Canon EOS 1D Mark III

Our Mark IIIs have all been to Canon for the latest mirror box and firmware updates.

The sport shooters (and lots of other shooters) dream: 10 megapixels on a 1.3 crop sensor, 19 cross point autofocus sensors with 26 assistant sensors, ISO 100-3200 (actually usable at 3200, too), and shooting 10 frames per second for up to 110 images. Truly amazing. It has a wider dynamic range and maintains better shadow detail with lower noise than its predecessor, and the initial reviews of its image quality, particular in shadow detail and at high ISO are all raves.

All of our cameras ship with one fully charged battery and the battery charger.

Roger’s take I’m simply blown away by this camera: its a bit smaller and lighter than the Mark II N but very solid in the hand, shoots at a machine gun rate, has phenomenal image quality, and autofocuses (in my experience) better than anything else I’ve shot with. To be honest, as a non-sportshooter, the Mark IIN was never my favorite camera – I felt the 5D and 1Ds II both gave better images and I rarely needed the frame rate. The Mark III on the other hand is in my bag more and more – it focuses like a dream and the images are much smoother with a noticeable improvement in dynamic range – much more like the 5D and less like the IDIIN. ISO 1600 images from the Mark III are as good as ISO 800 from the IIN.

Only Britney Spears’ night life has garnered more internet attention than the AI servo focusing issues on the 1DIII. We have 3 copies and saw the problem only rarely before ‘the fix’. Our upgraded cameras all seem to function perfectly, both in our hands and in those of numerous customers.

PLEASE NOTE: The Canon software included with a new camera is copyrighted and we cannot send it with the cameras. You will need Photoshop or some type of image editing software to download and view your images.