Canon 1D Mark III Sports Settings

Here are the settings I use on my Mark III. (For settings I use for the Mark IV, click here.) I use these setting for all of the sports I shot and have had great success. I typically only shoot RAW, but when I do shoot jpg, I'll adjust the sharpness as noted here:

(Very Important) First thing I do is set up User Def 1, set internal sharpening to one click under max, then use User Def 1. Then set to sRGB.



I-Exposure
1-0
2-0
3-Disabled
4-0
5-0
6-0
7-0
8-0
9-Disable
10-Disable

11-0
12-Disable
13-Disable
14-Disable
15-0

II-Image/Flash exp/Disp
1-0
2-0
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0
7-0
8-0
9-0

III-Autofocus/Drive
1-0
2-one click above Slow, this is so any object that may move into your frame is slower to change focus other than the athlete you are on.
3-0
4-0
5-1 (Very Important) You are already focusing with your thumb, you do not want your camera to continue to search for focus.
6-0
7-0
8-0
9-3
10-0
11-0
12-0
13-1
14-1
15-0
16-Disable
17- Disable

IV-Operations/Other
1-3
2-0
3-0
4-0
5-0
6-0
7-0
8-0
9-0
10-0
11-0
12- Disable
13-Disable
14-0
15-0
16-0