More details about the Canon EOS 5D Digital Camera:

Image Sensor:


12.8 Megapixel CMOS sensor (effective); 35.8 x 23.9mm

Number of Recording Pixels:



- Large / Fine: 4368 x 2912 pixels; approx. 4.6 MB
- Medium / Fine: 3168 x 2112 pixels; approx. 2.7 MB
- Small / Fine: 2496 x 1664 pixels; approx. 2.0 MB
- Raw 4368 x 2914 pixels; approx. 12.9 MB

Sensitivity (Equivalent film speed):


ISO 100-1600 in 1/3-stop increments; can be expanded to ISO 50 and 3200

Image Data Storage:


Compact FlashTM (CF) card Type I or Type II

Image Compression:


JPEG or RAW (12 bit)

Sound Recording:


Not Available

Lens:


Canon EF series (except EF-S), effective focal length 1X.

Shutter Type:


Electronically controlled, focal plane shutter

Shutter Speed:


1/8,000 sec. - 30 sec. (1/3-stop increments, bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.

Autofocus Type :


TTL-CT-SIR type with a CMOS sensor

Autofocus Points :


9 AF points (+ 6 Assist AF points)

Focusing Modes:


Autofocus (One-shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF) and Manual

Light Metering Method:


Evaluative, Partial, Spot, Center-weighted average metering

Metering Range:


EV1-EV20

White Balance Settings:


Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, Fluorescent, Flash, Custom and Colour Temperature

Exposure Control Modes :


Program AE, Shutter-priority AE (Tv), Aperture priority AE (Av), Full Auto, ETTL II Program Flash AE, Manual

Continuous Shooting Speed:


3 fps for up to 60 frames (at JPEG Large)

Self Timer:


Yes - 10 seconds

Flash (External):


E-TTL autoflash with EX-series Speedlite.

Optical Viewfinder:


SLR-Type eye-level with fixed pentamirror

Viewfinder Adjustment:


-3 to +1 dpt.

Viewfinder Coverage:


96% (vertically and horizontally) with respect to the effective pixels

LCD Monitor:


2.5" TFT colour, liquid crystal monitor - 230,000 pixels

File Format:


Complies to DCF file system

Interface:


Digital Terminal: USB 2.0 Hi-Speed

Video Output Terminal:


NTSC / PAL

Remote Control Terminal:


N3-type

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