Canon EOS 5D specifications
| List price (body only) |
US: $3,299 [check/order] EU: €3,699 (inc VAT) UK: £2,539 (inc VAT) |
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| Body material | Magnesium 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 processor | DIGIC 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) |
| 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 assist | No * |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 sensor | Yes |
| 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 functions | 21 custom functions with 57 settings * |
| Menu languages | • English • German • French • Dutch • Danish • Finnish • Italian • Norwegian • Swedish • Spanish • Simplified Chinese • Japanese • Traditional Chinese • Korean • Russian |
| Firmware | User upgradable |
| Portrait grip | Via BG-E4 battery grip (optional) * |
| Wireless | Via WFT-E1 (optional) |
| Connectivity | • USB 2.0 Hi-Speed |
| 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 |
| Dimensions | 152 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) * |
* New or changed compared to the EOS 20D
