| 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 | Approx. 22.0 x 14.7mm |
| 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. 12.20 megapixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
| Dust delete function | Manual, Dust Delete Data appended |
| Recording system | Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)
RAW+JPEG Large simultaneous recording possible |
| Recorded pixels | L (Large) : Approx. 12.20 megapixels (4272 x 2848)
M (Medium) : Approx. 6.30 megapixels (3088 x 2056)
S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 3.40 megapixels (2256 x 1504)
S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280)
S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480)
RAW : Approx. 12.20 megapixels (4272 x 2848) |
| Create/select a folder | Possible |
| Image Processing | 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
White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided
* Flash color temperature information communication provided |
| 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% (with Eye point approx. 21 mm) |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.8x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Eye point | Approx. 21 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -2.5 - +0.5 m-1 (dpt) |
| Focusing screen | Fixed, Precision Matte |
| Mirror | Quick-return type |
| Depth-of-field preview | Enabled with Custom Function setting |
| Autofocus | Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection |
| AF points | 9 AF points |
| Metering range | EV 0 - 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. 10% 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), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, manual exposure, automatic depth-of-field AE |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 - 3200 set automatically
Creative Zone modes: Set manually within ISO 100 - 6400
(whole-stop increments), set automatically within ISO 100 - 6400, maximum ISO speed settable with ISO Auto |
| Exposure compensation | Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
AEB: ±2 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 | 1/4000 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.: approx. 9.2/30 (at ISO 100 in meters/feet) or approx. 13/43 (at ISO 200 in meters/feet)
Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view
Recycling time approx. 2 sec. |
| External flash | EX-series Speedlite (Flash 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 | JPEG: Max. approx. 3.0 fps
RAW: Max. approx. 2.0 fps
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 0.8 fps (averaged value)
* With RAW+JPEG Large/Fine, the continuous shooting speed will be slower after the third shot.
* Based on Canon's standard 4GB card |
| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 830 shots
RAW: Approx. 5 shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 1 shot
* With RAW+JPEG Large/Fine, "busy" will be displayed. Continuous shooting at approx. 0.8 fps (averaged value) is possible.
* Based on Canon's standard 4GB card and Canon's testing conditions (with ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style). |
