The photography blogsphere is buzzing with rumors that Canon has a prototype of a 1Ds Mark III being tested by a select handful of photographers. Annie Leibowitz is said to be one the lucky ones. Should this be true, the 1Ds Mark III might have a 22-megapixel resolution, a substantial increase over the 17.2-megapixel EOS-1Ds Mark II, and could deliver these extra pixels in a body that's half the size of its large, heavy predecessor.
Rumor or not, we will not know anything definite for 8 months, since the camera will not get announced until PhotoPlus Expo in October 2007.
Do I personally care? No. I think that if such a camera was to be for real, it would be better suited to studio and commercial photographers than to travel or editorial photographers...and if so, I can't wait to see what its street price will be: $8000-9000?
