| 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. 22.3 x 14.9 mm |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
* Excluding EF-M lenses
(35mm-equivalent angle of view is that of a lens with approx. 1.6x the focal length indicated.) |
| Lens mount | Canon EF mount |
| Image Sensor | Type | CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels | Approx. 18.0 megapixels |
| Aspect ratio | 3:2 |
| Dust delete feature | Dust Delete Data appending, Clean manually |
| Recording System | Recording format | Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)
RAW+JPEG Large simultaneous recording possible |
| Pixels recorded | L (Large): Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
M (Medium): Approx. 8.0 megapixels (3456 x 2304)
S1 (Small 1): Approx. 4.5 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
S2 (Small 2): Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280)
S3 (Small 3): Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480)
RAW: Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456) |
| Create/select a folder | Possible |
| File numbering | Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset |
| Image Processing During Shooting | Picture Style | Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 - 3 |
| Basic+ | Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots |
| White balance | Auto (Ambience priority), Auto (White priority), Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom White balance correction, and White balance bracketing provided
* Flash 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% (with eyepoint 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) |
| Dioptric adjustment range | 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
(for viewfinder shooting) | Type | TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection |
| AF points | 9-point (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/5.6 with center AF point) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 0 - 18 (Center AF point)
EV 1 - 18 (Other AF points)
(With One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| AF operation | One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF |
| AF-assist beam | Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash |
| Exposure Control | Metering modes | 63-zone TTL open-aperture metering
- Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
- Partial metering (approx. 10% of viewfinder at center)
- Center-weighted average metering |
| Metering brightness range | EV 1 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Shooting mode | Basic Zone modes:
Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Food, Night Portrait
Creative Zone modes:
Program AE, Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 - ISO 3200 set automatically
* Portrait: ISO 100
Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically, maximum ISO speed settable for ISO Auto, or ISO expansion to "H" (equivalent to ISO 12800) |
| 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 with evaluative metering when focus is achieved
Manual: With AE lock button |
| Shutter | Type | Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter speed | 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec. (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec. |
| Flash | Built-in flash | Retractable, auto pop-up flash
Guide No.: Approx. 9.2/30.2 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) or approx. 13/42.7 (ISO 200, in meters/feet)
Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view
Recharge time: Approx. 2 sec. |
| External flash | EX-series Speedlite |
| 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 modes | 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. 3.0 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst (Approx.) | JPEG Large/Fine: 1110 shots
RAW: 6 shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 5 shots
* Figures are based on Canon's testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using an 8 GB card. |
| Live View Shooting | Aspect ratio | 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1 |
| Focus methods | Contrast detection (FlexiZone-Single, Face detection Live mode), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode)
Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 1 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Metering mode | Real-time metering with image sensor |
| Metering brightness range | EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Grid display | Two types |
| Movie Shooting | Recording format | MOV |
| Movie: | MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
Variable (average) bit rate |
| Audio: | Linear PCM |
| Recording size and frame rate | 1920x1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p
1280x720 (HD): 60p/50p
640x480 (SD): 30p/25p
* 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.98 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps |
| Bit rate | 1920x1080 (30p/25p/24p): Approx. 46 Mbps
1280x720 (60p/50p): Approx. 46 Mbps
640x480 (30p/25p): Approx. 11 Mbps |
| Focus method | Same as focusing with Live View shooting |
| Focusing brightness range | EV 1 - 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Metering mode | Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor
* Automatically set by the focus method. |
| Metering brightness range | EV 0 - 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Autoexposure and manual exposure |
| Exposure compensation | ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | With autoexposure shooting:
ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically
With manual exposure:
ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically/manually |
| Video snapshots | Settable to 2 sec./4 sec./8 sec. |
| Sound recording | Built-in monaural microphone
Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided |
| Grid display | Two types |
| Still photo shooting | Not possible during movie shooting |
| LCD Monitor | Type | TFT color liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor size and dots | Approx. 7.5 cm (3.0 in.) (4:3) with approx. 920,000 dots |
| Brightness adjustment | Manual (7 levels) |
| Interface languages | 25 |
| Feature guide | Displayable |
| Playback | Image display format | Basic info, basic info + image quality/playback number, shooting info. display, histogram, index display (4/9) |
| Zoom magnification | Approx. 1.5x - 10x |
| Highlight alert | Overexposed highlights blink |
| Image browsing method | Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating |
| Image rotation | Possible |
| Ratings | Provided |
| Movie playback | Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI)
Built-in speaker |
| Image protect | Possible |
| Slide show | All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
Five transition effects selectable |
| Background music | Selectable for slide shows and movie playback |
| Post-Processing of Images | Creative filters | Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect |
| Resize | Possible |
| Direct Printing | Compatible printers | PictBridge-compatible printers |
| Printable images | JPEG and RAW images |
| Print ordering | DPOF Version 1.1 compatible |
| Customization Features | Custom Functions | 11 |
| My Menu registration | Possible |
| Copyright information | Entry and appending possible |
| Interface | Digital terminal | Hi-Speed USB equivalent: Computer communication, Direct printing, GPS Receiver GP-E2, Connect Station CS100 connection |
| HDMI mini OUT terminal | Type C (Auto switching of resolution) |
| Remote control terminal | For Remote Switch RS-60E3 |
| Eye-Fi card | Compatible |
| Power | Battery | Battery Pack LP-E10 (Quantity 1)
* AC power can be supplied via household power outlet accessories. |
Number of possible shots
(Based on CIPA testing standards, with 50% flash use) | With viewfinder shooting:
Approx. 500 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F),
approx. 410 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
With Live View shooting:
Approx. 180 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F),
approx. 170 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) |
| Movie shooting time | Approx. 1 hr. 15 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F)
Approx. 1 hr. 10 min. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
(with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E10) |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions (W x H x D) | Approx. 129.0 x 101.3 x 77.6 mm / 5.08 x 3.99 x 3.06 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 485 g / 17.11 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), Approx. 440 g / 15.52 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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