Update 2: Canon has officially announced the development of the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III. Some original rumors about the camera look to be incorrect. There will not be a new battery and the top-down LCD looks to be the same. What is interesting is the new AF-ON/Smart Controller button, we have seen it in a photo we're unable to publish and the button area is a lot bigger than on previous cameras. The AF-ON/Smart Controller button is there in horizontal and vertical orientation.
Update: Almost immediately after we posted this report, we were told by an anonymous source that Canon will address the EOS-1D X Mark III very soon. Is there a development announcement coming? We have not confirmed this with any known sources yet.
A few weeks ago we reported the first rumored specifications for the upcoming Canon EOS-1D X Mark III. Since then, a few more things have trickled in about the camera.
There will be a new battery for the Canon EOS-1D X Mark III, and it will have a “new feature”.(False)- Optical viewfinder, but there will be more information available within it.
- 61 autofocus points, all cross-type with a “slightly” larger spread
Similar top-down LCD to the EOS R(False)
I'm sure more information will continue to trickle in for the next few months.
(this is pure speculation)
I just hope it has the same interchangeability as the LP-E6N. (Battery compatible with previous 1Dx series and camera can use older model batteries as well)
One of the batteries has some problems where it causes camera shut downs and even jumps from 40% to zero. Fun fact... it is NOT the cheap battery...
Also, the battery life while shooting is in my experience similar and sometimes even worse than on my 5D IV (I use both together for wedding photography).
Overall I must say I am very disapointed in the battery and reliabiliy of my 1D. The 5D feels somehow better field tested (not surprising, giving its selling numbers). Also, I never had any problem with any third party battery on my 5D.
It could be nice to get a LP-E6N adapter.
Let me help.
1) Less money is less money than more money, which leaves you with more money to spend on things that leave with you with less money.
2) Not everyone has had bad luck with third party batteries.
I wish some "real" brand name would make third party camera batteries, like Everready or similar, instead of mystery Chinese brands.
Not likely that they’re going to spend R&D resources on a completely new PDAF sensor implementation at this point.
I see a lot of people with opinion 1. I don't believe I've ever come across anyone with opinion 2.