Canon EOS 1D Mk III

Speaking about sports photography, the Canon EOS 1D MkIII is a better choice for any extreme or high speed sports photography genre. It have the nice 10fps shutter speed with a 1.3 crop sensor which is the upgrade from it's predecessor of Canon EOS 1D Mk II.

I have personally tested out this camera on the Canon Road Show at East Coast few months back and it made me feel that I should get a professional level camera any sooner as I love to shoot in high bust rate and of cause, I love sports photography.

The weight of the EOS 1D Mk III is much lighter than it's predecessor and have a built-in integrated sensor cleaning system like the EOS 400D. What make this camera so unique to all Canon's camera is that, it have a DIGIC III duo processor which allow it to handle such a high speed bust rate and a precision auto focusing. It's view finder is so much bigger and clearer than my EOS 30D.

All the long I have been wishing that I will have a live view LCD screen on my EOS 30D which my Canon Powershot A700 has. Now, for the very first time, the EOS 1D Mk III finally have one. But it will be on manual focusing rather than auto focusing.

As for MegaPixel, this baby is a 10.1MP which is almost same as the EOS 400D. And able to shoot in very high ISO setting with low color noise. Which make it my next camera upgrade next year.

Spec of camera (source from www.dpreview.com)

Max resolution : 3888 x 2592
Low resolution : "3456 x 2304, 2816 x 1880, 1936 x 1288"
Image ratio : w:h 3:02
Effective pixels : 10.1 million
Sensor photo detectors: 10.7 million
Sensor size: 28.7 x 18.7 mm
Sensor type : CMOS
Colour filter: array RGB
Sensor manufacturer : Canon
ISO rating : "100 - 3200 in 1/3 stops, plus 50 and 6400"
Zoom wide (W): n/a
Zoom tele (T) : n/a
Digital zoom: No
Image stabilization : No
Auto Focus : Yes
Manual Focus : Yes
Auto focus type : TTL-AREA-SIR with 45-point CMOS sensor
Normal focus range : n/a
Macro focus range: n/a
White balance override: 8 positions & manual preset and 3 memories
Aperture range : n/a
Min shutter : 30 sec + Bulb
Max shutter : 1/8000 sec
Built-in Flash: No
Flash guide no.:
External flash : "Yes, hot-shoe & sync"
Flash modes : External
Exposure compensation : -3 to +3 EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps
Metering : "21 area eval, partial, spot (center, AF point, multi-spot), center-weighted average"
Aperture priority : Yes
Shutter priority : Yes
Focal length: multiplier1.3
Lens thread: Canon EOS EF mount
Continuous Drive: "Yes, 10 fps max 110 JPEG or 30 RAW"
Movie Clips : No
Remote control : N3 connector
Self-timer : 2 or 10 sec
Timelapse recording : "Yes, by cable and PC"
Orientation sensor : Yes
Storage types: "Compact Flash (Type I or II), SD/SDHC card"
Storage included : None
Uncompressed format: "RAW, sRAW"
Compressed format: JPEG (EXIF 2.2)
Quality Levels: "Fine, Normal (can have ratios programmed)"
Viewfinder : TTL
LCD : "3.0 """
LCD Pixels : "230,000"
Video out : Yes
USB : "Yes, 2.0"
Firewire (IEEE 1394) : Yes
Battery / Charger: Yes
Battery : Canon Lithium-Ion & double charger
Weight (inc. batteries): 1335 g (47.1 oz)
Dimensions : 156 x 157 x 80 mm (6.1 x 6.2 x 3.2 in)
Notes Live View: available