Verdict

Canon has done it again with the 1Ds Mk III and I expect that studios across the globe will be ordering them as a matter of course, just for the high resolution. In use it’s a workhorse, and what it lacks in grace and beauty is made up for with its strength and results and what results! The image quality achievable from the 1Ds Mk III, when coupled with excellent optics, is, quite frankly, awesome. One notable example of this is the exceptional sharpness that?s possible from the high-resolution CMOS sensor, permitting very fine detail capture, and the excellent exposure and tonality of the pictures. As long as the camera produces images this good, there’s little else that matters.