Body materialMagnesium alloy

Sensor• 35.8 x 23.9 mm CMOS sensor *

• Full 35 mm size frame *

• RGB Color Filter Array

• Built-in fixed low-pass filter

• 13.3 million total pixels *

• 12.8 million effective pixels *

• 3:2 aspect ratio

Image processorDIGIC II

Image sizes• 4368 x 2912 (L; 12.7 MP) *

• 3168 x 2112 (M; 6.7 MP) *

• 2496 x 1664 (S; 4.2 MP) *

File formats

• RAW (.CR2; 12-bit)

• JPEG (EXIF 2.21) - Fine / Normal 

• RAW + JPEG (separate files)

File sizes• RAW: approx. 12.9 MB

• Large / Fine: approx. 4.6 MB

• Large / Normal: approx. 2.3 MB

• Medium / Fine: approx. 2.7 MB

• Medium / Normal: approx. 1.4 MB

• Small / Fine: approx. 2.0 MB

• Small / Normal: approx. 1.0 MB

Color space• sRGB

• Adobe RGB

Lenses• Canon EF lens mount (does not support EF-S lenses) *

• No field of view crop (1.0x) *

Focusing• 9-point TTL

• 6 "Invisible Assist AF points" *

• CMOS sensor

• AF working range: -0.5 to 18 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100) *

Focus modes• AI Focus AF

• One shot AF

• AI Servo AF

• Manual focus

AF point selection• Auto

• Manual

• Home position

AF assistNo *

Metering• TTL 35 zone SPC

• Metering range: 1.0 to 20 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100, 50 mm F1.4)

Metering modes

• Evaluative 35 zone

• Partial (8% at center*)

• Spot metering (3.5% at center) *

• Center-weighted average

• Metering range: 1 - 20 EV (at 20°C, ISO 100)

AE lock• Auto: One Shot AF with evaluative metering

• Manual: AE lock button

AE bracketing• +/- 2.0 EV

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Exposure compen.• +/-2.0 EV

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

Sensitivity *

• Auto (ISO 100 - 400)

• ISO 50 (Enhanced L) *

• ISO 100

• ISO 125

• ISO 160 

• ISO 200

• ISO 250

• ISO 320 

• ISO 400

• ISO 500

• ISO 640 

• ISO 800

• ISO 1000

• ISO 1250 

• ISO 1600

• ISO 3200 (Enhanced H)

Shutter• Focal-plane shutter

• 30 - 1/8000 sec

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

• Flash X-Sync: 1/200 sec *

• Bulb

Aperture values• F1.0 - F91

• 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments 

• Actual aperture range depends on lens used

White balance• Auto (3000 - 7000 K)

• Daylight (5200 K)

• Shade (7000 K)

• Cloudy (6000 K)

• Tungsten (3200 K)

• Fluorescent (4000 K)

• Flash (6000 K)

• Custom (2000 - 10000 K)

• Kelvin (2800 - 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 1 

• User 2

• User 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, G

• B&W tone: N, S, B, P, G

Viewfinder• Eye-level pentaprism

• 96% frame coverage *

• Magnification: 0.71x *

• Eyepoint: 20 mm

• Dioptric adjustment: -3 to +1 diopter

• Precision matte screen Ee-A (removable *)

Viewfinder info• AF points

• Focus confirmation light

• Shutter speed

• Aperture

• Manual exposure

• AE Lock

• Exposure compensation amount

• AEB level

• Spot metering circle 

• Flash ready

• Red-eye reduction lamp on

• High-speed sync

• FE Lock

• Flash compensation amount

• Warnings

• Maximum burst for continuous shooting

• Buffer space

LCD monitor• 2.5" TFT LCD *

• 230,000 pixels *

• 5 brightness levels

• 10x zoom playback

Shutter release• Soft touch *

Record review• Off

• On (histogram via INFO button)

• 2 / 4 / 8 sec / Hold

Histogram• Luminance

• RGB *

Flash• No built-in flash unit *

• E-TTL II auto flash / metered manual 

• Flash compensation +/-2.0 EV in 0.3 or 0.5 EV increments

• X-Sync: 1/200 sec *

• Hot-shoe & PC Terminal

Shooting modes *

• Auto

• Program AE (P)

• Shutter priority AE (Tv)

• Aperture priority AE (Av)

• Manual (M)

• Custom

Drive modes• Single

• Continuous: 3 fps up to 60 JPEG / 17 RAW frames *

• Self-timer: 10 sec (3 sec with mirror lock-up)

Burst buffer• RAW+JPEG: 12 frames

• RAW: 17 frames

• Large/Fine JPEG: 60 frames

• Large/Normal JPEG: 150 frames

• Medium/Fine JPEG: 120 frames

• Medium/Normal JPEG: Unlimited

• Small/Fine JPEG: 200 frames

• Small/Normal JPEG: Unlimited

Direct printing• Canon Compact Photo Printers 

• Canon PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge 

• PictBridge

Orientation sensorYes

Auto rotation• On (playback uses orientation data in file header)

• Off

Playback mode• Single image

• Single image with info (inc. histogram)

• Magnified view (1.5 - 10x in 15 steps, browsable)

• 9 image index

• Image rotation

• Jump (by 10 or 100 images, by date, by folder *)

Custom functions21 custom functions with 57 settings *

Menu languages• English

• German

• French

• Dutch

• Danish

• Finnish

• Italian

• Norwegian

• Swedish

• Spanish

• Simplified Chinese

• Japanese

• Traditional Chinese

• Korean

• Russian

FirmwareUser upgradable

Portrait gripVia BG-E4 battery grip (optional) *

WirelessVia WFT-E1 (optional)

Connectivity

• USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

• Video out

• N3 type wired remote control

• PC Sync flash terminal

Storage• Compact Flash Type I or II

• Microdrive supported

• Support for cards over 2 GB (FAT32) 

• No CF card supplied

Power• Lithium-Ion BP-511A rechargeable battery (supplied & charger)

• Supports BP-511 / BP-511A / BP-512 / BP-514 

• CR2016 Lithium battery (date/time backup)

• Optional AC adapter

Dimensions152 x 113 x 75 mm (6.0 x 4.4 x 2.9 in) *

Weight (no batt)810 g (1.8 lb) *

Weight (inc. batt)895 g (2.0 lb) *