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Navigating CHAPTER the Canon 11 EOS-1Ds ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ In This Chapter

Mark III What’s new at a glance

Navigating the camera: buttons and dials he object of this chapter is to answer the initial ques- Ttions you would have regarding how to operate the Setting up memory main controls of the camera, learn about new changes to the cards 1Ds Mark III system, and quickly gain the ability to begin oper- ating the camera conﬁ dently and professionally. Viewﬁ nder readout

The 1Ds Mark III (along with the 1D Mark III) has a number of Live View features that are new to the 1Ds/1D series. I’ll describe some of these, as well as oﬀ er a road map identifying and explain- ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ing all the buttons and dials on the camera beyond the obvi- ous ones, such as the Menu Light button and the Shutter button.

The 1Ds Mark III continues to use a control system that usu- ally combines pressing a button with turning one of the two control dials on the camera. Once you learn and understand this system, it becomes an interface that’s easy and fast to work with. COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL What’s New at a Glance Although a revolutionary new camera design is often more exciting initially, there’s something to be said for the evolu- tionary approach Canon has taken in designing new generations of the 1Ds-series cameras. Canon’s designers and engineers have methodically been updating the EOS-1Ds series (along with the EOS-1D series) through three generations, 4 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III each time making the cameras better and ✦ Additional autofocus points. ✦ easier to navigate, with larger fi le sizes, less Autofocus points have increased digital noise, and more options. from 7 to 19 cross-type sensors for enhanced focusing sensitivity, Aside from the many subtle improvements retaining a total of 45 focus points. and the larger 21.1 eff ective megapixels ✦ New Multi-controller. Located on ✦ sensor compared to the 1Ds Mark II, here the rear of the body, this serves are some of the major changes you’ll dis- various functions from choosing cover as you explore the 1Ds Mark III: focus points to navigating various settings. ✦ New mode — Highlight Priority. ✦ This new menu setting that nicely Dual Digic III Image Processor. improves highlight details and tonal The move from the Digic II proces- transitions. sor has increased processing speed, as well improved image tonality ✦ Extended battery life. The new with better detail and color lithium-ion battery seems to shoot reproduction. forever, and is rated to 1,700 exposures. Later generations of Canon cam- ✦ eras, including the 21.1-megapixel Live View. This new feature allows 5D Mark II, are now utilizing the you to view the scene live on the Digic IV processor with visibly bet- rear LCD and take the photo. This ter high-ISO low-noise characteris- also allows a live view on a com- tics. puter screen when tethered by a USB cable to your computer. ✦ Self-cleaning sensor. I fi nd this a huge step up from the 1Ds Mark II. ✦ Improved Playback. Playback qual- The sensor automatically cleans ity is better on the rear LCD in my itself whenever the camera is opinion, which has been enlarged turned on or off , utilizing ultrasonic from 2 inches to 3 inches, with vibration to shake dust off the infra- seven brightness levels to choose red absorption glass — the outer- from. most layer in front of the sensor. ✦ Improved image richness. Image You can activate this cleaning man- capture has gone from 12 bit to 14 ually, and in the rare times that bit; this brings the richness of the dust remains despite the cleaning imagery much closer to the 16-bit cycle, you can append Dust Delete digital backs, particularly at ISO 100 data to an image in order to auto- to 400. matically remove dust in Canon’s DPP software. ✦ Increased continuous shooting (burst buffer). The number of See Appendix A for more informa- images the camera can capture tion about maintaining the 1Ds before slowing down has increased Mark III. from 32 Large/Fine JPEGs to 56, or 10 RAW frames. In my work, it’s While I often had to clean the sensor as well as remove dust on rare when I’ve had to wait on the 1Ds Mark III to shoot the next images captured in earlier 1Ds models, I’ve yet to do either with image. the 1Ds Mark III. 1.1 A Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 5

✦ Better menu access organization. The Menu system now utilizes bet- Navigating the or ter organization for easier navigation and thus faster selection of Camera: Buttons s. menu choices. and Dials n ✦ Improved tethered shooting. This has gone from a FireWire to USB To get you up to speed navigating the 1Ds 2.0 connection, which is one area Mark III buttons and dials, one thing you that I consider a drawback, at least want to learn right away is the diﬀ erence if you tether using a Mac. between the Main Control dial and the Quick Control dial — it’s easy to get them confused. In Chapter 4, you’ll ﬁ nd more - The Main Control dial is the small dial just detailed information as well as ed, workarounds to tethering problems. behind the Shutter button on the top of the camera. The Quick Control dial is the large

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dial located on the exposure value (either aperture or shutter) back of the camera. you want to set and which exposure value Canon uses the the camera will automatically set. symbols shown in ﬁ gures 1.2 and 1.3 Press the Mode button and turn either con- 1.2 Main Control dial for each dial in the trol dial to choose your preferred setting: symbol manual, so get to ✦ know them. A (Aperture Priority). You set the aperture while the camera sets the The settings de- shutter. scribed in the fol- ✦ M (Manual). You set both shutter lowing sections are and aperture values. the combinations ✦ Tv, or time value (Shutter of buttons and a Priority). You set the shutter while particular control the camera sets the aperture. dial typically used; 1.3 Quick Control dial however, you can ✦ Bulb. You set the aperture, and the symbol choose which dials shutter remains opened with sen- to use for particular sor exposed as long as the Shutter functions within the Custom Functions menu button is pressed or locked in place page. This overview is your principle intro- with a cable release. You should duction to the controls of the 1Ds Mark III. use a cable release with the Bulb mode setting. Seconds and min- These control operations are utes can be read from the top LCD. designed very well — it’s harder to Be sure to shut the rear eyepiece in describe them than to actually use these scenarios, as well as raise the them. Once you learn how the con- mirror before beginning. trol system works and where the Comp controls are located, for the most See Chapter 2 for details on how part, settings can be made quickly access and to control mirror and easily and without a lot of lockup. 1.4 T thinking, meaning the system gets out of the way of shooting. ✦ Program. (P) The camera automatically sets aperture and shutter ✦ speed, and also adjusts when an Top of the camera EOS Speedlite is attached to the The controls on top of the 1Ds Mark III are camera, all according to internal arranged in familiar order for those who programming. have experience with either the 1D or 1Ds series. What follow are details on how the AF-Drive button controls work in conjunction with either the The AF-Drive button, located just below the Main Control dial or Quick Control dial. Mode button, allows you to control various ways that autofocus can be set to work, as Mode button well as how the motor drive works. You press Located at the top-left corner of the camera, the AF-Drive button while turning either the the Mode button allows you to choose which Main Control or Quick Control dial. Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 7 utter) FE Lock/Multi-Spot metering button Main Control dial value Mode button Exposure Compensation/Aperture button ISO button

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t- ✦ With the Main Control dial. This ✦ With the Quick Control dial. This controls focus, allowing you to controls the motor drive, allowing choose between One-shot and AI you to choose between Silent focus mode. One-shot focus mode mode, single exposure, slow con- chooses and locks the focus once tinuous motor drive, and fast con- the Shutter button is pressed half- tinuous motor drive. way. AI focus mode continuously checks the focus of the chosen Silent mode is a particularly useful w the focus point (or the automatically mode in quiet or sensitive locations, arious chosen focus point) and adjusts and one that many photographers rk, as forget about. It is useful inside continuously as the camera-to- places of worship, with sensitive press subject distance changes. subjects, at high-pressure focused er the board meetings, and so on. 8 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

Using the AF-Drive and Mode exposure compensation, if desired, from –3 to the b button together +3 stops. However, I much prefer to set the a syst Quick Control dial to perform the same func- to yo By pressing the AF-Drive button and the tion (Custom Function IV, Item 3, Choice 0). Mode button and holding (or pressing and then releasing these two buttons but begin- Men ning within six seconds), you can turn either ISO button Locat the Main Control dial or Quick Control dial Located on the top-right corner of the cam- the to set auto-exposure bracketing, which is era above the Shutter button, the ISO but- acces initially set for three images. You can bracket ton allows you to set the ISO by turning trol b from plus or minus 1/3 stop to plus or either the Main Control or Quick Control work minus 3 stops. The exposures are initially dial. You can set ISO between 100 and taken in this sequence: prime exposure, 3200. under-exposed, over-exposed. Main Control dial You can control the number of Men exposures and the exposure Located on the top right corner between the sequence with Menu Page 6, Shutter button and the ISO button, when Custom Function 1, Items 5 and 6. used by itself, the Main Control dial controls whatever mode you’ve set with the Mode Metering Mode/Flash Exposure button. For example, if you set the camera Compensation button to A (Aperture Priority), the dial controls the aperture. If you set it to Tv (Shutter Priority), Depending on which control dial you turn the dial controls the shutter speed. while pressing this button, you can make your choice for the metering type you As noted, the Main Control dial is used in want, as well as for the Flash Exposure conjunction with buttons that you press to Compensation you want — that is, how obtain the settings you want. much under or over the initial setting you want fl ash exposure to be. FE Lock/Multi-Spot metering ✦ With the Main Control dial. Press button the Metering Mode/Flash Exposure The Flash Exposure Lock, or FEL, button Compensation button and turn the works in conjunction with EX Series Main Control dial to choose Speedlites. It’s used to lock the fl ash expo- between Evaluative Metering, sure at the desired point of the subject. Partial Metering, Spot Metering, Pressing the FEL button activates a prefl ash, and Center Weighted Average after which you take the picture along with metering. a second fl ash burst. This method provides ✦ With the Quick Control dial. a more accurate fl ash exposure, although at Adjust exposure compensation for the risk of being less spontaneous. EOS fl ash, from –3 to +3 EV.

Exposure Compensation/Aperture Back of the camera Playb button The back of the camera contains both but- With either control dial, this button, which is tons, 2 LCD screens, and the memory card located on the top right of the camera, sets storage area. Once you learn the location of 1.5 B Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 9

–3 to the buttons and practice a bit, you’ll ﬁ nd it’s ✦ With the Main Control dial. You’re et the a system that is designed to respond quickly able to choose from the nine menu func- to your shooting needs. screens. 0). ✦ With the Quick Control dial. Menu button You’re able to choose a subject line Located at the top-left corner of the back of within a single menu screen. cam- the camera, pressing the Menu button ✦ With the Quick Control Set button but- accesses the menu system, which you con- (located in the center of the rning trol by using the control dials. Here’s how it Quick Control Set button). You’re ontrol works: able to select one item within a and single line on a single menu screen.

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Info button AE Lock/Reduce button Mult Located next to the Menu button, the Info Located to the right of the AF-ON button, Locat button controls what sort of information you this button has two functions, depending on Multi view. Pressed by itself, basic user settings whether you’re photographing or playing funct display on the rear LCD screen, including back images. color space, Picture Style, shots remaining ✦ on each card, and date and time. If you ✦ During shooting. AE (auto- press it after pressing the Playback button, exposure) Lock button. After press- ✦ four options become available for viewing ing the Shutter button halfway, image playback on the rear LCD screen. pressing this button locks exposure, allowing you to recompose your • Full frame. The image fi lls the shot and maintain the same ✦ LCD frame, and above the exposure. image aperture, shutter speed, ✦ During playback. Pressing this but- fi le number, and card number ton reduces the image size in play- information are displayed. back, all the way to a multiple-image ✦ • Full frame with fi le informa- contact sheet view. tion. Image type (RAW or JPEG ✦ and the size of the JPEG is) and AF Point Selection/Magnify button fi le name are superimposed Like its companion (the AE Lock/Reduce over the image. button) button, this button has two func- Quic • Smaller image with histogram. tions, depending on the mode: As no A smaller playback image Contr appears next to a luminance ✦ During shooting. By turning the aff ect histogram. Below this, many Main Control dial, this button details are displayed: Exposure allows you to choose individual mode, Metering mode, Picture focus points (although I greatly pre- Style, color space, date, and fer the Quick Control dial or Multi- sequence number. controller joystick for this). However, pressing this button • Smaller image with RGB histo- along with turning the Quick grams. A smaller playback Quic Control dial also gives you the image appears next to three The b choice of complete autofocus (all RGB histograms, one per color, Quick focus points light up, indicating the as well as fi le type and camera will choose the focus sequence number. ✦ point). AF start button ✦ During playback. Pressing this but- Located on the top-right back of the camera, ton enlarges playback images on ✦ the AF start button (which appears as the rear LCD from the smallest AF-ON) initiates autofocus without changing contact-sheet view (nine images any other values. at once) to the largest view of a single image at 100 percent magnifi cation. Off/ The c the Q Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 11

Multi-controller ✦ Camera off utton, Located above the Quick Control dial, the ✦ Camera on ng on Multi-controller joystick claims a range of ✦ Quick Control Dial enabled. aying functions: The Quick Control Dial will not function unless the Off /On button ✦ Pressing the controller directly down is moved to its uppermost setting. the Center focus point is chosen s- ✦ Quickly selects any of the 19 user- Playback button selectable focus points, as long as The Playback button, designated by a blue re, you have the latest fi rmware, 1.1.2 arrow and located beneath the large rear or higher. LCD, is used to control playback of images. ✦ Sets custom white balance shift It’s used in conjunction with the following: navigating to Menu 1, and pressing ut- ✦ Item 3 The Quick Control dial to move backward and forward between ✦ ge Scrolls the image during magnifi ed images Playback LCD view ✦ The Info button to choose the play- ✦ Scrolls the image during magnifi ed back information you want to see tton Live View shooting ✦ The AE Lock/Reduce button and educe the and the AF Point Selection/ func- Quick Control dial Magnify buttons to move from con- As noted throughout this chapter, the Quick tact sheet view to extreme close-up Control dial is used with various buttons to view; for example, to change the aff ect a range of settings. viewing size of the images in Playback mode In my personal setup, the Quick e- Control dial is used by itself to - quickly override exposure from –3 Erase button to + 3 stops. During image playback you can use the Erase button along with the Quick Control Quick Control dial Set button dial to choose the Cancel or Erase option, The button is located in the center of the and then press the Set button in the center Quick Control dial. Its main functions are: of the Quick Control dial to erase an image. e This is an intentional two-step process to ✦ Use this button alone to engage ensure that you do, in fact, want to erase a Live View mode, once this has particular image. ut- been enabled in the menu. ✦ Along with other individual buttons, Function button this button allows you to set Located to the right of the Erase button, the choices. Function button is a quick way to control the Compact Flash and SD cards. Off/On switch The camera Off /On switch located underneath the Quick Control dial, has three settings: 12 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

✦ With the Main Control dial. The Bottom-right buttons Function button chooses which These three buttons function the same way card you want to be shooting to as their counterparts on top of the camera, and viewing from, assuming two and can be used when shooting in vertical cards are loaded in the camera. mode, if desired. ✦ With the Quick Control dial. The Function button chooses what ﬁ le type the chosen card is creating, in Side connections terms of size and the choice of The left side of the camera contains output JPEG or RAW — from small JPEG all the way to full-size RAW. You can ports for connecting the 1Ds Mark III to also control these functions within external devices. Four ports are protected by the menu system; however, this is upper and lower rubber covers, and one is a fast way to work, once you learn protected by a screw cap. The upper rubber to use it. cover protects camera and strobe connections. The lower cover protects video and Protect/Sound Recording button computer ports. The screw cap protects the output for the WFE2 remote transmitter. Located to the right of the Function button, the Protect/Sound Recording button has Be careful to tightly ﬁ t these covers two functions. in place when not it in use.

✦ While turning the Quick Control dial, pressing this button takes you directly to the Picture Style menu page without having to wade 1.7 S through the menus. ✦ While pressing the Playback button, ✦ pressing the Sound Recording button protects or unprotects a chosen ✦ image; if locked, you can erase the card, and the locked images will not be erased.

If you format the card, all images ✦ are erased, whether or not they are locked.

✦ While pressing the Playback button, if you press the Sound Recording button and hold it for three seconds, it allows you to make sound recording notations (up to 30 seconds) for the image. This is done by ✦ creating a WAV audio fi le with the same fi lename as the image fi le. 1.6 Side view of the Canon EOS 1Ds-Mark III with covers on Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 13

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✦ Port 1: PC terminal. This is used to for printing images directly from sync to an external strobe. the camera. ✦ Port 2: Remote terminal. This is • More importantly for profession- used to connect with any N3 termi- als, this is the output that teth- nal Canon accessory, such as a ers to computers — either to remote cable release RS-80N3. download cards or to capture and display incoming images ✦ Port 3: Video Out terminal. This straight to the computer. output allows playback of images on a TV screen. See Chapter 4 for more information on tethered shooting. The Video Output can be set in menus either to NTSC (U.S.) or PAL ✦ Extension System terminal. This is (European) signals on Setup Menu IIII 2, Line 4 (Video System). for mounting a WFT-E2A wireless transmitter, for wireless transmis- ✦ Port 4: Digital terminal. The Digital sion of images. terminal sends an output signal So far, most people I know who that serves two purposes: have bought a WFT-E2A wireless Mark • You can connect to any Canon transmitter are not satisﬁ ed. The printer that supports PictBridge word is that it’s not quite ready for prime time. 14 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

speed is three times as fast as the 1Ds Mark highe Setting up Memory II, even though the pixel count has gone nity t from 16.7 to 21.1 megapixels. ing th Cards captu Microdrives also work in the CF slot; range The Memory Card slot cover is located on however, they are slower and not must the far-right side of the camera back. The recommended for use when using cover is opened with a counter-clockwise the Live View function. use t turn of the latch, which is located next to the Oﬀ -On switch. New sRAW unco in siz dpi ( ture 300 many requi

Ima 1.9 A CF card and an SD card RAW 1.8 Memory Card slot cover, open position Types of fi les sRA There are two slots for card insertion: on the The Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III can record both Larg left is a CompactFlash (CF) slot, and on the RAW and JPEG fi les. Each fi le type has sev- right is a Secure Digital (SD) slot. You can eral variations, as noted in the following assign any type or size of fi le to either card, sections. M1 as well as choose to use the cards sequen- tially (when the fi rst card is full, the second RAW and sRAW fi les M2 begins to record) or simultaneously (to back As you probably know, RAW fi les contain each other up). the advantage over JPEGs of containing non- Sma compressed imagery with full color-range The 1Ds Mark III also allows the use of the capture. Most professionals prefer to shoot newer Ultra Direct Memory Access (UDMA) RAW on assignment due to the potentially CF cards. Using these cards, the writing Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 15

Mark higher image quality, as well as the opportu- JPEG fi les gone nity to fi ne-tune image data in post-process- JPEG fi les are compressed fi les with color ing that might not be chosen during JPEG temperature chosen at the time of capture. capture, particularly color temperature The 1Ds Mark III off ers four JPEG fi le sizes, as F slot; range. However, by shooting in RAW, you d not compared to the two fi le sizes available with must convert to another fi le type in post to using RAW capture. All the image fi le formats avail- use the fi le either online or in print. able with the camera are listed in Table 1.1.

New to RAW capture with the 1Ds series is The 1Ds Mark III JPEGs are exceptionally sRAW, a fi le type that contains the same good, and, depending on the subject, it’s uncompressed RAW qualities but is smaller often diffi cult to tell the diff erence between × in size — approximately 6 9 inches at 300 JPEG and RAW fi le captures. I fi nd JPEGs dpi (14.5MB) compared to a full RAW cap- adequate for scouting or informal shooting, × ture of approximately 12.5 19 inches at although I still prefer shooting RAW for most 300 dpi (25MB). Thus, you can capture of my work — you never know when you’ll many more RAW fi les to a card if you don’t capture a strong image and want to print big require the full RAW size. or perhaps license for stock sales. JPEG fi les are still lossy fi les, meaning some data is Although DPP reads sRAW fi les, many other RAW processors do not always lost. Due to that fact and the extra read the sRAW format. The one control one has in post-production with time I used sRAW, the client RAW fi les, RAW fi les tend to be the fi le of changed their mind about the fi le choice for professionals in most situations. sizes they needed, going from small fi les to huge fi les. Since then, I rarely use sRAW.

Table 1.1 File Types and Sizes for Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III Image Size Pixels Print Size RAW Approximately 21.0 megapixels A2 or larger (5616 × 3744 pixels) (16.5 × 23.4 in.) sRAW Approximately 5.2 megapixels Approximately A4 (2784 × 1856 pixels) (8.3 × 11.7 in.) both s sev- Large JPEG Approximately 21 megapixels A2 or larger (5616 × 3744 pixels) (16.5 x 23.4 in.) owing M1 JPEG Approximately 16.6 megapixels Approximately A2 (4992 × 3328 pixels) (16.5 × 23.4 in.) M2 JPEG Approximately 11.0 megapixels Approximately A3 (4080 × 2720 pixels) (11.7 × 16.5 in.) ntain non- Small JPEG Approximately 5.2 megapixels Approximately A4 range (2784 × 1856 pixels) (8.3 × 11.7 in.) shoot ntially 16 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

In the past, one great disadvantage of JPEGs I’m happy to report that only the functions was the inability to easily change color tem- being used light up; thus, it’s actually a clean perature or hue. Now many of the newer and fast system to read. In my typical setup, software processors, such as Adobe I see the Exposure mode indicator, shutter Lightroom 2 and Apple Aperture 2, allow speed, a plus sign indicating exposure com- you to apply the same color temperature pensation is on, shots remaining on the card sliders to JPEGs as you do to RAW images. currently being used, and ISO. However, keep in mind that a large amount of the available color information hasn’t On the right side of the viewfi nder is a verti- been captured shooting JPEG, and so the cal readout. This includes a scale that reads color range is limited. out exposure compensation on the right and fl ash compensation on the left. Below Be careful when shooting images that is a number indicating maximum cap- with subtle gradations with the ture bursts available at any one time. Set to JPEG format, such as skies or seam- RAW with Noise Reduction turned off , this less backgrounds with graduated exposure lighting on them. This is would read 10 to begin with. Below that is where you’ll most quickly encoun- an indicator revealing what shooting mode ter visible and unwanted JPEG you’re in, taking both cards into consider- compression due to the ‘lossy’ ation if two cards are inserted. Thus you nature of JPEG capture. might see RAW twice, JPEG and RAW (indicating each card is writing a diff erent fi le type) or JPEG twice.

Viewfi nder Readout At the bottom of the right-side readout is The viewfi nder of the 1Ds Mark III repre- the battery level indicator. If the battery icon sents a major advance over the 1Ds Mark II. is fi lled with stripes, the battery is at 100–70 It provides the highest magnifi cation and percent, three stripes indicates battery level widest coverage of the EOS-1 series cam- above 50 percent, two stripes 49–20 per- eras to date, including fi lm cameras, and cent, and one stripe 19–10 percent. One AF po ( accomplishes this along with 100 percent stripe fl ashing indicates the battery will be coverage. The bottom line is that it’s a plea- exhausted soon and that it is a good time to Reco sure to compose through. exchange with a fresh battery and recharge AF po the one just used. No stripes with the bat- ( There are many data readouts on view within tery icon fl ashing is the offi cial recharge the viewfi nder, although they don’t intrude warning, although I personally don’t like to on your concentration when shooting — if take the battery that low. you need them, you have them. The main readouts are along a bottom horizontal row. Also available for evaluation on the camera-top LCD are shutter speed, aperture, metering mode, exposure Starting from the left side, you can check mode, fl ash mode, regular and Metering mode, Exposure mode, Flash fl ash compensation, one-shot or AI Exposure information, High-Speed Sync indi- continuous focus mode, and shooting mode (silent, single shot, low- cator, FE (fl ash exposure) Lock, fl ash exposure 1.10 bracketing in progress, shutter and aperture speed continuous, or high-speed continuous motor drive). values, exposure compensation, white balance compensation, shots remaining, ISO speed, and the focus confi rmation light. Chapter 1 ✦ Navigating the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III 17 ctions Center spot metering circle Area AF ellipse clean etup, Focusing screen AF point hutter : Cross-type com- points e card : Assist AF points verti- Exposure reads level indicator right Max. burst Below cap- Set to JPEG icon , this hat is Metering mode RAW icon mode Battery check sider- Manual exposure s you AE lock Focus confirmation light (indi- AEB in-progress ISO speed t fi le Multi-spot metering Highlight tone priority display ISO speed icon Flash-ready Improper FE lock warning Shots remaining out is Recording media full (Full) y icon High-speed sync 0–70 (FP flash) Standard exposure index level FE lock FEB in-progress per- Exposure level scale One AF point selection mode Overexposure ill be ( AF, SEL [ ], SEL AF) me to Recording media indicator (Card*) Flash harge AF point registration overexposure e bat- ( HP, SEL [ ], SEL HP) harge Shutter speeds ke to Buld (buLb) FE lock Busy (buSY) Aperture on the peed, Exposure compensation osure Flash exposure compensation Flash and underexposure or AI White balance correction Underexposure hoot- low- speed 1.10 All possible information available in the viewfi nder display 18 Part I ✦ Exploring the Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III

✦ By tethering to the computer, you Live View can view a much larger image to evaluate details of the image: com- The 1Ds Mark III uses its own ﬂ avor of Live position, focus, prop placement, View, along with the 1D Mark III, the 40D, and so on. 50D, and 5D Mark II. Live View allows real- time viewing of the image, either on the rear ✦ You can activate a grid overlay both LCD screen or on a computer video display on the rear LCD and on the com- when the camera is tethered by USB cable puter monitor, as well as various to the computer with EOS Utility active. aspect-ratio frame lines to aid in precise evaluation.

✦ Advantages of Live View Challenges of using Live View oﬀ ers several advantages and opportunities, including the following: Live View Live View also presents a few challenges on ✦ Live View makes it possible to the 1Ds Mark III: place the camera in positions where normally it would be diﬃ - ✦ Autofocus is disabled when using cult, if not impossible, to view the Live View; however, using the Point image through the eyepiece; now Selection/Magnify button, you can ✦ you can view either on the rear zoom in on the image and focus LCD or on a computer screen. for precise adjustment. You can also use the Multi-controller joy- ✦ stick for moving around the image.

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Some photographers value and Activating Live View use this function to carefully check m- Follow these steps for activating Live View: focus when shooting groups of people with the camera mounted on a tripod. Using Live View, you 1. Be sure to switch the Auto/ can keep the composition locked Manual focus switch on the lens th while simultaneously zooming in in use to Manual. on the Live View image, using the Multi-controller joystick to move 2. Navigate to the Live View func- about the image and check focus tion settings options in the on each individual in the frame. Set-up 2 menu. Navigation of the camera menus is discussed in ✦ Due to the extra heat generated by Chapter 2. the rear LCD being on, there’s the 3. Choose to Enable Live View, You possibility of noise being generated can also turn the Grid Display On during Live View. Although not a or Off from here, if desired. es on problem during initial exposure sequences, Canon recommends 4. Once Live View is enabled, press shooting no more than 300 images the Quick Control Dial Set button at 73°F/23°C or 230 images at Control dial the Live View image nt 32°F/0°C. on the rear LCD. You do not have to turn the Live View Enable func- n ✦ Hard disk-type microdrive cards are tion off when not using Live View; not recommended using Live View. just don’t press the Quick Control Solid-state CF and SD cards are fi ne. Set button. The button remains set ✦ e. Live View should be turned off if to enable live view whenever you you are shooting long exposures. press it. ✦ You should not point the camera at For more information on Live View, the sun while using Live View or refer to pages 109-114 of the you might damage the sensor. Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III owner’s manual.