| Type | Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF / AE camera |
| Recording media | CF cards (Type I, UDMA 7 supported)
SD/SDHC*/SDXC* memory cards
* UHS-I cards compatible. |
| Image sensor size | Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses
* Excluding EF-S and EF-M lenses
(35mm-equivalent lens focal length is as indicated on the lens) |
| Lens mount | Canon EF mount |
| Image Sensor | Type | CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 50.6 megapixels
* Rounded off to the nearest 10,000th. |
| Aspect ratio | 3 : 2 |
| Dust delete feature | Auto / Manual, Appending Dust Delete Data |
| Recording System | Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original),
RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible |
Pixels recorded
(With full-frame) | L (Large) : Approx. 50.3 megapixels (8688 x 5792)
M1 (Medium 1) : Approx. 39.3 megapixels (7680 x 5120)
M2 (Medium 2) : Approx. 22.1 megapixels (5760 x 3840)
S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 12.4 megapixels (4320 x 2880)
S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280)
S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 0.35 megapixels (720 x 480)
RAW : Approx. 50.3 megapixels (8688 x 5792)
M-RAW : Approx. 28.0 megapixels (6480 x 4320)
S-RAW : Approx. 12.4 megapixels (4320 x 2880) |
| Crop / aspect ratio | Crop shooting and shooting with the set aspect ratio possible.
Full-frame / Approx. 1.3x (crop) / Approx. 1.6x (crop) / 1:1 (aspect ratio) / 4:3 (aspect ratio) / 16:9 (aspect ratio) |
| Recording function | Standard, Auto switch card, Record separately, Record to multiple |
| Create/select a folder | Possible |
| File name | Preset code / User setting 1 / User setting 2 |
| File numbering | Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset |
| Image Processing During Shooting | Picture Style | Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1 - 3 |
| White balance | Auto (Ambience priority), Auto (White priority), Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (approx. 2500-10000 K), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing provided
* Flash color temperature information transmission possible |
| Noise reduction | Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots |
| Automatic image brightness correction | Auto Lighting Optimizer provided |
| Highlight tone priority | Provided |
| Lens aberration correction | Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction |
| Viewfinder | Type | Eye-level pentaprism |
| Coverage | Vertical / Horizontal approx. 100% (with Eye point approx. 21 mm, full-frame) |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.71x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Eye point | Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -3.0 - +1.0 m-1(dpt) |
| Focusing screen | Fixed |
| Grid display | Provided |
| Electronic level | Provided |
| Function setting display | Battery, White balance, Drive mode, AF operation, Metering mode, Image quality: JPEG/RAW, Flicker detection, Warning symbol ! |
| Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided |
| Autofocus | Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor |
| AF points | 61 (Cross-type AF point: Max. 41 points)
* Number of available AF points, cross-type points, and Dual cross-type points vary depending on the lens.
* Dual cross-type focusing at f/2.8 with 5 AF points vertically aligned at the center.
(AF group: When Group A lenses are used) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV -2 - 18 (Conditions: f/2.8-sensitive center AF point, One-Shot AF, room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Focus operation | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) |
| AF area selection mode | Single-point Spot AF (manual selection), Single-point AF (manual selection), AF point expansion (manual selection: up, down, left, and right), AF point expansion (manual selection: surround), Zone AF (manual selection of zone), 61-point automatic selection AF |
| AF point automatic selection conditions | Based on EOS iTR AF setting (Enables AF incorporating human face/color information)
* iTR: Intelligent Tracking and Recognition |
| AF Configuration Tool | Case 1 - 6 |
AI Servo AF
characteristics | Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking, AF point auto switching |
| AF Custom Functions | 16 functions |
| AF fine adjustment | AF Microadjustment (All lenses by the same amount, Adjust by lens) |
| AF-assist beam | Emitted by the EOS-dedicated external Speedlite |
| Exposure Control | Metering mode | Approx. 150,000-pixel RGB+IR metering sensor and 252-zone TTL metering at max. aperture
EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis) system
•Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
•Partial metering (approx. 6.1% of viewfinder at center)
•Spot metering (approx. 1.3% of viewfinder at center)
•Center-weighted average metering |
| Brightness metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Program), Shutterpriority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure |
| ISO speed (Recommended exposure index) | Scene Intelligent Auto : ISO 100 - ISO 3200 set automatically
P, Tv, Av, M, B : Auto ISO, ISO 100 - ISO 6400 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to L (equivalent to ISO 50) or H (equivalent to ISO 12800) |
| ISO speed settings | ISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable |
| Exposure compensation | Manual : ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AEB : ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with manual exposure compensation) |
| AE lock | Auto : Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual : By AE lock button |
| Anti-flicker | Possible |
| Interval timer | Shooting interval and shot count settable |
| Bulb timer | Bulb exposure time settable |
| HDR Shooting | Dynamic range adjustment | Auto, ±1, ±2, ±3 |
| Effects | Natural, Art standard, Art vivid, Art bold, Art embossed |
| Auto image align | Provided |
| Multiple Exposures | Shooting method Number of multiple | Function / control priority, Continuous shooting priority |
| exposures | 2 to 9 exposures |
| Multiple-exposure control | Additive, Average, Bright, Dark |
| Shutter | Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed | 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec. |
| Drive System | Drive mode | Single shooting, High-speed continuous shooting, Lowspeed continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2-sec. self-timer / remote control |
| Continuous shooting speed | High-speed continuous shooting : Max. approx. 5.0 shots/sec.
Low-speed continuous shooting : Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.
Silent continuous shooting : Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst (With full-frame) | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 31 shots (approx. 510 shots)
RAW : Approx. 12 shots (approx. 14 shots)
RAW+JPEG Large / Fine : Approx. 12 shots (approx. 12 shots)
* Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and an 8 GB CF card.
* Figures in parentheses apply to an UDMA mode 7, with a CF card based on Canon’s testing standards. |
| External Speedlite | Compatible Speedlites | EX-series Speedlites |
| Flash metering | E-TTL II autoflash |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments |
| FE lock | Provided |
| PC terminal | Provided |
| Flash control | Flash function settings, Flash C.Fn settings |
| Live View Shooting | Focus method | Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Single)
Manual focus (approx. 6x and 16x magnified view possible for focus check) |
| Continuous AF | Provided |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 0 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Metering mode | Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 6.4% of Live View screen), Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering |
| Brightness metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Silent shooting | Provided (Mode 1 and 2) |
| Grid display | 3 types |
| Movie Shooting | Recording format | MOV |
| Movie | MPEG-4 AVC / H.264
Variable (average) bit rate |
| Audio | Linear PCM |
| Recording size and frame rate | Full HD (1920x1080) : 29.97p/25.00p/23.98p
HD (1280x720) : 59.94p/50.00p
VGA (640x480) : 29.97p/25.00p |
| Compression method | ALL-I (For editing/I-only), IPB (Standard) |
| File size | Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/ALL-I : Approx. 654 MB/min.
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 225 MB/min.
HD (59.94p/50.00p)/ALL-I : Approx. 583 MB/min.
HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 196 MB/min.
VGA (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 78 MB/min. |
Card requirements
(Writing/reading speed) | [CF card]
ALL-I: 30 MB/sec. or faster, IPB: 10 MB/sec. or faster
[SD card]
ALL-I: 20 MB/sec. or faster, IPB: 6 MB/sec. or faster |
| Focus method | Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Single)
Manual focus (approx. 6x and 16x magnified view possible for focus check) |
| Movie servo AF | Possible |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 0 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Metering mode | Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor
* Automatically set by the focus method. |
| Brightness metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Autoexposure shooting (Program AE for movie shooting), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments |
| ISO speed (Recommended exposure index) | Scene Intelligent Auto, Tv : Automatically set within ISO 100 - ISO 6400
P, Av, B : Automatically set within ISO 100 - ISO 6400, expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800)
M : Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 - ISO 6400), ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800) |
| Time code | Supported |
| Drop frames | Compatible with 59.94p / 29.97p |
| Sound recording | Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided
Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided |
| Grid display | 3 types |
| Time-lapse movie | Shooting interval and number of shots settable
Required shooting time period, playback length, and remaining card capacity viewable |
| Still photo shooting | Possible |
| LCD Monitor | Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor size and dots | Wide 8.1 cm (3.2-in) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots |
| Brightness adjustment | Auto (Dark, Standard, Bright), Manual (7 levels) |
| Electronic level | Provided |
| Interface languages | 25 |
| Help display | Possible |
| Playback | Image display format | Single-image display (without shooting information), Single-image display (with simple information), Singleimage display (Shooting information displayed : Detailed information, Lens / histogram, White balance, Picture Style 1, Picture Style 2, Color space/noise reduction, Lens aberration correction), Index display (4/9/36/100 images), Two-image display |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| AF point display | Provided |
| Grid display | 3 types |
| Magnified view | Approx. 1.5x-16x, initial magnification and position settable |
| Image browsing method | Single image, Jump by 10 or 100 images, By shooting date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating |
| Image rotation | Provided |
| Rating | Provided |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI)
Built-in speaker |
| Slide show | All images, By date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating |
| Image protection | Possible |
| Copying images | Possible |
| Post-Processing of Images | In-camera RAW image processing | Brightness correction, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, High ISO speed noise reduction, JPEG image-recording quality, Color space, Peripheral illumination correction, Distortion correction, Chromatic aberration correction |
| Resize | Provided |
| Cropping | Provided |
| Direct Printing | Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compliant |
| Image Transfer | Transferrable files | Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies |
| Custom Functions | Custom Functions | 16 |
| Custom Quick Control | Provided |
| My Menu | Up to 5 screens can be registered |
| Custom shooting mode | Register under Mode Dial's C1, C2, or C3 |
| Copyright information | Text entry and inclusion enabled |
| Interface | DIGITAL terminal | SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0)
Computer communication, direct printing, Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 (Ver. 2), GPS Receiver GP-E2, Connect Station CS100 connection |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible |
| External microphone IN terminal | 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack |
| Remote control terminal | For N3-type remote control units |
| Wireless remote control | Compatible with Remote Controller RC-6 |
| Eye-Fi card | Supported |
| Power | Battery | Battery Pack LP-E6N/LP-E6, quantity 1
* AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6.
* With Battery Grip BG-E11 attached, AA/R6 batteries can be used. |
| Battery information | Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible |
| Number of possible shots | With viewfinder shooting : Approx. 700 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 660 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
With Live View shooting : Approx. 220 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 210 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
* With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6N. |
| Movie shooting time | Total approx. 1 hr. 30 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F)
Total approx. 1 hr. 25 min. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
*With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6N. |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 152.0 x 116.4 x 76.4 mm / 5.98 x 4.58 x 3.01 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 930 g / 32.80 oz. (Based on CIPA Guidelines)
Approx. 845 g / 29.80 oz. (Body only) |
| Operation Environment | Working temperature range | 0°C - 40°C / 32°F - 104°F |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
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