Body material

Magnesium alloy

Sensor *

• 22.3 x 14.9 mm CMOS sensor 
• RGB Color Filter Array 
• Built-in fixed low-pass filter (with self-cleaning unit) 
• 19 million total pixels 
• 18 million effective pixels 
• 3:2 aspect ratio

Image processor*

Dual DIGIC 4

A/D conversion

14 bit

Image Sizes ( Still) *

RAW 
• 5184 x 3456 
• 3888 x 2592 
• 2592 x 1728 
JPEG 
• 5184 x 3456 
• 3456 x 2304 
• 2592 x 1728

Image Sizes (Movie)

1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) 
1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) 
640 x 480 (59.94, 50 fps)

File formats (Still)

• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine / Normal 
• RAW 
• M-RAW 
• S-RAW 
• RAW + JPEG 
• M-RAW + JPEG 
• S-RAW + JPEG

File formats (Movie)

MOV (Video: H.264, Sound: Linear PCM)

Lenses

• Canon EF / EF-S lens mount 
• 1.6x field of view crop

Dust reduction

• EOS integrated cleaning system with fluorine coating 
• Self-cleaning sensor unit (filter in front of sensor vibrates at high frequency at start-up and shutdown - can be disabled) 
• Dust Delete Data - Data from a test shot is used to 'map' dust spots and can be later removed using Canon DPP Software

Auto focus*

• TTL-CT-SIR CMOS sensor 
• 19 cross-type AF points (f/2.8 at centre) 
• Center point additionally sensitive with lenses of F2.8 or faster 
• AF working range: -0.5 - 18 EV (at 23°C, ISO 100)

Focus modes

• One shot AF 
• AI Servo AF 
• AI Focus AF 
• Manual focus

AF point selection

• Auto : 19 point 
• Manual : Single point/ Spot/ AF point Expansion/ Zone

AF Lock

Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button is pressed

Predictive AF

• Up to 8 m

AF assist

• Stroboscopic flash

AF microadjust

• +/- 20 steps 
• Adjust all lenses by same amount/individually adjust up to 20 lenses

Metering*

• TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone Dual Layer SPC 
• Metering range: EV 1 - 20 EV

Metering modes*

• Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) 
• Partial (9.4% at center) 
• Spot metering (approx. 2.3% at center) 
• Center-weighted average

AE lock

• Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering 
• Manual: AE lock button

Exposure compensation*

• +/-5.0 EV 
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Exposure bracketing

• +/- 3.0 EV 
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Sensitivity *

• Auto ISO (100-3200) 
• ISO 100-6400 in 0.3 or 1.0 EV increments 
• H (12800) expansion

Shutter

• Focal-plane shutter 
• 30 - 1/8000 sec 
• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments 
• Flash X-Sync: 1/250 sec 
• Bulb

Aperture values

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments 
• Actual aperture range depends on lens used

White balance

• Auto 
• Daylight 
• Shade 
• Cloudy 
• Tungsten 
• White Fluorescent light 
• Flash 
• Custom 
• Kelvin (2500 - 10000 K in 100 K steps)

WB bracketing

• +/-3 levels 
• 3 images 
• Blue / Amber or Magenta / Green bias

WB shift

• Blue (-9) To Amber (+9) 
• Magenta (-9) to Green (+9)

Picture style

• Standard 
• Portrait 
• Landscape 
• Neutral 
• Faithful 
• Monochrome 
• User def. 1 
• User def. 2 
• User def. 3

Custom image parameters

• Sharpness: 0 to 7 
• Contrast: -4 to +4 
• Saturation: -4 to +4 
• Color tone: -4 to +4 
• B&W filter: N, Ye, Or, R, Gvan 
• B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G

Image processing

• Highlight tone priority 
• Auto lighting optimizer (4 settings) 
• Long exposure noise reduction 
• High ISO noise reduction (4 settings) 
• Auto correction of lens peripheral illumination (vignetting)

Color space

• sRGB 
• Adobe RGB

Viewfinder *

• Eye-level pentaprism 
• 100% frame coverage 
• Approx. 1.0x maginification 
• Eyepoint: 22 mm 
• Fixed screen (Transmissive LCD screen) 
• Dioptric adjustment: -3.0 to +1.0 diopter

Mirror

• Quick-return half mirror (transmission:reflection ratio 40:60) 
• Mirror lock-up (once or multiple exposures)

Viewfinder info *

• AF points 
• Focus confirmation light 
• Shutter speed 
• Aperture value 
• ISO speed (always displayed) 
• AE lock 
• Exposure level/compensation 
• Spot metering circle 
• Exposure warning 
• AEB. 
• Flash ready 
• High-speed sync 
• FE lock 
• Flash exposure compensation 
• Red-eye reduction light 
• White balance correction 
• CF card information 
• Monochrome shooting 
• Maximum burst (2 digit display) 
• Highlight tone priority (D+) 
• Grid 
• Dual Axis Electronic level

LCD monitor

• 3.0 " TFT LCD 
• 920,000 pixels 
• 100% coverage 
• 160 ° viewing angle 
• Coating : Anti-reflection and Solid Structure

LCD Live view

• Live TTL display of scene from CMOS image sensor 
• 100% frame coverage 
• 30 fps frame rate 
• Real-time evaluative metering using CMOS image sensor 
• Best view or exposure simulation 
• Silent mode 
• Grid optional (x2) 
• Magnify optional (5x or 10x at AF point) 
• Three AF modes - Live mode/Quick mode/Face Detection 
• Histogram 
• Remote live view using EOS Utility 2.0 (via USB or WiFi/Ethernet using WFT)

Record review

• Off 
• On (histogram via INFO button) 
• Display mode same as last used Play mode

Playback modes

1. Single image with exposure, file number, storage slot 
2. As 1 but also image count and quality 
3. Detailed exposure information, thumbnail and luminance histogram 
4. Less detailed exposure info., thumbnail, luminance and RGB histograms

Playback features

• Optional blinking highlight alert 
• Optional AF point display 
• Magnified view (up to 1.5x - 10x) 
• 2x2 or 3x3 thumbnail index 
• Delete / Protect

Flash*

• Auto pop-up E-TTL II auto flash 
• FOV coverage up to15 mm (27 mm equiv.) 
• Guide number approx 12 m (ISO 100) 
• Cycle time approx. 3 sec 
• Flash compensation +/-3.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments 
• X-Sync: 1/250 sec

External flash

• E-TTL II auto flash with EX-series Speedlites 
• Wireless multi-flash support 
• PC Sync

Shooting modes*

• Auto 
• Creative auto 
• Program AE (P) 
• Shutter priority AE (Tv) 
• Aperture priority AE (Av) 
• Manual (M) Stills and Movie 
• Custom settings 1 
• Custom settings 2 
• Custom settings 3

Drive modes

• Single 
• High-speed continuous 
• Low-speed continuous 
• Self-timer: 2sec + remote, 10sec + remote

Burst buffer *

Approx. 8 fps (speed maintained for up to 126 JPEGs (with UDMA card), 15 images (RAW))

Orientation sensor

Yes

Auto rotation

• On (recorded and LCD display) 
• On (recorded only) 
• Off

Custom functions*

27 Custom Fubctions with 70 settings

Menu languages

• English 
• German 
• French 
• Dutch 
• Danish 
• Portuguese 
• Finnish 
• Italian 
• Norwegian 
• Swedish 
• Spanish 
• Greek 
• Russian 
• Polish 
• Czech 
• Hungarian 
• Romanian 
• Ukrainian 
• Turkish 
• Arabic 
• Thai 
• Simplified Chinese 
• Traditional Chinese 
• Korean 
• Japanese

Firmware

User upgradable

Portrait grip

• Optional BG-E7 Battery Grip 
• Optional WFT-E5 Wireless File Transfer Grip

Connectivity

• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed 
• Video output (PAL/ NTSC) 
• HDMI connector 
• N3 type wired remote control 
• PC Sync flash terminal 
• External microphone (Stereo mini jack) 
• Communication terminal on base for WFT-E5

Storage

• Compact Flash Type I or II 
• Supports UDMA and Microdrive cards 
• External storage via optional WFT-E5

Power

• Lithium-Ion LP-E6 rechargeable battery (supplied & charger) 
• CR1616 Lithium battery (date/time backup) 
• Optional AC adapter

Wireless connectivity 
(optional WFT-E5)

• Mounts on base of camera and also acts as vertical grip 
• Has its own BP-511A battery 
• Wireless 802.11b / 802.11g 
• Wireless security: WEP, TKIP/AES, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK 
• Wireless methods: Infrastructure or Ad Hoc 
• Wired ethernet (100 Base-TX) 
• Transfer: FTP, PTP (remote control by computer), HTTP (view / remote fire) 
• USB host capable: External hard drives, flash drives 
• USB comms: GPS devices (records coordinates and altitude in image header)

Dimensions

148 x 111 x 74 mm (5.8 x 4.3 x 2.8 in)

Weight *

• No battery: 820 g (1.8 lb)