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IntroductionThe Digital SLR in the Professional World: Meeting the Pros' Demands
The Canon EF Lens System
Key Enhancements in the EOS-1D X MARK III
Canon EOS-1D X MARK III ABSTRACT
This white paper provides in-depth information on the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III camera and its primary accessories, at the time of its launch in early 2020. Three white papers in total, written by Canon U.S.A., Inc staff (with significant input from designers, engineers, product planners and R&D staff at the Canon, Inc. headquarters in Japan), will cover three distinct areas:
Key Enhancements in the EOS-1D X MARK III
- A New Generation Processor: Canon’s DIGIC X
- Performance
- Burst Rates During RAW, RAW + JPEG Shooting
- Shooting Speeds, Live View
- Autofocus
- High-Res AF Sensor — a New Concept in SLR AF Sensor Design
- AF Sensor — Huge Overall Improvements in AF Performance
- 191 AF Point AF System
- AF Area — the Size of the Active Focus Area
- Full-time Red, Dot-matrix Display of AF Points and Zones
- AF Point Navigation
- AF Processing — Separate DIGIC 8 Processor for AF & Exposure Tasks
- Viewfinder Shooting: AI Servo AF — Autofocus with Moving Subjects
- AI Servo AF Control — the AF “Cases”
- AI Servo AF: Subject Tracking with AF Priority (People)
- Subject Tracking Settings > AF Priority (People) > Enable
- Head Detect AF Explained
- Subject Tracking Settings > AF Priority (People) > Disable
- Summary: AF through the Viewfinder
- Live View Autofocus
- New Priority in Developing Live View AF
- AF Controls are Virtually Identical to Those for Viewfinder Shooting
- Practical Benefits and Features, with Live View AF
- Summary: Live View AF
- Metering and E-TTL Flash
- New 400,000 Pixel RGB Metering Sensor
- Four Primary Metering Modes
- Face Detection: AF and Metering
- Separate DIGIC 8 Processor for Metering and AF
- E-TTL Flash Metering
- New: E-TTL Face Priority
- New: Continuous Flash Control
This white paper provides in-depth information on the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III camera and its primary accessories, at the time of its launch in early 2020. Three white papers in total, written by Canon U.S.A., Inc staff (with significant input from designers, engineers, product planners and R&D staff at the Canon, Inc. headquarters in Japan), will cover three distinct areas:
- Still imaging features and design — the topic of this white paper
- Networking and Wi-Fi® enhancements
- Video features, capabilities and technologies
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