Canon EOS-1D X Mark III Review – Field Tested For Motorsports (and feature talk)

Here is a Canon EOS-1D X Mark III review. The EOS-1D X Mark III is Canon’s top tier DSLR and was released a few weeks ago.

Gordon Laing field tested the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III for motorsports photography and discusses the top features of the 1DX Mark III.

• 00:30 – Main features
• 03:52 – Why stick with DSLR?
• 05:28 – Design, controls, memory cards, ports, battery
• 09:26 – Autofocus and shooting action through the viewfinder
• 12:38 – Autofocus and shooting action with the screen in Live View
• 14:17 – Image quality, HEIF vs JPEG, high ISO noise, rolling shutter
• 18:44 – Movie mode, 1080, 4k, C4k, RAW 5.5k, C-Log, slow motion, face track, movie AF
• 23:17 – Verdict and final thoughts

More Canon EOS-1D X Mark III review stuff is listed here.

Canon EOS-1D X Mark III:

America: B&H Photo, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA
Europe & UK: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Canon IT, WEX Photographic, Canon FR, Canon UK, Canon DE

This new groundbreaking workhorse EOS-1D X Mark III DLSR Camera features:

• New 20.1 Megapixel Full-frame CMOS Sensor combined with newly designed High Detail Low-Pass Filter
• New DIGIC X Image Processor with an ISO range of 100-102400; Expandable to 50-819200ⁱ
• New 191-point optical viewfinder AF system capable of tracking the subject’s head, and face using Deep Learning Technology
• New Smart Controller built into the AF-On button for fast control of the AF Point selection
• Dual Pixel CMOS AF for fast and accurate autofocus in Live View covering 90%x100% of the image area at an EV of -6 ~ 18
• The lightning-fast camera features the ability to shoot up to 16 frames-per-second in optical viewfinder shooting and up to 20 fps while in Live View shooting with mechanical or silent shutter
• Maximum buffer in continuous shooting (RAW+JPEG) of 1000 images or more with dual CFexpress card slots
• 12-bit 5.5K RAW video internal recording and oversampling 4K 60p video recording using the full width of the sensor in Canon Log with 10-bit 4:2:2

“When engineering and designing the new flagship camera, Canon’s top priority was collecting and implementing extensive user-feedback from a variety of professionals,” said Kazuto Ogawa, president and chief operating officer, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “In the end, the outcome is at first glance a familiar tool, but in reality, so much more; a camera unlike anything the company has introduced before. Canon is eagerly waiting to see what timeless memories professional image makers capture with this new camera.”