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According to NI, Dell has told at least one customer that it would not lease a Canon 1Ds Mark III to them (even though they had two in stock), because they are at the end of its product life cycle.
They would however lease the Canon 1D Mark III.
As NI points out, the expectation for a while has been that the 1D Mark III would be replaced first (as a response to the Nikon D3 combined with recent rumors of an 'N' version), so the 1Ds being replaced first would be a surprise to a lot of people.
That said, in terms of image quality, the Canon 5D Mark II does in some ways obsolete the 1Ds Mark III (unless you are going to take it anywhere damp/humid - see Canon 5D Mark II Problems).
Either way, this is an interesting piece of information.
Source: NI on 2/13/2009.
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