| Type | Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash |
| Recording media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card |
| Image sensor size | 22.3 x 14.9 mm |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
(35mm-equivalent focal length is approx.1.6 times the lens focal length) |
| Lens mount | Canon EF mount |
| Image Sensor | Type | CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 15.10 megapixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
| Dust delete feature | Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending |
| Recording System | Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)
RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible |
| Recorded pixels | Large : Approx. 15.10 megapixels (4752 x 3168)
Medium : Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304)
Small : Approx. 3.70 megapixels (2352 x 1568)
RAW : Approx. 15.10 megapixels (4752 x 3168) |
| Image Processing | Picture Style | Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful,Monochrome, User Def. 1 - 3 |
| White balance | Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom
White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided
* Color temperature information transmission enabled |
| Noise reduction | Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots |
| Automatic image brightness correction | Auto Lighting Optimizer |
| Highlight tone priority | Provided |
| Lens peripheral illumination correction | Provided |
| Viewfinder | Type | Eye-level pentamirror |
| Coverage | Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95% |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.87x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Eye point | Approx. 19 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | -3.0 - +1.0 m-1 (dpt) |
| Focusing screen | Fixed, Precision Matte |
| Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided |
| Autofocus | Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection |
| AF points | 9 AF points |
| Metering range | EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23℃/73℉, ISO 100) |
| Focus modes | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) |
| AF-assist beam | Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash |
| Exposure Control | Metering modes | 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering
- Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)
- Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
- Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)
- Center-weighted average metering |
| Metering range | EV 1 - 20 (at 23℃/73℉ with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, manual exposure |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 - 1600 set automatically
Creative Zone modes : ISO 100 - 3200 (in 1/3-stop increments), Auto, or ISO speed can be expanded to ISO 6400 or ISO 12800 |
| Exposure compensation | Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual exposure compensation)
Settable amount : ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments |
| AE lock | Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual : By AE lock button |
| Shutter | Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speeds | 1/4000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Full Auto mode), X-sync at 1/200 sec.
1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.) |
| Flash | Built-in flash | Retractable, auto pop-up flash
Guide No. : 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet)
Flash coverage : 17mm lens angle of view
Recycling time approx. 3 sec. |
| External flash | EX-series Speedlite (Functions settable with the camera) |
| Flash metering | E-TTL II autoflash |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments |
| FE lock | Provided |
| PC terminal | None |
| Drive System | Drive mode | Single shooting, continuous shooting, self-timer with 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting |
| Continuous shooting speed | Max. approx. 3.4 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine : Approx. 170 shots
RAW : Approx. 9 shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine : Approx. 4 shots
* Figures are based on Canon's testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using a 2GB card. |
| Live View Shooting | Focusing | Live mode, Face detection Live mode (Contrast detection)
Quick mode (Phase-difference detection)
Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible) |
| Metering modes | Evaluative metering with the image sensor |
| Metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at 23℃/73℉ with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Movie Shooting | Movie type | MOV (Video: H.264, Audio: Linear PCM) |
| Recording size/Frame rate | 1920x1080 / 20 fps (Full HD), 1280x720 / 30 fps (HD), 640x480 / 30 fps (SD) |
| File size | 1920x1080: Approx. 330 MB/min., 1280x720: Approx. 222 MB/min., 640x480: Approx. 165 MB/min. |
| Focusing | Same as focusing with Live View shooting |
| Metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at 23℃/73℉ with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Continuous shooting time | Approx. 1 hr. 10 min. at 23℃/73℉
Approx. 1 hr. at 0℃/32℉
(With fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E5) |
| LCD Monitor | Type | TFT color liquid-crystal monitor (Brightness adjustable to 7 levels) |
| Monitor size and dots | 3-in. with approx. 920,000 dots (VGA) |
| Coverage | Approx. 100% |
| Interface languages | 25 |
| Image Playback | Image display formats | Single, Single + Info (Image-recording quality, shooting information, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible |
| Zoom magnification | Approx. 1.5x - 10x |
| Image browsing methods | Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by movie, by stills |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT)
Built-in speaker |
| Direct Printing | Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compatible |
| Customization | Custom Functions | 13 |
| My Menu registration | Provided |
| Interface | Digital terminal | For computer communication and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB)
For video/audio output (NTSC/PAL selectable) |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution) |
| Remote control terminal | For Remote Switch RS-60E3 |
| Wireless remote control | Compatible with Remote Controller RC-1/RC-5 |
| Power Source | Battery | Battery Pack LP-E5 (Quantity 1)
* AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E5
* With Battery Grip BG-E5 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used |
Battery life
(Based on CIPA testing standards) | With viewfinder shooting : Approx. 400 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 380 shots at 0℃/32℉
With Live View shooting : Approx. 170 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 160 shots at 0℃/32℉ |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions (W x H x D) | 128.8 x 97.5 x 61.9 mm / 5.1 x 3.8 x 2.4 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 480 g / 16.9 oz. (body only) |
| Operation Environment | Working temperature range | 0℃ - 40℃ / 32℉ - 104℉ |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
Battery Pack LP-E5