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Camera Live View Function
Instead of looking through the viewfinder, you
can shoot while viewing the scene on the
camera’s LCD monitor. Compared to looking
through the viewfinder, it provides the follow-
ing advantages:
1. The real-time picture can be magnified by 5x
or 10x to help make focusing more precise.
2. Shoot while checking the composition on
the LCD monitor.
3. You can view a live histogram before the
shot is taken (C.Fn IV-16-1, then press the
INFO button to apply histogram).
Live View Function is extremely effective
in a variety of conditions. It’s applied by first
enabling it with a menu setting, and then
pressing the SET button. The reflex mirror will
then lock up, the shutter will open, and the
image output from the CMOS sensor will be
displayed in real time and 100% image cov-
erage on the camera’s LCD monitor. Press the
SET button again and the reflex mirror will go
back down and the shooting with Live View
Function will end.
Focusing
Focusing is manual-only with Live View
Function. Use the Multi-controller to move the
AF point aimed over the area on which you want
to focus, then press the Magnify button to
enlarge the
image by 5x or
10x at the AF
point’s position.
Press the button
again to return to
normal view. At
5x or 10x magni-
fication, you can
focus manually
while looking at
the LCD monitor.
To make it easier
to focus during
the magnified
view, image sharpness is applied at a higher
setting on the LCD monitor than it really is.
Pressing the depth-of-field preview button
stops down to the aperture that will be used to
take the picture. It will simulate the shooting
exposure and you can check both the exposure
level and depth-of-field. If you use depth-of-field
preview during regular viewfinder shooting, the
viewfinder will look dark and it may be difficult
to see the depth-of-field. However, with Live
View Function shooting, a clever simulation is
displayed so checking the depth-of-field is
easier as long as the exposure setting is near
the metering’s correct exposure.
Remote Live View
Function
Remote Live View Function
is controlled through the
EOS Utility software includ-
ed on the EOS Digital
Solution Disk, Ver.14 or
higher. The camera can be
connected, either wired with
the provided USB 2.0 Hi-
Speed cable, or wirelessly
with the Wireless File
Transmitter WFT-E2 II A* or WFT-E2A. To get
started, the camera must be set to enable Live
View Function. Then, click the [Starting Live
View Function] selection on the Remote Live
View Function screen.
*This device has not been authorized as required by the rules
of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not,
and may not, be offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased,
until authorization is obtained.
Function
Settings
The metering
mode is set to AF
point-linked
Evaluative meter-
ing. Other shooting settings (Shooting mode,
Drive mode, Image Size, ISO speed, Exposure
Compensation, etc.) can be set in the same
way as during viewfinder shooting. The meter-
ing timer is 16 seconds (including AE lock).
Focus presets with super telephoto lenses
cannot be used. Even during shooting with
Live View Function, the power will turn off after
the [Auto power off] time elapses. During Live
View Function, pressing the MENU or Playback
button will terminate the Live View Function
shooting and the menu screen or image play-
back will appear.
particles can be mapped onto each image, and
the dust “cloned-out” with supplied Canon
Digital Photo Professional software. This
removal of dust takes place with a simple
mouse click, and can be automatically per-
formed on one or hundreds of images at a time.
A “Dust Delete Data” test image needs to
be taken to enable this, and after it’s taken,
the location of any remaining dust is added to
each subsequent image. Activated via a Menu
setting, the user simply sets their camera lens
to infinity, and fills the frame with a plain
white subject located about 1 or 2 feet away.
A test shot is taken, with the camera switch-
ing momentarily to Av mode at f/22. The LCD
monitor confirms whether Dust Delete Data
was successfully acquired. Dust Delete Data
can be updated whenever the photographer
feels it’s necessary.
Live View Function
Live View Function is a
significant addition to the professional SLR
shooter’s arsenal. It is a terrific problem-
solver for all those situations in which it
would be awkward, difficult or impossible
to look through the viewfinder to compose,
meter and shoot. In response to the particular
requests of studio and remote sports photog-
raphers, EVF (Electronic ViewFinder) shooting
with a computer, wired or wireless, is possible
with the EOS-1Ds Mark III. By connecting the
camera via USB to a computer with the EOS
Utility 2.0 software provided, the computer
will display in real time the image output by
the camera’s imaging sensor. You can then
check and adjust the focus, subject framing
and so forth in real time and shoot remotely.
With the optional Wireless File Transmitter
WFT-E2 II A* or WFT-E2A attached, you can use
a wireless LAN and see the Remote Live View
Function on a computer without using a cable.
Key features of Live View Function include a
100% field-of-view, precise manual focusing
with 5x and 10x magnification, the ability to
pre-visualize exposure, framing and focusing
on a computer monitor, easy checking for
moiré and false color, displaying film-related
aspect ratios and having a video-out terminal
for TV display.
Live View Function enabled
With 10x magnification
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File Naming Options
Each EOS-1Ds Mark III body comes with a
unique, 4-character prefix for its file numbers.
It also offers two user-defined options to tailor
file naming to the shooter’s needs: the user
can set their own first four characters for file
names (ABCD1234.jpg) or set the first three
characters, and have the camera add the 4th
to indicate size of the file (L for full-resolution,
M for M1, N for M2, or S for Small JPEG/Small
RAW—ABCL1234.CR2).
Highlight Tone Priority
This feature extends the dynamic range of
highlights by about one stop and improves
gradation within highlight areas. By expanding
the range from the correct exposure level (18%
gray) to the maximum allowable highlight
level, the gradation from the grays to the high-
lights becomes smoother and loss in highlight
detail is minimized. If [C.Fn II-3; 1: Enable] is
set, the ISO range is ISO 200-3200 (EOS-1Ds
Mark III: 20–1600).* When active, zeros in the
ISO display are lower case (2oo, 4oo, etc).
Depending on shooting conditions, noise in
the shadow areas may increase slightly.
*Standard output sensitivity. Recommended exposure index.
Integrated Cleaning
System
The EOS-1Ds Mark III
incorporates the EOS
Integrated Cleaning
System, which is a com-
plete anti-dust system.
It suppresses dust generation and dust adher-
ing to the sensor, removes dust and makes
any remaining dust less noticeable.
• The shutter has been improved to generate
less dust.
• The IR-cut filter’s anti-static charge surface
prevents attracting dust due to static charge.
• The sensor unit is self-cleaning.
• Dust Delete Data can be obtained and
appended to images.
• Manual cleaning of the imaging sensor using
air is still an option.
The compact Self Cleaning Sensor Unit is
optimized for the full-frame EOS-1Ds Mark III.
On the front infrared-absorption glass, two
thin, single-layer piezo-electric elements are
attached. By applying ultrasonic vibration to
the infrared absorption glass, the adhering
dust is shaken off. The removed dust particles
stick onto adhesive material around the
infrared absorption glass. Also, to prevent
dust from entering the sensor unit, the assem-
bly is secured with sealing material around the
perimeter. Unlike some competitors who
vibrate an extra glass plate, the EOS-1Ds
Mark III vibrates the infrared absorption
glass directly, so the optical performance is
not degraded by an extra layer of glass and
the unit can be kept compact. The Self
Cleaning Sensor Unit can therefore be incor-
porated in a conventional size body.
Operation timing is either Auto or Manual.
The default setting has the unit operating for
about 3.5 seconds whenever you turn the
power switch ON or OFF. While the unit is oper-
ating, the LCD monitor displays a logo indicat-
ing that sensor cleaning is being executed. If
the menu is set to [Auto cleaning: Disable], the
auto cleaning is not executed.
When the menu is set to [Clean now], you
can clean the sensor whenever you wish. It
takes about 4 seconds. During the cleaning,
ultrasonic vibration is applied to the infrared-
absorption glass and the shutter is cocked
three times so that the dust falls off the
infrared-absorption glass and any dust reset-
tling on the shutter curtains is also shaken off.
During sensor cleaning, whether started auto-
matically or manually, pressing the shutter
button halfway or pressing the Menu button
will immediately terminate the cleaning and
the camera will be ready to shoot. Because the
unit has very low power consumption, clean-
ings do not significantly affect the number of
possible shots, even if the default Auto setting
is selected.
To prevent the piezo-electric elements from
overheating and to ensure proper cleaning,
the unit cannot operate again within 3 sec-
onds of finishing operation. Also, if the unit
operates five times successively at intervals
shorter than 10 seconds, it will not operate
again for 10 seconds. During the stoppage, the
[Clean now] menu option can not be selected.
The position and size of any remaining dust
Infrared-
absorption
glass
Piezoelectric element
Support material
Sealing material
Low-pass filter
CMOS sensor
Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
Self Cleaning Sensor Unit Construction Diagram
Highlight Tone Priority: ON
Highlight Tone Priority: OFF
TECHNOLOGY
Dust in the image is deleted by Digital Photo Professional
software using “Dust Delete Data.”
Live View Function settings
