Canon EOS-1D X Mark III

Specifications

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

• Type
  36 x 24 mm CMOS
• Effective Pixels
  Approx. 20.1 M
• Total Pixels
  Approx. 21.4 M
• Aspect Ratio
  3:2
• Low-Pass Filter
  Built-in/Fixed with Self Cleaning Sensor Unit
• Colour Filter Type
  Primary Colour

Image Processor

• Type
  DIGIC X

• Lens Mount
  EF (excludes EF-S/EF-M lenses)
• Focal length
  1.x Multiplication with EF lens fitted

SLR FOCUSING

• Type
  TTL secondary image-forming phase-difference detection using AF-dedicated sensor
• AF System / Points
  191 Point/155 f/4 cross-type AF points inc 1 dual cross type at f/2.8 ¹
  The number of cross-type AF points will differ depending on the lens.
• AF working range
  EV -4 to 21 (at 20°C & ISO 100)
• AF Modes
  One Shot
  AI Focus
• AF Point Selection
  Automatic selection: 191 point AF (inc face tracking and Eye AF)
  Manual selection: Single point AF (selectable points all points, 61, 15, 9 or cross type only points selectable)
  Manual selection: Spot AF
  Manual selection: AF point Expansion 4 points (up, down, left, right)
  Manual selection: AF point Expansion surrounding 8 points
  Manual selection: Zone AF
  Manual selection: Large Zone AF
  AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting
• Selected AF point display
  Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel
• AF Lock
  Locked when shutter button is pressed half way or AF ON is pressed in One Shot AF mode.
• AF Assist Beam
  Emitted by an optional dedicated Speedlite
• Manual Focus
  Selected on lens
• AF Microadjustment
  Manual: Enter adjustment level +/- 20 steps
  Adjust all lenses by same amount
  Adjust up to 20 lenses individually
  Adjust per lens serial number

• Metering modes
  400,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor, 384-zone metering
  (1) Evaluative metering (linked to All AF point)
  (2) Partial metering (approx. 6.2% of viewfinder at centre)
  (3) Spot metering: Center spot metering (approx. 1.5% viewfinder at centre)
  AF point-linked spot metering
  Multi-spot metering
  (4) Centre weighted average metering
• Metering Range
  EV 0-20 (at 23°C with 50 mm f1.4 lens ISO 100) EV -3-20 in Live and movie
• AE Lock
  Auto: Operates in 1-shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
  Manual: By AE lock button in all exposure modes
• Exposure Compensation
  +/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).
• AEB
  2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments
• Anti-flicker shooting
  Yes. Flicker detected at a frequency of 100 Hz or 120 Hz. Maximum continuous shooting speed may decrease
• ISO Speed Equivalent
  Stills: 100-102400 (in 1/3-stop increments) ISO can be expanded to L: 50 or H1: 204800, H2: 409600, H3: 819200 (selected in Custom Function)

Shutter

• Type
  Vertical-travel mechanical focal-plane shutter, electronically controlled at all speeds/Sensor Electronic shutter
• Speed
  30 - 1/8000 sec. (1/3 stop increments), Bulb
• Shutter Release
  Soft touch electromagnetic release

• Type
  Auto white balance with the imaging sensor
• Settings
  Auto (Ambience priority/White Priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting
  White balance compensation:
  1. Blue/Amber +/-9
  2. Magenta/Green +/-9.
• WB Bracketing
  +/-3 levels in single level increments
  3, 2, 5 or 7 bracketed images per shutter release
  Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/Green bias.

• Viewfinder
  Pentaprism
• Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)
  Approx. 100%
• Magnification
  0.76x ²
• Eyepoint
  20 mm
• Dioptre Correction
  -3 to +1 dpt
• Focusing Screen
  fixed
• Mirror
  Quick-return all surface half mirror
• Viewfinder Information
  AF information: Single/Spot AF points, AF Frame, AF status, Focus indicator, AF mode, AF point selection, AF point registration
  Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, flash metering, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB, metering mode, shooting mode, time
  Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light.
  Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+).
  Composition information: Crop area, Aspect ratio, Grid, Electronic level
  Other information: Battery check, Warning symbol, Flicker Detection, drive mode, white balance, JPEG/RAW indicator
• Depth of field preview
  Yes
• Eyepiece shutter
  Built in

• Monitor
  3.2" (8.01 cm) TFT, approx. 2.1 million dots
• Coverage
  Approx. 100%
• Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically)
  Approx. 170°
• Coating
  Anti-reflection and Solid Structure
• Brightness
  Auto: Using external ambient light sensor
  Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels
  4 color tone Adjustable settings
• Display Options
  (1) Quick control Screen
  (2) Camera settings
  (3) Dual Axis Electronic Level
  (4) Custom Quick control screen

Flash

• Modes
  E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual
• X-sync
  1/250 sec
• Flash Exposure Compensation
  +/-3 EV in 1/3-stop increments with EX series Speedlites
• Flash Exposure Bracketing
  Yes, with compatible External Flash
• Flash Exposure Lock
  Yes
• HotShoe / PC terminal
  Yes/Yes
• Second Curtain Synchronisation
  Yes
• External Flash Compatibility
  E-TTL II with EX series Speedlites, wireless multi-flash support
• External Flash Control
  via camera menu screen

Shooting

• Modes
  Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, 3x Custom settings
• Picture Styles
  Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, Fine Detail, User Defined (x3)
• Colour Space
  sRGB and Adobe RGB
• Image Processing
  Clarity (8 levels)
  Highlight Tone Priority (2 settings)
  Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
  Long exposure noise reduction
  High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings)
  Lens optical correction:
  - Peripheral illumination correction (stills and video)
  - Chromatic aberration correction (stills and video)
  - Distortion correction (during or after still photo shooting)
  - Diffraction correction (stills and video)
  - Digital Lens Optimizer (during or after still photo shooting)
  Resize to M1, M2 or S ³
  RAW image processing - during image Playback only
  Crop images/rotate (3:2, 16:9, 4:3, 1:1, 2:3, 9:16, 3:4 ratios)
  Multiple exposure
• Drive modes
  Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s+remote), S single soft shooting, continuous soft shooting
• Continuous Shooting
  Max. Approx. 16ps.
  Max. 20 fps in Live View mode with mirror locked up with exposure and AF tracking
  (speed maintained for unlimited number of JPEGs or over 1000 RAW images) ⁴

Live View Mode

• Type
  Electronic viewfinder with image sensor
• Coverage
  Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)
• Frame Rate
  For Stills 29.97 fps/for Movies 59.94 fps/29.97 fps (NTSC) 50.00 fps/25.00 fps (PAL)
• Focusing
  Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
  Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face+Tracking
  Spot AF
  1-point AF
  Expand AF area:
  Expand AF area: Around
  Zone AF
  Large Zone AF: Vertical
  Large Zone AF: Horizontal)
• Metering
  Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor (384-zone)
  Partial metering (approx. 5.8% of Live View screen)
  Spot metering (approx. 2.9% of Live View screen)
  Center-weighted average metering
  Active metering time can be changed
• Display Options
  Grid overlay (x3), Basic shooting information, Detailed shooting information, Histogram, Electronic Level

File Type

• Still Image Type
  JPEG: 10 compression options
  HEIF: 10 compression options (10bit 422 BT2100)
  RAW: RAW, CRAW
  Complies with Exif 2.31 and Design rule for Camera File system 2.0
  Complies with Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1
• RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording
  Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG/HEIF possible, separate formats to separate cards possible
• Image Size
  JPEG/HEIF: (L) 5472x3648, (M1) 4368x2912, (M2) 3648x2432, (S) 2736x1824
  HEIF: 5472x3648
  RAW: (RAW/C-RAW) 5472x3648
• Folders
  New folders can be manually created and selected
• File Numbering
  (1) Consecutive numbering
  (2) Auto reset
  (3) Manual reset

• Movie Type
  RAW: CRM 12bit Audio: Linear PCM
  MP 4 Video: 4K (8bit MPEG4 AVC/H.264, 10bit MPEG4/HEVC with Canon log), Full HD - MPEG4 AVC/H.264, Audio: Linear PCM
  MP4 Video: Full HD IPB light - MPEG4 AVC/H.264, Audio: AAC
• Movie Size
  4K RAW (5496x2904) - (23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps)
  4K DCI (17:9) - 4096x2160 (23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps) intra or inter frame
  4K UHD (16:9) - 3840x2160 (23.98, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps) intra or inter frame
  4K DCI cropped (17:9) - 4096x2160 (23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps) intra or inter frame
  Full HD (16:9) - 1920x1080 (23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 50, 59.94 fps) intra or inter frame plus IPB light
• Simultaneous recording
  Yes: RAW to card in slot 1 Proxy (MP4) to card in slot 2
• Colour Sampling (Internal recording)
  4K - YCbCr4:2:2 (8-bit)
  Full HD/HD - YCbCr4:2:0 (8-bit)
• Canon Log
  Yes Canon Log 1 & Canon Log 3
• Movie Length
  4K and Full HD - Max duration 29 min 59 sec. (excluding High Frame Rate movies). No 4GB file limit with exFAT CF card.
• High Frame Rate Movie
  MOV Video: Full HD - 1920x1080 at 100 fps or 119.9 fps
  Recorded as 1/4-speed slow motion movie
  Single scene maximum recording up to 7 min 29 sec.
• 4K Frame Grab
  8.3-megapixel JPEG still image frame grab from 4K movie possible
• Bitrate / Mbps
  5.5K RAW: (50/59.94p) Approx. 2600 Mbps (30/25/24/23.98p) Approx. 1800 Mbps
  Canon Log off (H264 MP4)
  4K DCI (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 940 Mbps, IPB Approx. 230 Mbps
  4K DCI (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 120 Mbps
  4K DCI cropped (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 940 Mbps, IPB Approx. 230 Mbps
  4K DCI cropped (29.97p/25p/24.00p/23.98p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 120 Mbps
  4K UHD (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 940 Mbps, IPB Approx. 230 Mbps
  4K UHD (29.97p/25p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 120 Mbps
  Full HD (119.90p/100p): ALL-I: Approx. 360 Mbps
  Full HD (59.94p/50.00p): ALL-I: Approx. 180 Mbps
  Full HD (59.94p/50.00p): IPB Approx. 60 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): ALL-I: Approx. 90 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): IPB: Approx. 30 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): IPB light: Approx. 12 Mbps
  
  Canon Log on (H265 MP4)
  4K DCI (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 1000 Mbps, IPB Approx. 340 Mbps
  4K DCI (29.97p/25.00p/24.00p/23.98p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 170 Mbps
  4K DCI cropped (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 1000 Mbps, IPB Approx. 340 Mbps
  4K DCI cropped (29.97p/25p/24.00p/23.98p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 170 Mbps
  4K UHD (50/59.94p): ALL-I Approx. 1000 Mbps, IPB Approx. 340 Mbps
  4K UHD (29.97p/25p): ALL-I Approx. 470 Mbps, IPB Approx. 170 Mbps
  Full HD (119.90p/100p): ALL-I: Approx. 470 Mbps
  Full HD (59.94p/50.00p): ALL-I: Approx. 170 Mbps
  Full HD (59.94p/50.00p): IPB Approx. 90 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): ALL-I: Approx. 135 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): IPB: Approx. 45 Mbps
  Full HD (29.97p/25p): IPB light: Approx. 18 Mbps
• Dual Card Recording
  Yes
• Microphone
  Built-in stereo microphones (48 kHz, 16-bit x 2 channels)
• HDMI Display
  External Monitor only, External Monitor only without information display or Simultaneous on camera and external monitor
• HDMI Output
  4K and Full HD recording, uncompressed YCbCr 4:2:0, 8-bit BT709, or YCbCr 4:2:2, 10-bit BT2020 with Canon Log sound output via HDMI is also possible
• Focusing
  Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Face Detection and Tracking AF, Movie Servo AF Manual Focus
• ISO
  100-25600 (in 1/3-stop increments) ISO can be expanded to or H1: 51200, H2: 102400, H3: 204800 (selected in Custom Function)
• Movie Digital IS
  Yes, image area when enabled: reduced by 10%

• GPS
  Built in - Longitude, Latitude, Elevation, Coordinated Universal Time
  • GPS satellites (USA)
  • GLONASS satellites (Russia)
  • Quasi-Zenith Satellite Michibiki (Japan)
• Custom Functions
  38 Custom Functions
• Metadata Tag
  Author, copyright, Image rating (0-5 stars) GPS, Rating, IPTC (registered with EOS Utility/browser remote)
• LCD Panel (EL) / Button Illumination
  Yes/Yes
• Water / Dust resistance
  Yes
• Voice Memo
  Yes
• Intelligent Orientation Sensor
  Yes
• Histogram
  Brightness: Yes
  RGB: Yes
• Playback zoom
  1.5x - 10x
• Display Formats
  (1) Single image with information (2 levels)
  (2) Single image
  (3) 4 image index
  (4) 9 image index
  (5) 36 image index
  (6) 100 image index
  (7) Jump Display
  (8) Movie edit
  (9) Raw processing
  (10) Rating
• Image Erase Protection
  Erase protection of one image at a time, folder or card
• Image Erase
  Single image, selected, folder, card or all unprotected
• Self Timer
  2 or 10 sec.
• Menu Categories
  (1) Shooting Menu 1 - 4 (separate photo/video)
  (2) AF menu 1 - 5
  (3) Network 1
  (4) Playback menu 1 - 3
  (5) Setup menu 1- 5
  (6) Custom functions 1- 9
  (7) My Menu (1-5 user selectable)
• Menu Languages
  English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Ukraine, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Indonesian, Malaya and Japanese.
• Firmware Update
  Update possible by the user. (Camera, Lens, WFT, External Speedlite)
• Body Materials
  Magnesium Alloy

Interface

• Computer
  USB 3.1 Gen 2 (PTP)
• Wi-Fi
  Wireless LAN (IEEE802.11b/g/n) (2.4 GHz only), with Bluetooth support [5] Features supported - EOS Utility, Smartphone, Upload to Web
• Other
  HDMI (mini), External microphone (Stereo mini jack) Headphone Jack, RJ-45, N3 remote release terminal, Flash PC connector

Memory Card

• Type
  CFexpress Type B maximum capacity 2TB

• PC
  Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (tablet mode not supported)
• Macintosh
  Mac OS 10.14 (Mojave)
  Mac OS 10.13 (High Sierra)
  Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra)
  OS X 10.11 (El Capitan)

Software

• Other
  EOS Utility 3, Picture Style Editor, WFT utility, Camera connect app (iOS/Android)
• Image Manipulation
  Digital Photo Professional 4, Digital Photo Professional Express for iPad (RAW Image Processing),

Power Source

• Batteries
  Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E19
  (LP-E19 battery supplied)
• Battery life
  Viewfinder shooting Approx. 2850 (at 20°C) ⁷
  Viewfinder shooting Approx. 2360 (at 0°C) ⁸
  Live View shooting Approx. 610 (at 20°C) ⁹
  Live View shooting Approx. 530 (at 0°C) ¹⁰
  4K movie recording Approx. 2 hr 20 mins (at 20°C) (movie Servo AF disabled)
• Battery check
  Automatic displayed in 6 levels
• Power saving
  Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 mins.
• AC Power Supply
  Power adapter AC-E19/DR-E19

Accessories

• Lenses
  All EF lenses (excludes EF-S lenses)
• Flash
  Canon Speedlites (EL-1, EL-100, 90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III, 470EX AI, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX-RT, 600EX, 600EX-II RT, Macro-Ring-Lite MR-14EX , Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT V2)
• Remote Controller / Switch
  Remote control with N3 type contact and Speedlite 600EX-II RT
• Power Supply & Battery Chargers
  Battery Pack LP-E19, Battery charger LC-E19, Power Adapter AC-E19/DR-E19
• Other
  Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E9, Eyecup Eg, Eg-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens with Rubber Frame Eg, Anti Fog Eyepiece Eg, Angle Finder C, Hand Strap E1/E2