45-Point Area Autofocus
The world's fastest AF system, covering the world's largest AF area. Forty-five AF points cover more of the picture area than any other digital SLR in the world, making focusing and composing of off-center subjects a one-step operation. It's a versatile system, allowing the photographer numerous methods to manually select an AF point, or allowing the EOS-1D to automatically select the AF point instead.

Shutter Performance
1/16,000-second shutter speed and 1/500-second X-sync. Imagine the possibilities. The new large-area, four million pixel CCD imaging sensor electronically times shutter speeds, and makes possible speeds as fast as 1/16,000th of a second. EX-series EOS Speedlites can sync to an amazing 1/500th of a second. The bladed rotary-magnet shutter is durability-tested to 150,000 exposures.

Responsiveness
Shutter release time lag of just 55 ms. No digital SLR responds faster. A highly responsive viewfinder, courtesy of Canon's original Active Mirror Control method. One of the key hurdles to faster shooting speeds is an SLR was speed the mirror could move up and down, while stopping long enough between frames for an AF system to get updated information. Blackout time between exposures is a barely perceptible 45 ms, and contributes to the sense of solid responsiveness you get using the EOS-1D.

FireWire™ Interface
IEEE1394 interface: the ideal way to move large files quickly. Direct-connection to compatible Windows or Macintosh computers is via an IEEE1394 (FireWire™) interface, giving you the best of both worlds - convenience and speed. IEEE1394 provides reliable plug-and-play operation, and is ideal for fast downloading of EOS-1D image files to the computer.

High-Speed Image Storage
With a generous buffer memory, the EOS-1D can fire up to 21 consecutive frames (at up to 8 fps) in its full-resolution, best-quality JPEG mode. That's at four million pixels per image. Even more impressively, if capturing both RAW and JPEG http://www.usa.canon.com/EOS-1D/images simultaneously, you can still fire bursts of up to 16 frames (at full resolution, of course) at up to 8 fps. A viewfinder indication is updated instantly to advise you of remaining frames in a burst.

Interline Transfer CCD
The best of both worlds: Image quality and performance. Using the 4.15 million pixel interline-transfer CCD makes true continuous 8 fps operation possible. Also, it functions as its own shutter - interline transfer CCDs can be turned on and turned off electronically with incredible precision. This is how the EOS-1D is able to shoot at shutter speeds up to 1/16,000th of a second, and perhaps even more important to professionals, sync with flash up to 1/500th of a second.

Body & Chassis
It's not all metal. It's all magnesium alloy. All body covers and most internal chassis components are constructed of magnesium alloy that minimizes weight and delivers exceptional rigidity. This alloy also serves as an effective electromagnetic shield, protecting internal mechanisms from electrical interference. Every external detail was designed with environmental resistance in mind. Coupled with a durable baked coating, the body provides extra durability to withstand the toughest shooting environments.

Weather Resistant
Built to take the worst conditions. The new EOS-1D is the most extensively protected camera in its class. Seventy-two points on the camera body are specifically gasketed and sealed to protect it even in the harshest conditions, and the NP-E3 battery pack is gasketed as well to protect the battery compartment. Even the lens mount has a protective rubber surface, which mates with rubber gaskets on certain professional EF lens.

Shutter Durability
The rotary magnet shutter virtually eliminates failure. Canon developed the rotary magnet shutter not merely to reduce problems, but to eliminate the problems altogether. A bladed rotary-magnet shutter, similar to the ones used in EOS-1v and EOS-3, is used to protect the CCD and provide timing during longer exposures; this shutter is durability-tested to 150,000 exposures.

CCD Imaging Sensor
The heart of the EOS-1D's image quality: one of the largest imaging sensors in a digital SLR*. As pixels on a digital imaging sensor become larger, they become more sensitive to light. This means less digital noise, superior highlights and shadow tonalities, and a wider range of contrast is likely. The EOS-1D's newly developed 4.48 million pixel CCD sensor (4.15 million effective pixels) is a full 28.7 x 19.1mm in size-with square pixels a full 11.5 x 11.5 microns in size.

RAW File Format
JPEG mode, or RAW mode. Decisions, decisions. In addition to three JPEG compression setting, the EOS-1D offers a proprietary RAW file mode for the finest possible image quality. RAW files from the EOS-1D have a number of quality advantages. Their data is recorded at 12-bits per pixel, which provides a wider range of tones and superior detail in bright highlights and deep shadows. When converting using the EOS-1D driver software, a variety of processing options and parameters provide incredible control over the finished file.

EF lens Compatibility
Another benefit of the large 4.15 million pixel CCD sensor in the EOS-1D is that the lens focal length factor is only 1.3x. This means more than ever, your wide-angle lenses will behave similarly to how they do on a 35mm SLR film camera, a huge benefit to photojournalists, commercial photographers, and many other professional shooters. For example, the new EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM lens behaves like a 21-45mm lens on the EOS-1D.

ISO Sensitivity
Unlike a film camera, the ISO Sensitivity can be adjusted between 100 and 3,200. EOS-1D's imaging sensor's ISO sensitivity can be altered freely from shot to shot, depending on the lighting and desires of the photographer. The EOS-1D provides a normal ISO range of 200-1,600 in 1/3-stop increments, and a Custom Function expands this range between 100 and 3,200. Entirely new is the EOS-1D's unique ISO Bracketing mode, which permits three bracketed exposures while maintaining the exact same aperture/shutter speed combination - the camera adjusts the ISO sensitivity to alter exposure!

Imaging Engine
There's more to image quality than just the imaging sensor. The data from the sensor must be processed and assembled to create a finished RGB file. The EOS-1D does this using a totally new Imaging Engine, a sophisticated chip which produces incredible color accuracy, wide tonal range and detail while minimizing the effects of digital noise. With the reduction or elimination of this noise, professional photographers have the freedom to use long exposures where necessary. On any exposure longer than 1/15th of a second, the EOS-1D automatically activates its long exposure noise reduction.

Simultaneous RAW and JPEG
The best of both worlds, and an ideal option for the fast-paced world of photojournalism. The EOS-1D can record both a RAW image, for optimum image quality and archiving purposes, and a separate full-resolution JPEG file which provides quick access and small files sizes ideal for remote transmission over phone lines. Both files are recorded on the Compact Flash card.

Color Matrix
EOS-1D Color Matrix. It's like choosing different types of color film. Since the best coloring for a particular shot depends on photographer preference as well as shooting conditions, Canon provides a unique color matrix function that lets you select different color characteristics as if you were choosing different types of film. Five settings let you choose between 4 variations of the standard sRGB color space or one setting for the expanded Adobe RGB (1998) color space. Color Matrix settings apply to both JPEG and RAW EOS-1D, but can be overridden with RAW files when using Canon's driver software.

White Balance
Nine White Balance modes, and new White Balance bracketing. All digital SLRs provide white balance control. But none to date provide the variety of options available in the EOS-1D. From totally automatic control to precise dialing-in of the kelvin color temperature, white balance is an example of the designed-in flexibility of the EOS-1D, and an example of Canon's belief that in a professional camera, decisions should be left to the professional.

New EOS-1D Driver Software
EOS-1D images can be brought into a compatible Windows or Macintosh computer. Images can be transferred using either the camera built-in 1EEE1394 connector (taking advantage of the speed of FireWire™), or by removing the CF card and inserting it into a card reader. Canon software includes an entirely new TWAIN driver (Windows) and Macintosh Plug-in Module, which have extensive capabilities including of course the ability to display JPEG and/or RAW EOS-1D images on-screen for editing or for RAW file conversion purposes.

RAW File Conversion
EOS-1D driver software provides a host of tools and controls that process RAW images files as they are converted into JPEGs or 8- or 16-bit TIF files. Brightness and contrast, white balance (including a one-step click control), tonal curves, sharpness, and even Color Matrix -the color palette used- can be adjusted by the photographer while your original digital negative, your RAW image file, remains unaltered. Processing a RAW image only creates a copy; it never alters the original file.

Processing Parameters
Even JPEG images benefit from the extensive controls in the EOS-1D's new driver software. Processing parameters permit adjustment and storage of various digital processing settings, and you can save up to three sets of these settings for different situations and apply them any time. Adjustments to the Tone Curve (contrast and gradation), Sharpness, and Subject Pattern Sharpness can be made to vary the look of RAW or JPEG images. You can also adjust the amount of JPEG compression in-camera.

Ready for the Newsroom
Thirty-four items of text data are recorded by the EOS-1D every time you fire the shutter, and all can be viewed on your computer monitor using the EOS-1D's driver software (18 of these items can also be viewed on the camera's LCD monitor). Press shooters and photojournalists will appreciate its compatibility with industry-standard IPTC data recording (19 items can be viewed using the EOS-1D driver software, and the photographer's name and date/time are automatically recorded). Finally, the EOS-1D allows sound recording - ideal for verbal note taking in the field. Sound files can be played back with the EOS-1D's driver software.

Remote Capture
Connect the EOS-1D to a compatible Windows or Macintosh computer with the IEEE 1394 cable, and Canon's Remote Capture software will allow you to shoot and save your images onto you computer's hard drive immediately as they are taken, and view them on the computer's monitor. It's a great option for various professional shooting; from studio portraits or catalog shoots to recording scientific data in the lab. Remote Capture software also includes timing controls for unmanned shooting, with intervals of up to 60 minutes between each shot possible.

Personal White Balance Settings
Three custom white balance settings can be called up and applied at any time. This is an invaluable time saver in a variety of professional applications, from newspaper photojournalism to studio shooting. Even a one-step click white balance obtained in difficult lighting can be saved and applied again whenever that lighting situation arises.

Personal Function Upload: the ultimate professional touch
Personal Functions are part of the EOS-1D's driver software, and can be installed into the camera at any time using the IEEE1394 connection to a compatible Windows or Macintosh computer. Personal Functions can be loaded into the camera, and once installed, they can be turned on and off just as the EOS-1D's built-in Custom Functions can. Twenty-four Personal Functions are available, and most match those used in the EOS-1v professional 35mm SLR. Combined with the built-in Custom Functions, the EOS-1D's Personal Functions provide professional flexibility unmatched by any other digital SLR.