| Type | |
| Type | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash |
| Recording media | SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card
* Compatible with UHS-I |
| Image sensor size | Approx. 22.3 x 14.9mm |
| Compatible lenses | Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses)
* Excluding EF-M 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 (DCF) 2.0 |
| Image type | JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original)
RAW+JPEG Large simultaneous recording possible |
| Recording pixels | L (Large): | Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456) |
| M (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) |
| 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, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided
* Flash colour temperature information transmission enabled |
| Noise reduction | Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots |
| Auto image brightness correction | Auto Lighting Optimizer |
| Highlight tone priority | Provided |
| Lens peripheral illumination correction | Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction |
| Viewfinder | |
| Type | Eye-level pentamirror |
| Coverage | Vertical / Horizontal approx. 95% (with Eye point approx. 19mm) |
| Magnification | Approx. 0.85x (-1m-¹ with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Eyepoint | Approx. 19mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1m-¹) |
| Built-in dioptric adjustment | Approx. -3.0 - +1.0m-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 | Nine cross-type AF points (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/2.8 with center AF point) |
| Focusing brightness range | EV -0.5 - 18 (center AF point, at 23°C / 73°F, 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 full-aperture metering
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)
(3) Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)
(4) Center-weighted average metering |
| Metering brightness range | EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C / 73°F with EF50mm f/1.8 II lens, ISO 100) |
| Exposure control | Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Special scene (Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure |
ISO speed
(Recommended exposure index) | Basic Zone modes*: | ISO 100 - ISO 6400 set automatically
*Portrait: ISO 100,
Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 - ISO 12800 set automatically |
| Creative zone modes: | ISO 100 - ISO 12800 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 25600) |
| 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 speeds | 1/4000sec. to 30secs. (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200sec. |
| 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. 3secs. |
| Wireless master function provided |
| 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-secs. or 2-secs. delay and 10-secs. delay with continuous shooting |
| Continuous shooting speed | Max. approx. 5.0 shots/sec. |
| Max. burst (Approx.): | JPEG Large / Fine: | 22 (30) shots |
| RAW: |
