Canon’s flagship EOS-1D Mark III is the most advanced EOS Digital SLR ever produced. It has a new 10.1 megapixel CMOS sensor (APS-H size) with Canon’s EOS Integrated Cleaning System and a 3.0-inch LCD monitor with Canon’s Live View technology. The 1D Mark III has a redesigned 100% viewfinder, a new 45-point AF system, and can shoot up to 10 fps continuously with a maximum burst of 110 shots. Dual “DIGIC III” Image Processors work in tandem to speed up every process while refining image quality; a new, lighter body has improved weather sealing and shutter durability.

The Canon EOS-1D Mark III shares the design strategy of the previous 1D’s – the number of dials and buttons is limited, and everything is prominently placed. The depth-of-field preview is a small button at 7 o’clock on the lens mount, and the lens release button is big and placed at 3 o’clock. There are two slanted planes for shutter releases on the grip. The top is for shooting horizontals, the bottom for verticals. Both are set in front of the control dials, so the user’s right index finger controls the same buttons with the same motions in either position.

At first glance, the 1D Mark III doesn’t look all that different from its predecessor, the 1D Mark II N. It still has a built-in vertical grip, with duplicate shutter and control buttons, so you don’t lose functionality when changing grips. In fact, from the front, the most noticeable difference is that the Mark III has a steeper slope to the camera top on the nongrip side and a smoother slope from the prism hump on both sides. However, even that is difficult to see unless you’re very familiar with both cameras.

“The new cancon EOS-1D Mark III Digital SLR is an essential tool for professional sports photographers and photojournalists because of its exceptional speed and durability and it will attract a broad range of other professional and advanced amateur photographers because of its superior image quality and improved low-light performance,” said Yuichi Ishizuka, senior vice president and general manager of the Consumer Imaging Group at Canon U.S.A. Inc. “In designing the EOS-1D Mark III Digital SLR, Canon responded to the requests of its many professional customers by adding new features that cater to their demanding needs.

Designed to maximize performance between the capture and recording stages of digital photography, the EOS-1D Dual “DIGIC III” chips give the camera two of Canon’s newest processing units, working in parallel. This technology works to dramatically enhance image quality and deliver the speed and power needed to combine 10 million pixels and 10 frames per second. The entire electronic system was totally re-designed, giving the camera its incredible combination of speed and image quality. Digital noise is significantly reduced in shadow areas, and color reproduction is superior.

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