, and a fast, precise 45-point AF system-make the EOS-1Ds Mark III powerful and versatile. And, of course, the EOS-1Ds Mark III is part of the unparalleled EOS System, which, with more than 50 EF lenses, 15 interchangeable focusing screens, and extensive wireless, remote control and lighting accessories, is the most advanced and powerful digital photography system in the world.
Advanced Autofocus Technology
The EOS-1Ds Mark III autofocus system - first introduced earlier this year on the EOS-1D Mark III Digital SLR - has 45 AF points including 19 high-precision cross-type points and 26 Assist AF points. This new array allows the 19 cross-type points to be divided into groups of nine inner and nine outer focusing points plus a center point, which makes picking an individual focusing point much faster and easier than going through all 45. During manual AF point selection, the AF point area is expandable in two stages via Custom Function control.
At the request of sports and wildlife photographers, a new micro-adjustment feature allows for very fine changes in the AF point of focus for each lens type in use, along with the addition of adjustable focus-tracking sensitivity as another sophisticated new AF feature. Other new components in the AF system include the reconfigured concave submirror and the secondary image formation lens, both products of Canon's vast expertise in optical engineering. Finally, the low-light sensitivity of the new AF sensor has been doubled to EV-1 for superior performance, compared with earlier EOS digital SLRs.
Live View
One of the dynamic innovations incorporated into new EOS Digital SLRs - and optimized for professional shooters on the EOS-1Ds Mark III Digital SLR - is Canon's Live View shooting mode which provides photographers with an expanded and exceedingly convenient set of shooting options beyond the conventional SLR through-the-lens viewing. Framing and shooting subjects using the camera's LCD screen affords the shooter the same 100 percent field of view provided by the optical viewfinder - this is a full-frame digital SLR after all - but Live View has the added advantage of allowing the image to be more easily composed on the camera's bright and brilliant 230,000-pixel, three-inch LED screen. Additionally, the LCD-viewed image can be magnified by five or ten times in order to ensure that the shot is optimally focused.
SPECIFICATIONS
Camera Type
- Type: Digital AF/AE SLR
- Recording Medium: CF Card Type I and II, SD/SDHC Memory Card (1 slot each), and/or External media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Canon WFT-E2A transmitter), compatible with UDMA-compliant CF cards, and SDHC SD cards
- Image Format: 1.42 x 0.94 in./36.0 x 24.0mm (full-frame sensor)
- Compatible Lenses: Canon EF, TS-E, and MP-E lenses (except EF-S lenses)
- Lens Mount: Canon EF mount
- Lens Focal Length Conversion Factor*: 1.0x
Image Sensor
- Type: Full-frame, high-sensitivity, high-resolution, single-plate, CMOS sensor
- Pixels: Approx. 21.10 megapixels
- Total Pixels: Approx. 21.90 megapixels
- Aspect Ratio: 3:2 (Horizontal : Vertical)
- Color Filter System: RGB primary color filters
- Low-pass Filter: Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor
Recording System
- Recording Format: DCF 2.0 (Exif 2.21): JPEG, RAW and RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible. Multiple options for recording images on two memory cards, and onto compatible external USB hard drives (via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E2A)
- Image Format: JPEG, JPEG+RAW, RAW (Canon CR2)
- File Size:
JPEG/Large: Approx. (TBA) MB (5,616 x 3,744)
JPEG/Medium 1: Approx. (TBA) MB (4,992 x 3,328)
JPEG/Medium 2: Approx. (TBA) MB (4,080 x 2,720)
JPEG/Small: Approx. (TBA) MB (2,784 x 1,856)
RAW: Approx. (TBA) MB (5,616 x 3,744)
sRAW: Approx. (TBA) MB (2,784 x 1,856)
- Folders: Can be manually created by user, and freely selected for subsequent images.
- File Numbering: Continuous numbering
- Auto reset: Manual reset (the image numbering is reset to 0001, a new folder is created automatically)
- Color Space: Selectable between sRGB and Adobe RGB
- Interface: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, mini-B port. NTSC/PAL for video output
White Balance
- Settings: Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, five Custom WB settings (1-5), user-set Color Temperature (2,500"10,000K), five Personal White Balance PC-1 to PC-5
- Auto White Balance: Auto white balance, taken from imaging sensor
- Personal White Balance: White balance bracketing: Three consecutive images, Up to +/- 3 levels in 1-step increments
- White balance shift: blue/amber bias and/or magenta/green bias +/- 9 levels; manually set by user
Viewfinder
- Type: Eye-level SLR with fixed pentaprism
- Coverage: Approx. 100% horizontally and vertically
- Magnification: 0.76x (-1 dpt with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eyepoint: Approx. 20mm
- Dioptric Adjustment Correction: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter
- Mirror: Quick-return half mirror (Transmission: reflection ratio of 37:63)
- Viewfinder Information: AF (AF points, focus confirmation light, point selection mode, registration), Exposure (metering mode, spot metering area, shutter speed, aperture, manual exposure, AE lock, ISO speed, exposure level, exposure warning), Flash (flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure level), Image (JPEG recording, RAW recording, shots remaining, maximum burst, white balance correction, memory card information), Battery check
- Depth-of-Field Preview: Enabled with depth-of-field preview button; possible in Live View Function
- Eyepiece Shutter: Built-in
Autofocus
- Type: TTL-AREA-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor
- AF Points: 45-point (19 high-precision cross-type AF points plus 26 Assist AF points)
- AF Working Range: EV -1 "18 (ISO 100 at 73 F/23 C)
- Focusing Modes: Autofocus (One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF), Manual Focus (MF)
- AF Point Selection: Automatic selection; Manual selection: 19 AF points, or only inner 9 AF points (C.Fn III-9-1), or outer 9 AF points (C.Fn III-9-2)
- Selected AF Point Display: Superimposed in viewfinder and on LCD panel
- AF-assist Beam: None. Emitted by EX-series Speedlite or optional ST-E2 Speedlite Transmitter
Exposure Control
- Metering Modes:
63-zone TTL full aperture metering
Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
Partial metering (approx. 8.5% of viewfinder)
Spot metering (approx. 2.4% of viewfinder)
Center spot metering
AF point-linked spot metering (C.Fn. I-7-1)
Multi-spot metering (max. 8 spot metering entries)
Center-weighted average metering
- Metering Range: EV 0-20 (ISO 100 at 73 F/23 C with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure Control Systems: Program AE (shiftable), Shutter speed-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, E-TTL II program AE (Evaluative flash metering, Averaged flash metering), Manual, Bulb
- ISO Speed Range: Equivalent to ISO 100-1600* (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments), ISO speed can be expanded to ISO 50 and 3200 (via C.Fn I-3)
* Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index.
- Exposure Compensation: Exposure Compensation (user-set): up to +/-3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-half increments Auto Bracketing (AEB): 3 shots, up to +/- 3 stops, in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments, in all exposure modes. Sequence can be changed via C.Fn I-5
- AE Lock: Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual (user-set): By AE lock button in all metering modes
Shutter
- Type: Vertical-travel, mechanical, focal-plane shutter with all speeds electronically controlled
- Shutter Speeds: 1/8000 to 30 sec. (1/3-, 1/2- or 1-stop increments), X-sync at 1/250 sec. (with EOS dedicated external Speedlites; 1/250 maximum with other shoe-mount flashes, and 1/60th-1/250th with studio strobes*)
* maximum sync speed with studio strobes will depend upon flash characteristics and connection method; testing is encouraged to verify fastest possible sync speed with specific studio flash equipment
- Shutter Release: Soft-touch electromagnetic release
- Self-timer: 10 sec. delay, 2 sec. delay
- Remote Control: Canon N3 type terminal
External Speedlite
- EOS External Flash or Dedicated Speedlites: E-TTL II autoflash with all EX Series Speedlites
- PC Terminal: Provided; accepts third-party flash units with sync line voltages up to 250V maximum
Drive System
- Drive Modes: Single, silent, high-speed continuous (approx. 5 fps), low-speed continuous (approx. 3 fps), 10- or 2-sec. self-timer
- Continuous Shooting Speed: Approx. 5 fps (at a shutter speed of 1/(TBA) sec. or faster in all recording modes)
- Max. Burst During Continuous Shooting: JPEG: approx. 56 frames
- RAW: approx. 12 frames
- RAW+JPEG: approx. (TBA) frames (Large/Fine)
LCD Monitor
- Type: TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
- Screen Monitor size: 3.0 in., diagonal
- Pixels: Approx. 230,000 pixels
- Coverage: Approx. 100%
- Brightness Control: 7 levels provided
Playback
- Image Display Format: Single image, 4-image index, 9-image index, Jump, AF point, Magnified zoom (approx. 1.5x to 10x), Brightness or RGB Histogram, Auto rotate, Rotate
- Live View Function: view image before shooting on LCD monitor; live histogram and live simulation of exposure level possible with C.Fn IV-16-1
- Highlight Alert: In the single image display and (INFO) display, over-exposed highlight areas will blink
Image Protection and Erase
- Protection: Single image, all images in a folder, or all images in the memory card can be protected or cancel the image protection
- Erase: Single image, all images in a folder, all images in the memory card or check-marked images can be erased or unprotected.
- Direct Printing from the Camera: Possible with compatible PictBridge-enabled printers
- Compatible Printers: CP and SELPHY Compact Photo Printers, PIXMA Photo Printers and PictBridge compatible printers (via USB Interface Cable IFC-200U, included with camera kit)
- Settings: Print quantity, style (image, paper size, paper type, printing effects, layout), trimming, tilt correction
New Features
- Dust Delete Feature: Via built-in microphone at rear of camera body; activated by pressing recording button on camera. Sound file attached to image file on memory card
- Picture Style: WAV
- Recording Time: Max. 30 sec. per recording
