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nickstills
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Review Date: Apr 26, 2008
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| Rating: 10
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Improved image quality over the Mark 2 version.
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I am very happy with the improved image quality compared to my Mark 2 version.(better dynamic range, richer colour, all in all, more filmy)
The larger screen and simpler control systems are nice to have too.
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 Apr 26, 2008
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crimson400
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Review Date: Apr 25, 2008
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Price paid: $6,500.00
| Rating: 10
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IQ, build, weather-proofing, autofocus, dust reduction, lens-specific focus compensation
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No dedicated WB button, no ISO 6400+, PRICE!
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Unbelievable image quality. Solid, rugged build. Weather-proofing everywhere. Ultra-fast autofocus. Overall, the camera is heavier than a 5D (duh) but it actually balances out things when you have a heavy long lens. Dust reduction is a nice new feature.
Cannot select all focus points at once. No dedicated WB button and no ISO 6400+ (even though the D3 softens images at that ISO.) Two Compact Flash card slots would have been nice instead of CF and SD. Price is out of this world - for now.
Through August, Canon gives you a $100 repair voucher just for registering the camera + 20% off all repair parts.
You can't use this without being noticed. Make sure you get insurance when you travel with it. A body like this screams, "Steal me! I'm expensive."
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Apr 25, 2008
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tech058
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Review Date: Apr 23, 2008
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Price paid: $7,999.00
| Rating: 10
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Low Noise, Live View (great for product work)
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I upgraded to the 1Ds Mark III from the 1Ds Mark II. The MkII was a fantastic body and the MkIII is just as fantastic and more.
Upgraded menus and controls. Set button and thumb stick like the 5D.
The greatest feature of this camera is the Live View. If you do a lot of product/studio/still life work - live view is a must have. It allows you to setup your shot and see it in real time (like a video camera) and what you see is exactly what you get. One shot and its a keeper.
ISO 3200 is very usable without post processing.
21mp is noticeably greater than 16.7 but I wouldn't pay the $$$ for that alone.
My only complaint is - I wish it had ISO 6400 or 12800.
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Apr 23, 2008
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mttran
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Review Date: Apr 19, 2008
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Price paid: $5,900.00
| Rating: 10
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Best Old King
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None
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N/T
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Apr 19, 2008
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Sneakyracer
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Review Date: Apr 16, 2008
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Price paid: $7,999.00
| Rating: 9
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Mark III build quality / design, features and battery system. Superb. Image quality, in all aspects, color accuracy, depth, dynamic range, resolution, low noise etc. Customizing options extensive.
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High cost
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The 1Ds mark III is a superb camera. Canon improved image quality in more ways than just resolution. Color accuracy was improved and specially color depth and dynamic range is better than any Canon to date IMHO (Ive used the 1Ds mk2 and owned the 5D and 1Dmk2 since they were introduced). The new battery and charger system is much better, tad smaller and much lighter and lasts forever it seems. The camera has many custom options making it very easy to customize it to your needs. Its easy to navigate the new menus too. Build quality is very nice too, the rubber covering seems nicer than the mk2, smoother but still grippy same with the other surface material. The camera really grows on you the more you use it.
AF performance so far has been awesome. Really fast initial lock and tracking. It focuses with authority even in very low light.
In short, even without the resolution improvements the camera would still be worth it. Used in the lower res jpg modes image quality is still superb, use the camera in raw with good light / technique and WOW.
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Apr 16, 2008
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XC90
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Review Date: Apr 15, 2008
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 5
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My upgrade from the 5D, it feels perfect in the hand, nice controls, having Canons for 30 years 6 with digital i'm used to their quirks.Batteries so much better.
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Not keen on the separate card issue, would have preferred both of the same.
Of course the mirror up no instant button still!. No optional rear screen protector.
A secondary AA battery holder as in my 1n just in case!>
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First impressions its heavy for a 35mm but then iv'e been humping around a Pentax 67 and its a baby by comparison. having started with the 10D and then the 5D for the full frame and speed not important as with the lll
as I take lanscapes most of the time the 1Ds lll seemed the logical progression, i also upgraded all my lenses although all L they were getting on a bit and hearing the lll dosn't take any prisoners with regard to none up to standard lenses it was in for a penny so to speak.Thats the good bit.
The first 50 or so images were fine, in the next 30 I noticed on screen the images were full of very bright dots and when enlarged they were square as in pixel form. I rang Canon Service Centre and although they new what the problem was they would not commit themselves and say outright.
So add another £23.0 to post it off to them and see what is forthcoming.
They only have one bite of the cherry with me, if it goes back again they keep it. So its along with the 5D for a bit.
Sorry there is not much else I can say at present about the lll.
I have often wondered just how much these cameras are really tested before the release them on the public.
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Apr 15, 2008
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KeithPride
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Review Date: Apr 10, 2008
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| Rating: 10
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Love the layout, large display battery life and the ability to use CF and SD cards.
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Initial cost.
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Comparing with my 5D.
Much larger everything. Including a battery that seems to last all day long. Love the huge RAW and JPEG files. The (M1) medium JPEG's are bigger than the 5D Large JPEG's. All that real estate makes cropping usable images better.
AF works well in poor lighting. One nice feature is the focus adjustment. I had dropped a 24-70 lens some time ago onto concrete - breaking the filter, but the lens seemed to be fine. after testing and adjusting the focus point - It turns out the lens was slightly out of focus, which the M3 took care of.
ISO button makes changes quick & easy. I also like the menu navigation better. Oh yea, love that auto sensor clean.
I'll put her through a season of weddings and I can already tell it's going to be great!
Added a 4G SD, 8GB & 16GB CF. It's also so handy to write RAW to the CF and JPEG's to the SD.
Live view - eh.
Very nice. No regret.
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Apr 10, 2008
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Stono
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Review Date: Apr 5, 2008
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Price paid: $8,000.00
| Rating: 10
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Lots of pixels = lots of details. Better pixel per pixel quality when compared to my 1ds MarkII (now my backup camera). Clear and sharp, nice colors. Less noise than the 1ds MarkII. Simply superb!
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None yet.
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The 1ds MarkIII is very demanding with respect to optics, so be ready to buy really serious lenses. Not even all L-lenses will do (only about 50 % of my 13 L-lenses can deliver when mounted on the Mark III). But the details and sharpness are very, very impressing when shooting with Canon 500mm f4 IS, Canon 300 mm IS f2.8, Canon 135mm f2, Canon 90mm Tilt/shift, and Canon 180 mm (macro). The 16-35mm MarkII does well too (when stepped down 3 stops). - If you are a sharpness and detail freak you'll love this camera!!
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Apr 5, 2008
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sejanus
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2008
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| Rating: 9
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image quality, colours, metering, AF speed & accuracy
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AF point selection methods clumsy at best
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Great camera. Noticeable step up in dynamic range from 5D's. The metering is superb, with barely any need to use exp compensation when in evaluative. Excellent results up to and including 1600 iso.
Has improved my in focus percentage as well, particularly at wide apertures. AF is very accurate and fast.
Though I intend to use raw mostly, the jpegs are top quality as well. AWB works very well.
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Mar 30, 2008
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D.K. Owens
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Review Date: Mar 10, 2008
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See an earlier posting
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The camera is awesome. One thing that becomes noticible is that any flaws in one's subject will be readily revealed by this camera's resolution. For the average phtographer, the use of all 21.1 megapixels may not ever be utilized to the max.
Noise is a non-entity on this camera and the fact that its max fps outut is 5, what we have here is a tool that competes across the board with its sibling, the 1D Mk3 and the Nikon D3 (boasting 9fps max reso).
Get a high capacity CF and SD cards; its very easy to fill them up being out on a full day's shoot. I found that the Lexar 8GB 300x handles the large files and bufferring with ease.
Image quality is an issue that will only come into play for those employing non-pro glass. I highly recommend everything and or anything in the prime lens "L" family. Zooms that don't boast the "L" quality character will result in less than satisfying photographs. the 16-36mm f/2.8, the 24-70 f/2.8 and the 70-200mm f/2.8 make for a great "basic" kit. Specialized glass, such as the 35mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.2, 85mm f/1.2, 135mm f/2.0 and the 300mm f/2.8 are capable of producing dream images. I have blown myself away with the pix and prints shot with some of these lenses. There's what someone called a "wow effect" wih this camera that just drives the optic nerve wild with excitement.
Try it, you'll like it!
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Mar 10, 2008
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D.K. Owens
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Review Date: Mar 10, 2008
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Price paid: $7,999.00
| Rating: 10
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This camera does what most could not imagine a short time ago: provide the resolution of a medium format camera. Major improvement from the 1Ds Mk2 in terms of ease of use, screen size and handling.
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While an inch larger, the screen's resolution is not upgraded from its predecessor. Given the cost of this behemoth, Canon should've offerred a bit more than 230k dots.
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Mar 10, 2008
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Andy Bennetts
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Review Date: Mar 6, 2008
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| Rating: 10
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Excellent ergonomics. Speed of operation. Big files allow for serious cropping without loss of quality - you can crop 2/3 of the image, and you've still got 7mp to play with. Battery life excellent. Very solid construction.
Big instruction book & big learning curve, but nearly all positive so far (in 6 weeks)
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Needs really good glass. Canon don't have any wide angle primes between 14mm and 24mm in the L series - get moving guys and make something around 18mm. Cover on extension system terminal came unscrewed - it should be tethered like the other covers on the camera body.
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I came to this camera from Contax N Digital + a bunch of Zeiss lenses. I decided to sell the ND while it was still worth something & took the plunge into the Canon system.
Very pleased with the decision for a number of reasons -
Fast autofocus (I'm comparing with a 5 year old camera remember)
Focus tracking is great & I have had no problems with out of focus shots like 1D markIII.
Iso has a great usable range compared with the ND.
Microfocus adjustment for lenses is very useful, but my 24-70 zoom is out of adjustment at +20, and still isn't quite right. It's going back to Canon under warranty to be "tweaked".
70-200 f2.8 is a belter and matches the camera well (microadjusted to +13).
Disappointed in the lack of a good wide angle L series prime lens. Zeiss are reknown for wide angle quality, and the 24-70 isn't as good as my Zeiss 24-85, particularly in handling lens flare.
I also have a 17-35mm Zeiss, and could get it converted, but I nearly always used it at the 17mm end, so an L prime of around 18mm would be a good replacement.
It's a lot of money for a camera, but it's a lot of camera for the money - I'm well pleased with the purchase.
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Mar 6, 2008
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Henry Goh
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Review Date: Mar 1, 2008
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Price paid: $7,999.00
| Rating: 10
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Huge file size allows for big prints. Large viewfinder. Good balance and weight. Fast focus acquisition.
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None that I can attribute to the camera
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After shooting Nikon for the past 38 years, I finally bought a Canon 5D and several lenses 2 months ago. Once I found the files to my taste, I decided to buy the 1Ds MKIII. Its has been a very satisfying journey.
There are small nuances that I would have love to borrow from Nikon but overall, I am truly blissful with my 1Ds MKIII. I was on the verge of buying a medium format back for months but now with this 21.1Mp camera, that lust has disappeared. I'm able to blow my files up to 50 inches without any degradation. It will probably enlarge further but I have not tried it.
I also find ergonomics to beas good as on the Nikon D2 series.
If there is any disappointment it lies with Canon's range of wide angle lenses, especially good wide primes. At the moment I have resorted to using 25mm Zeiss Distagon with an adaptor. I may have to buy a 21mm Distagon but I really want wide Canon AF primes in the 14 to 24 mm range to be of better design. Even my Nikon 28mm f/1.4 works beautifully on this camera.
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Mar 1, 2008
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brainiac
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Review Date: Feb 12, 2008
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| Rating: 8
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Image quality: tone/latitude/detail/deep noiseless shadows. No colour median filter like Nikons. Viewfinder usable. sRaw. Liveview.
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Joystick can't select AF-point. No usable C-mode i.e. comprehensive settings memory. No AF in Liveview. No is 6400 setting. No white balance display on top-plate. No dedicated white-balance button. No auto iso. My first copy had a problem that looked like red fogging in the corners using high iso in low light on continuous drive. The big scroll wheel has just died on my second copy, after only 2 months.
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It's a great camera - the best image quality currently available by some margin. I may have been unlucky with reliability.
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Feb 12, 2008
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mshowalter
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Review Date: Feb 7, 2008
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Price paid: $7,999.00
| Rating: 10
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I've just had the 1DsMKIII camera for a week. I've had a 1DMKII for the last three years. There is only a shallow learning curve compared to the 1DMKII(as opposed to a steeper learning curve from the 5D for another reviewer). So far, I've had no problems, the focus is spot-on with my 70-200 L IS, 24-70 L, and 85 1.2 L MKI. I also shot some bald eagles with my 500 f4 L IS and the images revealed amazing detail and sharpness even with BIF, and even though this camera wasn't meant for that, it does give a great deal of croppability when you can't get as close to the wildlife as you'd like, and you can leave the bird slightly smaller in the frame and leave room for wing spread if the birds takes flight from a perch and still have enough resolution for a great print. The battery was excellent and I suspect the first reviewer has some difficulty with camera or battery. I took 1900 pictures in 20 degree F weather(on 2 sec review, no liveview, AI servo AF) and the battery still showed full. The buffer filled up a little fast when I was birding, but 12 RAW and 5fps wasn't bad, and with 3-5 frame bursts at frequent intervals only saturated the buffer twice. This camera is lighter than my 1dMKII. I shot the 500 handheld for a number of shots, although it's a handfull. I haven't checked the viewfinder allignment(known problem on sev. forums) with the liveview in a controlled fashion, but did not notice horizons being off, but I can't speak to that definitively. Spectacular landscapes with the 24L. I mostly do senior pics and weddings, and this camera is somewhat overkill for weddings, but some of the bridal portraits are inspiring. I'm debating on a 16-35mm 2.8 II vs a Nikon 14-24 with adapter to go really wide. File sizes are very large. I have a Buffalo 1.5 terabyte raid 1, so storage won't be a problem for a little while. Lightroom and photoshop handle the files fine but slows them down some(1:1 previews in lightroom were very slow). Transfer from 8GB delkin 305x UDMA(holds ~330) card with Delkin cardbus 32 udma is fast. Colors are accurate. There is a "kinda" 3d or wow effect with pics. This camera is a dream for me. It's built like a tank and performs flawlessly. I've rambled on enough. Will know more after a little more time with the camera.
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Almost nothing. Usual: price(ouch) and no MLU button, but I'll probably die before we see the latter(Why would Canon want to be so difficult on such an easily accomplished thing?). You can place MLU on "my menu" where it's fairly quick to get to. The sensor cleaner is a little annoying(3 sec on startup and shutdown) but is overridden by any button so you can shoot immediately and you can turn it off by menu item.
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Feb 7, 2008
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davidmarsh
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Review Date: Jan 27, 2008
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| Rating: 9
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great quality all round, crisp, good colours, increadible clarity, good build
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battery problems
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I wondered if any users of the 1DS Mark III may have had any problems with battery life. My 1DS tends to just die after taking only a hand full of images. I have used two new batteries made by canon. Am I the only one?
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Jan 27, 2008
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