| 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)
Small : Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
RAW : Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456) |
| 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 | 63-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 - 3200 set automatically
Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 - 6400 (in whole-stop increments), ISO 100 - 6400 Auto, or ISO speed expanded to ISO 12800 |
| Exposure compensation | Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual exposure compensation)
Settable amount: ±5 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 (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 | Max. approx. 3.7 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst | JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 34 shots
RAW: Approx. 6 shots
RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 3 shots
* Figures are based on Canon's testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using a 4GB 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) |
| 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 and manual exposure |
| ISO speed | With autoexposure shooting: Automatically set within ISO 100 - 6400
With manual exposure: Manually settable within ISO 100 - 6400 (in whole-stop increments), ISO auto |
| Sound recording | Built-in monaural microphone
External stereo microphone terminal provided |
| Grid display | Two types |
| LCD Monitor | Type | TFT color liquid-crystal monitor |
| Monitor size and dots | 3.0-in. with approx. 1.04 million dots |
| Coverage | Approx. 100% |
| Brightness adjustment | Manual (7 levels) |
| Interface language | 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 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 |
| Custom Functions | Custom Functions | 12 |
| My Menu registration | Provided |
| Copyright information | Entry and inclusion possible |
| 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 Source | Battery | Battery Pack LP-E8 (Quantity 1)
* AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8
* With Battery Grip BG-E8 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used |
Battery life
(Based on CIPA testing standards) | With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 440 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 400 shots at 0℃/32℉
With Live View shooting: Approx. 180 shots at 23℃/73℉, approx. 150 shots at 0℃/32℉ |
| Dimensions and Weight | Dimensions (W x H x D) | 128.8 x 97.5 x 75.3 mm / 5.1 x 3.8 x 3.0 in. |
| Weight | Approx. 530 g / 18.7 oz. (CIPA testing standards)
Approx. 475 g / 16.8 oz. (body only) |
| Operation Environment | Working temperature range | 0℃ - 40℃ / 32℉ - 104℉ |
| Working humidity | 85% or less |
Battery Pack LP-E8