| Type | Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash |
| Recording media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC 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. 18.00 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. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
Medium : Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304)
S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280)
S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480)
RAW : Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
M-RAW : Approx. 10.10 megapixels (3888 x 2592)
S-RAW : Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728) |
| Create/select a folder | Possible |
| Image Processing During Shooting | Picture Style | Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 - 3 |
| Basic+ | Shoot by ambience selection, Shoot by lighting or scene type |
| White balance | Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (Approx. 2500-10000K), white balance correction, and white balance bracketing possible
* 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 pentaprism |
| Coverage | Vertical/Horizontal approx. 96% (with Eye point approx. 22 mm) |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.95x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Eye point | Approx. 22 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -3.0 - +1.0 m-1 (dpt) |
| Focusing screen | Interchangeable (Two types sold separately), Ef-A provided |
| Electronic level | Horizontal level displayed up to ±9 degree in ±1 degree increments
(For horizontal shooting only) |
| Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Depth-of-field preview | Provided |
| Autofocus | Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection |
| AF points | 9 (All cross-type) |
| 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 | 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering
• Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
• Partial metering (approx. 6.5% of viewfinder at center)
• Spot metering (approx. 2.8% 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, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Program), shutterpriority AE, aperture-priority AE, manual exposure, bulb exposure |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 - 3200 set automatically
Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 - 6400 set manually (1/3-stop increments), ISO 100 - 6400 set automatically, or ISO expansion to "H" (equivalent to ISO 12800) |
| 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 |
| Shutter | Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speeds | 1/8000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Full Auto mode),
Flash X-sync at maximum 1/250 sec.
1/8000 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.: Approx. 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet)
Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view
Recycling time approx. 3 sec.
Wireless master unit function provided |
| External flash | EX-series Speedlite (Flash functions settable with the camera) |
| Flash metering | E-TTL II autoflash |
| Flash exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments |
| FE lock | Provided |
| PC terminal | None |
| Drive System | Drive modes | Single, High-speed continuous, Low-speed continuous, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2-sec. self-timer/remote control |
| Continuous shooting speed | Max. approx. 5.3 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 58 shots
RAW: Approx. 16 shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 7 shots
* Figures are based on Canon's testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and a 4GB card. |
| Live View Shooting | Aspect ratio settings | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 |
| Focusing | Live mode, Face detection Live mode (Contrast detection)
Quick mode (Phase-difference detection)
Manual focusing (Approx. 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) |
| Silent shooting | Provided (Mode 1 and 2) |
| Grid display | Two types |
| Movie Shooting | Movie compression | MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Variable (average) bit rate |
| Audio recording format | Linear PCM |
| Recording format | MOV |
| Recording size and frame rate | 1920x1080 (Full HD) : 30p/25p/24p
1280x720 (HD) : 60p/50p
640x480 (SD) : 60p/50p
Crop 640x480 (SD) : 60p/50p
* 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps |
| File size | 1920x1080 (30p/25p/24p) : Approx. 330 MB/min.
1280x720 (60p/50p) : Approx. 330 MB/min.
640x480 (60p/50p) : Approx. 165 MB/min.
Crop 640x480 (60p/50p) : Approx. 165 MB/min. |
| Focusing | Same as focusing with Live View shooting |
| Metering modes | Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor
* Automatically set by the focusing mode |
| Metering range | EV 0 - 20 (at 23℃/73℉ with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (exposure compensation possible) for movies, manual exposure |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (Still photos: ±5 stops) |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Automatically set within ISO 100 - 6400
With manual exposure, ISO 100 - 6400 set automatically/manually |
| Sound recording | Built-in monaural microphone
External stereo microphone terminal provided
Sound recording level adjustable, wind filter provided |
| Grid display | Two types |
| LCD Monitor | Type | TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor size and dots | Wide, 3.0-in. (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots |
| Coverage | Approx. 100% |
| Angle adjustment | Possible |
| Brightness adjustment | Manual (7 levels) |
| Electronic level | Horizontal level displayed in 1degree increments |
| Interface languages | 25 |
| Image Playback | Image display formats | Single image, Single image + Info (Basic info, detailed info, 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 folder, by movie, by stills, by rating |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| Slide show | All images, by date, by folder, movies, stills, or by rating
Three transition effects selectable |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT)
Built-in speaker |
| Post-Processing of Images | In-camera RAW image processing | Brightness adjustment, white balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, noise reduction at high ISO speeds, JPEG recording quality, color space, peripheral illumination correction, distortion correction, and chromatic aberration correction |
| Creative filters | Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect |
| Resize | Possible |
| Ratings | Provided |
| Direct Printing | Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compatible |
| Custom Functions | Custom Functions | 20 |
| Camera user settings | Register under Mode Dial's C |
| My Menu registration | Possible |
| Copyright information | Entry and inclusion enabled |
| Interface | Audio/video OUT/
Digital terminal | Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output
For personal computer communication and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB equivalent) |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible |
| External microphone IN terminal | 3.5mm dia. stereo mini-jack |
| Remote control terminal | For Remote Switch RS-60E3 |
| Wireless remote control | Remote Controller RC-6 |
| Power | Battery | Battery Pack LP-E6 (Quantity 1)
* AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6
* With Battery Grip BG-E9 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used |
| Battery information | Remaining capacity, Shutter count, and Recharge performance displayed |
Battery life
(Based on CIPA testing standards) | With viewfinder shooting:
Approx. 1100 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 1000 shots at 0℃/32℉
With Live View shooting:
Approx. 320 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 280 shots at 0℃/32℉ |
| Movie shooting time | Approx. 2 hours at 23℃/73℉
Approx. 1 hr. 40 min. at 0℃/32℉
(With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6) |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 144.5 x 105.8 x 78.6 mm / 5.7 x 4.2 x 3.1 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 755 g / 26.6 oz. (CIPA Guidelines),
Approx. 675 g / 23.8 oz. (Body only) |
| Operation Environment | Working temperature range | 0℃ - 40℃ / 32℉ - 104℉ |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
Battery Pack LP-E6
| Type | Rechargeable lithium-ion battery |
| Rated voltage | 7.2 V DC |
| Battery capacity | 1800 mAh |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 38.4 x 21.0 x 56.8 mm / 1.5 x 0.8 x 2.2 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 80 g / 2.8 oz. |
Battery Charger LC-E6
| Compatible battery | Battery Pack LP-E6 |
| Recharging time | Approx. 2 hr. 30 min. |
| Rated input | 100 - 240 V AC (50/60 Hz) |
| Rated output | 8.4 V DC / 1.2A |
| Working temperature range | 5℃ - 40℃ / 41℉ - 104℉ |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 69.0 x 33.0 x 93.0 mm / 2.7 x 1.3 x 3.7 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 130 g / 4.6 oz. |
Battery Charger LC-E6E
| Compatible battery | Battery Pack LP-E6 |
| Power cord length | Approx. 1 m / 3.3 ft. |
| Recharging time | Approx. 2 hours 30 min. |
| Rated input | 100 - 240 V AC (50/60 Hz) |
| Rated output | 8.4 V DC/1.2A |
| Working temperature range | 5℃ - 40℃ / 41℉ - 104℉ |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
| Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 69.0 x 33.0 x 93.0 mm / 2.7 x 1.3 x 3.7 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 125 g / 4.4 oz. (excluding power cord) |
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