Canon 1Ds MKIII First Impressions

Important Note:
The camera used to take these photographs is a pre-production sample.No determinations should be made about final production camera image qualityfrom either these images or my commentary.
Photo by Brian Murphree
Bill Atkinson, Charlie Cramer and Michael Reichmannin front of The Luminous Landscape Gallery in Toronto
Bill Atkinson and Charlie Cramer came up to Toronto from California in mid-October to teach aworkshopatThe Luminous Landscape Gallery. By coincidence, the day before they arrived I received Canon's new 1Ds MKIII for testing, and the following morning we left for a three day shoot in Algonquin Park prior to their workshop.
This page contains a selection photographs taken with the 1Ds MKIII as well as some initial observations about the camera. I used both the Canon 70-200mm F/2.8L IS and 28-70mm f/2.8L lenses. None of these shots was taken with an eye to testing any particular aspect of image quality or performance. They were simply taken for their own sakes...