We covered the Canon 1D X Mark III when it was first announced, but Canon USA has now released two incredibly detailed white papers outlining the still and video capabilities of the 1D X Mark III. And the details within? Equally incredible. Let’s see what we can learn! Canon 1D X Mark III – Top Line Takeaways To start with, the sensor itself is similar to the sensor on the 1D X Mark II. However, as I understand it, the processor and the storage media are the major upgrades. The new Digic X processor is roughly 3x faster than the dual Digic 6+ processors seen in the 1D X Mark II, allowing for higher resolutions and frame rates, obviously RAW video, noise and sharpness processing, battery life, and more horsepower dedicated to the new AF modes. Independent of any sensor upgrades, this should noticeably improve performance across all modes. In the video whitepaper, it also becomes clear that Canon intends to make the most of its two CFExpress slots. The Canon 1D X Mark III can record 5.5K RAW video, it can record oversampled, uncropped 4K 10-bit 4:2:2 video, or it can record BOTH, one to each card slot at up to 60fps. Canon Log, and WTF is an “OETF”? One of the big acronyms repeated over and over in this paper is OETF. It stands for “OptoElectric Transfer Function,” and is the very technical way of describing the systems and equations that convert light into an image. In whatever...
Published By: CineD - Friday, 17 January, 2020