Canon 1Ds manual

C WHITE P APER THE CANON E O S-1D s MARK III CAMERA: EOS REBORN[...]

I. OVERVIEW 3 I I. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1D MARK III 5 III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 6 Image Quality 6 Speed 6 High Performanc e 6 Reliability 7 Cus tomization 7 EOS System 7 IV . DISC USSION OF NEW AND IMPROVED FEA TURES 11 New 21.1 Megapi xel, Ful l-Frame CMOS Sensor 11 Autofocus 12 Image R ecording and Proc e[...]

I. OVERVIEW 3 The Canon E OS-1Ds Mark III is a new, top-of-the-line, profe ssional DSLR autofocus camera w ith a 35mm full-fr ame, 21.1-megapix el CMOS sensor. It w as developed in paral lel with the tot ally new E OS-1D Mark III, so the cameras are similar in man y respects. F or example, the oper ation procedure, L CD monitor, menu function s, an[...]

I. OVERVIEW 4 a higher framing rat e and larger bur st capac ity , more precise AF , profess ional Live V iew Function, a 3.0-in. L CD monitor (larger imag es and larg er, more le gible font s ize), the EO S Integr ated Cle aning S ystem, a more c onvenient oper ating system, a s well as m any other fe atures s ummarized in the next section. T he E[...]

II. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1D MARK III 5 • Larg e size, s ingle-plate, 36 mm x 24 mm (f ull-frame) CMO S sensor • L ow-noise, wide ISO 100-1600 ran ge* (ISO extens ion L: 50, H: 3200) • Compatib le with UDMA (Ultra Direct Memory Ac ces s) for high-speed writing to the CF car d • 100% viewfinder cov erage, 0.76x viewfinder magni[...]

III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 6 Image Qua lity Speed High Perform ance • 21.1 effectiv e megapixel s for ultra-fine r esolution and top image quality • Dual “DIGIC III” Im age Proce ssor with DDR- SDRAM buffer for fine-detail and natural color r eproduction with high-speed proc ess ing of very lar ge files • Pict ur[...]

III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 7 Reliabi lity Cus tomization E OS Syst em • 63-zone meterin g sensor for more st able ambient and fl ash metering • R emote Live V iew Function and (c amera) Live V iew Function pro vided with dis playab le exposure s imulation and aspect ratio information • Larg e and very bright 3.0-in. [...]

III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 8 Specific ations C ompari son o f E OS-1Ds M ark III and E O S-1Ds Mark II EOS-1Ds Mark III 36 x 24mm full-frame 7.2 1.0 D IGIC II 12 CF(MD), SD 2 GB and higher (compatible with S DHC/Ver.1.16 or later) Large 4992 x 3 328 (16.60/5.5) 3600 x 2400 (8.60/3.2) 3072 x 2048 (6.30/2.6) 2496 x 1664 (4.2[...]

III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 9 Specific ations C ompari son o f E OS-1Ds M ark III and E O S-1Ds Mark II ( cont.) EOS-1Ds Mark III Item/Camera External appearance : Superior specifications EOS-1Ds Mark II Cross-type A F points 19 (f/2.8 for horizontal + f/5.6 for vertical) Assist AF points 26 (f/5.6 for vertical) Total AF po[...]

III. SUMMARY OF DIFFERENCES FROM THE EOS-1Ds MARK II 10 Specific ations C ompari son o f E OS-1Ds M ark III and E O S-1Ds Mark II ( cont.) External appearance S hooting1,2/Playback1,2/Set-up1,2,3 / Custom Functions/My Menu S hooting/Playback/Set-up 1,2/ Custom, Personal Function 18 57 (I:15, II:9, III:17, I V:16) Personal Functions Y es (Set 1 - 3)[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 11 New 21.1 Megapi xel, Ful l Frame CMOS Sensor The 35mm full-fr ame CMOS sen sor of the E OS-1Ds Mark III has been developed and manufact ured by C anon. Its 6.4µm pix els tak e advant age of a host of Canon R&D advanc es to ac hieve its s peed, resolution and image quality . The follow ing feat [...]

A lso, the sec ond-generation, on-c hip noise remo val circ uit and a n ewly-developed noi se reduction techno logy combine to remo ve n oise effectively . T o ac hieve even les s noise, the E OS-1Ds M ark III has a new output amp that attains both high speed and lo w noise. Low noi se is also ac hieved with an impro ved manufact uring p roce ss, o[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 13 I mage R ecor ding and P roce ss in g W ith the EF 24mm f/2.8 or EF 28mm f/2.8 lens, cros s-type focusing w ill be active with the 13 AF points shown in the diagram; the rem aining 6 AF points w ill be horiz ontal line-sen sitive at f/5.6. All other EF lenses take f ull adv antage of the AF sensor. [...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 14 Viewfinder T he EO S-1Ds Mark III is compatib le with UDMA (Ultra Direct Memory Acc ess), a new CF card spec ification (C ompactFla sh Spec ifications Revis ion 4.0) enabling high-s peed writ- i ng to the CF c ard. With a UDMA CF card, the high-speed d ata transf er is about tw ice as fa st as the E[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 15 A s with the E OS-1Ds Mark II, the superimposition dis play c onsi sts of the le ad-in compo- n ent, integratin g the dichroic prisms (SI prism 1 and 2) w ith the pentaprism and the il lu- m ination (SI-LED), liquid-cryst al (SI-L CD), and the eyepiec e lens. C ompared with the EO S-1D Mark III’s [...]

U DMA (Ultra Direct Memory Acc ess) is a new specification f or CF card s (C ompact Fla sh Specific ation Revis ion 4.0) to enabl e high-speed writing to the car d. With a UDMA-c om- pliant CF card, the dat a transfer speed i s twic e as f ast a s with the E OS-1D Mark III, and t he writing speed is on par with the E OS-1D Mark III (and about 3 tim[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 17 Met ering and Exposur e C ontrol Cus tom Function s H aving the s ame drive mech anism as the EOS-1D Mark III, the EOS-1D s Mark III’s max i- m um continuous shooting speed is 5 fp s in both the One- Shot AF and AI S ERVO AF m odes. Thi s rate i s ac hieved with 8-c hannel re ading, DDR- SDRAM (tw[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 18 D irect Printin g and P ictBridge Extern al Fla sh C ontrol B es ides adding PictBridg e, as with the E OS-1D Mark III, t wo feat ures shar ed with the EO S 40D hav e also been i ncorpor ated that work with all C anon printers that sup- p ort PictBridge. First, printing effects suc h as B/W , Vivid,[...]

Due to the lar ge pentaprism, the top c over is a newly designed, dedic ated co ver having a bulg e on the hot shoe area. It is 0.12 in./3mm tal ler than the E OS-1D Mark III and 2mm tall er than the EO S-1Ds Mark II. As with the EO S-1Ds Mark II, the "Ds" and "Mark III" nameplat es are go ld-plated. IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND I[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 20 T he dimension s (W x H x D) of the E OS-1Ds Mark III are: 156 x 159.6 x 79.9mm/6.1 x 6 .3 x 3.1 in. It is 3mm t aller than the E OS-1D Mark III. The body-only w eight is appr oxi- m ately 42.7 oz./ 1,210g, ap prox imately 1.9 oz./55g he avier than the EO S-1D Mark III b ut 0.18 oz./5g les s than a [...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 21 P ower Sour c e and S hooting Perform ance Live View Function E xc ept for the number of po ssibl e shots (battery life), all the specification s are the same as those of the EO S-1D Mark III. Because the E OS-1Ds Mark III has the f ull-frame CMOS s ensor and ful l-frame Self Cle aning Sen sor Unit,[...]

IV . DISCUSSION OF NEW AND IMPRO VED FEA TURES 22 Shutter 1 ) T ak e a test shot using the flash. The T est Shooting window automatic ally opens showing the photographed imag e. 2 ) Set C lic k White Balanc e for a suitab le location in the di splayed im age. 3 ) T ake the test shot again us ing the flash. T he results of step 2 are app lied and st[...]

V . ACC ESSORIES 23 New EF 14 mm f/2.8L II USM L ens The EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM is an ultr a-wide-angle len s that w as deve loped as the suc c essor to the EF 14mm f/2.8L USM. Sinc e the EF 14mm f /2.8L USM was first released in 1991, it ha s been widely used as a high-perform ance ultra-w ide-angle le ns by both pr ofe s- sional and high-end amate[...]

V . ACC ESSORIES 24 • Uses 2 UD l ens elements to minimize lat eral c hromatic aberr ation to which w ide-angle l ense s are prone, ac hieving superb im age quality with ex cel lent resolution and c ontrast with little or no c olor bleed arou nd the outline of the subject • L ens c oatings and len s dispos ition optimized to minimiz e the ghost[...]

VI. SOFTWARE 25 Len s Aberration C orr ection Function EO S Digital Solution Disk V er.16 wil l ship with the E OS-1Ds Mark III c amera at no addition al cos t. Each c omponent is modified t o bring EOS-1D s Mark III compatibility to s uch things as RA W and sRAW fi les, as w ell as metadata. The new EO S Utility , ver .2.2, ha s 2 enhanc ements to[...]

VI. SOFTWARE 26 2) Distortion: C orrects imag es where shape r elationships are disrupted so that they appear a s they s hould 3) Chromatic aberration: C orrects co lor fringing that ari ses around the im age periphery 4) C olor blur: C orrects the blue and red c olor blurring th at can oc cur at the edge s of v ery bright area s in images This inn[...]

VI. SOFTWARE 27 Brightnes s Warning Displ ay Function r e sults are applied in r eal time to the im age displ ayed in the [Lens aber- r ation correction] window . One can then c hec k the eff ects of dist ortion a nd peripheral il lumination on the entire dis played imag e. One can also e nlarg e a section of the image t o chec k for chrom atic abe[...]

VI. SOFTWARE 28 A dditional Changes in DPP A nother new function th at has been developed links DPP w ith the new “Easy-PhotoPrint EX” printing software for ink jet printers. This al lows the tran sfer of RAW images selected in DPP directly to Ea sy-PhotoPrint EX so that RAW images can be printed simp ly and at h igh quality . The spec ificatio[...]

VI. SOFTWARE 29 Picture Styl e Editor T he Quick Chec k to ol function h as been impro ved w ith the a ddition of an [Information] butt on that d ispl ays the Shooting Information w indow; the c ontrol button s have been r earranged t o matc h m ore closely the way they are act ually used. Also , w herea s the only enl argement r atio availab le in[...]

VII. SPECIFICA TIONS 30 T ype of Camer a Image Sen sor Recor din g S yst em T ype: Digital AF/AE SLR Recor ding Media: CF Card T ype I and II, SD/SDHC Memory C ard (1 slot eac h), and/or External medi a (USB v .2.0 hard drive, v ia optional C anon Wirel ess Fil e T ran smitter WFT -E2A), c ompatible with UDMA-c ompliant CF cards, and SDHC SD cards [...]

VII. SPECIFICA TIONS 31 W hite B alanc e Viewfinder Autofocu s Exposur e C ontrol S ettings: A uto, Daylight, Sh ade, Cloudy , T ungst en Light, White Fluoresc ent Light, Fla sh, f ive C ustom WB settings (1–5), user-set Color T emperature (2,500~10,000K), five Personal White Balance PC -1 to PC -5 A uto Whit e Balance: A uto white b alance, t ak[...]

VII. SPECIFICA TIONS 32 Shutter Extern al Speedlit e Drive Sy stem L CD Monitor I SO Speed Range: E quivalent t o ISO 100–1600* (in 1/3-stop or whole st op increments), I SO speed can be e xpanded to ISO 50 and 3200 (via C.Fn I-3) * Standard output sens itivity. R ecommended exposure index. E xposure C ompensation: E xposur e Compen sation (user-[...]

VII. SPECIFICA TIONS 33 P layback Image Pr otection and Er ase Sound Rec ording Menus Power Sour c e Dimension s and Weight I mage Di splay F ormat: S ingle im age, 4-image inde x, 9-image index, Jump, AF point, Magnified zoom (ap prox. 1.5x to 10x), Brightnes s or RGB Histogr am, Auto rotate, R otate; L ive View Function: view image bef ore shooti[...]

VII. SPECIFICA TIONS 34 O perating C ondition s Operating T emperatur e Range: 3 2–113°F/0–45° C O perating Humidity R ange: 8 5% or l ess • All the specification s above are ba sed on Canon’s Standard T est Method. • The camera’s specifications and physical appearanc e are subject t o chan ge without notic e. • TFT monitor im ages [...]

VII. C OMPARISON CHAR T 35 EO S-1Ds Mark III vs. EO S-1Ds Mark II C omparison Ch art VIII. C OMP ARISON CHAR T EO S-1Ds Mark III EO S-1Ds Mark II Comments Resolution & Sensor Performanc e Image Quality AF System Metering S ystem C omput er Interface Rec ording Media L CD Monitor & Playback Rec ording pixels 21.1 million 16.7 million Highest[...]

VII. C OMPARISON CHAR T 36 EO S-1Ds Mark III vs. EO S-1Ds Mark II C omparison Ch art ( cont.) All ref erenc ed product name s, and other marks, are tradem arks of their res pective owners. Specification s and availab ility are subject to c hange without notice. Pricing subject to change at any time. Actual pric es are determined by individual deal [...]

IX. CONCL USION 37 When it wa s introduc ed, Canon, with c omplete justific ation, call ed the EOS-1D s Mark II “The Absolute Pinn acle of D SLR Design and Perform ance.” Now the pinn acle has been raised. T ec hnological advanc es have c ontinued to come at a furious rat e, even as the digital ag e of photography has m atured, and it shou ld s[...]

IX. CONCL USION 38 d inary speed and imag e quality. F or the photographer for whom the highest speed is an a bsolute mus t, the EOS-1D M ark III i s the camer a of choic e. For photogr aphers for whom t he finest pos sible im age quality in a c omplete pac kage of profess ional ex cel lence is the goal, there i s the EO S-1Ds Mark III. There is no[...]