This is quite simply the best DSLR in the world. There are a host of settings available to make this camera "Your own". You need to take a while to set this camera up for your own particular needs, and after you have done that....away you go. It is like driving a Rolls Royce. Photos are razor sharp.

In my view Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III is the best Canon product, i ever had. The Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III has never create any question in any mind that Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III produces the best quality images in the market.

In my view the main advantage is this product capture 5 pictures per second

But the pictures can't write to memory cards that fast

Nov 2nd. Our good friends at Letsgodigital.org have just published an exclusive user experience report (with image samples) on Canon's new flagship digital SLR camera, the impressive 21 megapixel professional Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III.

When a digital SLR camera has a price tag of $11,999 - and that's just for the body - you know it's not something that everyday folk will appreciate. Instead it's likely it will only appeal to professionals who make a living from photography.

Excellent low-light performance; huge resolution; dual memory slot types (CF and SD); built-in dust reduction

Manual aperture control is not intuitive; autofocusing results did not show during Live View mode

Canon's EOS-1Ds Mark III is the most sophisticated professional camera yet to emerge from the company's stable. Replacing the EOS-1Ds Mark II, which was released towards the end of 2004, it is the fourth in the line that began in 2002 with the EOS-1Ds and includes the EOS 5D.

The EOS-1Ds Mark III is the seventh Canon professional EOS-1D series digital SLR, although only the third of the 's' suffix sub-category which indicates a full frame sensor. Three years since the last EOS-1Ds, the Mark II, the Mark III pushes digital SLR resolution over the twenty megapixel barrier...

Significant upgrade to the Mark II that improves almost every area of performance without 'reinventing the wheel, Better ISO button placement, new joystick, new AF point selection method, ISO in the viewfinder; all help faster more intuitive operation and mean you less often have to take your eye

Edge softness / chromatic aberrations with wide angle lenses, needs good glass, Overall softness that means images need more sharpening than you might expect; we'd prefer an even lighter Low Pass Filter, No autofocus of any kind in live view mode, No built-in wireless flash (needs ST-E2 transmitter,

Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III digital SLR review : Since Kodak's disappearance from the market, Canon held the luxurious position of being the only manufacturer with a full-frame digital SLR in their program for a long time.

Canon's 1Ds series of cameras exists in a class of its own. With pixel counts well above anything else offered in a 35mm-format digital SLR, an attention to detail that addresses the needs of high-end professionals, and a price tag that's thousands of dollars more than the nearest competition, it...

Very low noise, high quality images; 21.1 megapixels; live view shooting; pro-level build-quality and performance

High price tag; heavy body; no AF in live view mode

It is always exciting to hear that your most-used piece of photography kit is being replaced with a new and improved model - as was the case for me with the announcement of the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III.

2. Autofocus speed and accuracy including servo tracking are significantly improved in the Mark III camera. If you shoot action, the Mark III will give you more keepers than the Mark II. 3. Speed of image processing and file writing are blazingly fast with the Mark III.