Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III 21.1MP Digital SLR Camera (Body Only)
Customer Review: Great camera but no review yet by DPReview
Summary: 5 Stars
Great camera. Wonderful images. Fast, responsive, wonderful viewfinder. Good dynamic range. I wonder why amazon.com's dpreview.com web site has chosen not to publish their review of Canon's flagship despite being announced over a year ago.Customer Review: Exceded my Expectations
Summary: 5 Stars
Paired with the 24-70mm f2.4 L this is perfect for portraits. I can't imagine the picture quality with the 80mm L lens but, it must be extremely amazing.Customer Review: More detail than a 20x24" Polaroid
Summary: 4 Stars
A friend has been doing portraits with a special 20x24" Polaroid camera for many years. Polaroid has announced that they are stopping production of the film, so we decided to see if an image from the 1Ds Mark III could be used as a substitute. We created some images with the 1Ds Mark III in the same studio as the Polaroid, using some basic Canon lenses, such as the 50/1.4. We sent the RAW files off to Pictopia to have 20x30" prints made. The resulting images didn't have the interesting artistic variation of the Polaroids, but they were more detailed.
The image quality of the camera is undeniably great. The user interface is more complex than the Nikon D3, for example, with deeper menus. Canon gives you dozens of options for what to do with the two memory cards, for example. The camera sorely needs a "help" button.
What else could this machine use? A built-in GPS and built-in WiFi.
Do you need it? Not unless you are going to make some truly huge prints and you are intending to be disciplined about tripod and lens. Pictopia made us some 20x30" prints from the EOS 5D (13 MP; one quarter the price) that looked great.
Customer Review: GREAT camera, stinky controls
Summary: 4 Stars
It's definitely an improvement over the 1Ds Mark II, which means it's the best 35 mm format digital out there, period. Auto dust removal is a huge plus - FINALLY - and picture quality, especially noise suppression, is noticeably improved. Downside: Canon's firmware and software and control buttons and dials, which have always been needlessly convoluted and confusing, are, if anything, even MORE convoluted and confusing on this model than the Mark II. How anybody could screw up anything so simple so thoroughly is beyond me. Oh, and another thing - what they call ISO 100 is more like ISO 64 - just so you know. Overexpose everything a half or 2/3 of a stop to compensate. But after all that is said and done, it does make absolutely gorgeous pictures - nipping at Hasselblad's $35,000 medium format heels. Go ahead, mortgage the house and splurge - you won't regret it.Customer Review: Wait for real upgrade
Summary: 4 Stars
Sony SLR: In-body image stabilization that works well (around 2 stop advantage)
Olympus SLR: In-body image stabilization that works well (around 4 stop advantage)
No In-body image stabilization like Sony and Olympus
No Tilt & Swivel LCD
No 1080p HD video recording 60 fps