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Features
Supplied Software
Specifications

Features

Body Only: This package includes the camera body only and does not include a lens.

Recording Media: The EOS 5D records images on a Type I or Type II CompactFlash Card.

Note: A CompactFlash Card is not supplied with the camera.

Image Recording Format: The camera records still images in JPEG and RAW formats.

Viewfinder: The EOS 5D uses an eye-level pentaprism viewfinder with a dioptric adjustment knob. By adjusting the diopter to suit your eyesight (with or without eyeglasses), the viewfinder image will look clearer. During self-timer or remote switch (optional) operation when your eye does not cover the viewfinder eyepiece, stray light may enter the eyepiece and affect the exposure when the image is captured. To prevent this, you can use the eyepiece cover to cover the eyepiece.

LCD Monitor: The 2.5" color LCD monitor on the back of the camera enables you to review and select recorded images and adjust various menu settings. The LCD monitor cannot be used as a viewfinder to shoot.

12.8 Megapixel full-frame CMOS Sensor: The EOS 5D's full-frame CMOS sensor records 4,368 x 2,912 pixels (12.8 Megapixels). The same size as a 35mm image on a traditional camera, the sensor operates without a conversion factor. This new CMOS sensor provides smooth, high-resolution images similar to the EOS-1Ds Mark II but in a more compact body. Two automatic noise reduction features maximize the effectiveness of the EOS 5D's on-chip noise reduction. Noise reduction can be activated when noise is detected or it will simply come into play on any exposure of 1 second or longer.

DIGIC II Image Processor: The EOS 5D's new 12.8 Megapixel sensor is driven by the revolutionary DIGIC II Image Processor for unprecedented performance and image quality. Thanks to the DIGIC II Image Processor, the EOS 5D is capable of shooting up to 3 frames-per-second for up to 60 JPEG or 17 RAW images. The information captured by the sensor is processed and assembled into images of exceptional clarity and resolution. You can expect precise, natural colors, spot-on white balance and speed in any number of lighting situations. By handling larger volumes of image data, the DIGIC II Image Processor also contributes to lower power consumption.

Image Resolution/Compression: You can choose from the following resolutions: Large (4368 x 2912 pixels), Medium (3168 x 2112 pixels), and Small (2496 x 1664 pixels). For each resolution, you can set the compression to Fine or Normal.

RAW File Format: The RAW file format records the image data as captured by the camera CMOS sensor without further processing. RAW images are compressed, but the compression is reversible so that a high-quality image can be obtained from the decompressed file without any loss of image quality.  Whenever you use the EOS 5D, you can choose to have it record RAW files or JPEG files alone, or you can record RAW files and a JPEG files simultaneously.

Shooting Modes: The EOS 5D offers the following shooting modes:

• Full Auto: the camera automatically selects the settings

• Program AE: this is a general-purpose shooting mode. The camera automatically sets the shutter speed and aperture value to suit the scene's brightness.

• Shutter-priority AE: in this mode, you set the shutter speed and the camera automatically sets the aperture value to suit the brightness of the subject

• Aperture-priority AE: in this mode, you set the desired aperture value and the camera sets the shutter speed automatically to suit the subject brightness

• Manual Exposure: in this mode, you set both the shutter speed and aperture value as desired

• Bulb: when bulb is set, the shutter stays open when you hold down the shutter button fully, and closes when you let go of the shutter button. This mode should be used for night scenes, fireworks, and other subjects requiring long exposures.

• Custom Functions: You can customize the following functions:

  • Set Function When Shooting: you can change the function assigned to the Set button

  • Long Exposure Noise Reduction: allows you to engage Auto Noise Reduction, or manually turn noise reduction on or off

  • Flash Sync Speed in AV Mode: allows you to set the flash sync speed to 1/200 sec. or have the camera adjust it automatically

  • Shutter/AE Lock Button: allows you to choose one of the following settings: AF/AE lock, AE lock/AF, AF/AF lock (no AE lock), or AE/AF (no AE lock)

  • AF-assist Beam: enables or disables the EOS-dedicated Speedlite's AF-assist beam

  • Exposure Level Increments: allows you to adjust the exposure level increments to 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop

  • Flash Firing: enables or disables the firing of an external flash or non-Canon flash connected to the PC terminal

  • ISO Expansion: allows you to turn ISO expansion on or off

  • Bracket Sequence/Auto Cancel: you can change the AEB sequence when the pictures are bracketed with the shutter speed or aperture and the file-saving sequence for white balance bracketing (WB-BKT)

  • Superimposed Display: when turned off, the AF point in the viewfinder will not flash red

  • Menu Button Display Position: when you press the Menu button, you can have the camera display the preceding menu screen or always display the top menu screen

  • Mirror Lockup: allows you to enable or disable mirror lockup. When enabled, it is effective for close-up and telephoto shots to prevent camera shake caused by the mirror's reflex action.

  • AF Point Selection Method: allows you to choose Normal, Multi-controller direct, or Quick Control Dial direct

  • E-TTL II: allows you to choose Evaluative or Average

  • Shutter Curtain: allows you to choose 1st-curtain sync or 2nd-curtain sync

  • Safety Shift in AV or TV: when enabled, if the subject's brightness changes suddenly and the current shutter speed or aperture becomes unsuitable, the shutter speed or aperture is shifted automatically to obtain a suitable exposure

  • AF Point Activation Area: allows you to choose Standard or Expanded

  • LCD - Return to Shoot: allows you to exit image playback using the Shutter button only or with a number of different buttons

  • Lens AF Stop Button Function: allows you to set the function of the AF Stop button

  • Add Original Decision Data: when set to on, data for verifying whether the image is original or not is appended to the image

Picture Style: By selecting a Picture Style, you can obtain the desired image effects. You can choose from the following Picture Style settings:

• Standard: image looks vivid, sharp, and crisp

• Portrait: for nice skin tones. The image looks slightly sharp and crisp.

• Landscape: for vivid blues and greens, and very sharp and crisp images

• Neutral: for natural colors and subdued images; no sharpness is applied

• Faithful: when the subject is photographed under a color temperature of 5200K, the color is adjusted to match the subject's color; no sharpness is applied

• Monochrome: for black-and-white images

• User Defined: you can register your own Picture Style settings. You can adjust the following settings: Sharpness, Contrast, Color Saturation, Color Tone, Filter Effect (Monochrome only), and Color Toning (Monochrome only).

Advanced 9-point Autofocus System: In addition to 9 different AF points for locking focus on subjects, even if they are not in the center of the composition, the EOS 5D features 6 Supplemental points around the center AF point that help to ensure an even greater degree of focus accuracy when tracking a moving subject. This feature is significant for sports photographers, as well as anyone who needs to keep focus locked on an unpredictable subject. The Supplemental AF points are not displayed in the viewfinder, and they cannot be manually selected. However, they are used in AI Servo AF mode when the EOS 5D is set for automatic focusing point selection.

AF Modes: The camera automatically employs one of 3 AF systems to let you seize every photo opportunity with fast, accurate focus. One-Shot AF is suited for still subjects, while AI Servo AF is for moving subjects. AI Focus AF switches from One-Shot AF to AI Servo AF automatically if the subject starts moving.

ISO Speed: Manually, you can adjust the ISO speed between ISO 100 and 1600 in 1/3-stop increments. When shooting in Full Auto mode, the ISO speed is automatically set between 100 and 400 in 1-stop increments to suit the shooting conditions. When ISO Expansion is turned on, you can also select an ISO speed of 50 or 3200.

White Balance: You can choose from the following white balance settings:

• Auto: the camera sets the white balance automatically according to shooting conditions

• Daylight: for recording outdoors on a bright day

• Shade: counters strong blue tones in open shade on sunny days

• Cloudy/Twilight/Sunset: for cloudy days, dusk and dawn

• Tungsten: for incandescent illumination

• White Fluorescent Light: eliminates typical green color casts

• Flash: a starting point for studio strobes and Canon Speedlites

• Custom: with custom white balance, you shoot a white object that will serve as the standard for the white balance. By selecting this image, you import its white balance data for the white balance setting.

• Color Temperature: you can numerically set the white balance's color temperature

• White Balance Correction: you can correct the standard color temperature for the white balance setting

• White Balance Auto Bracketing: with just one shot, three images having a different color tone can be recorded simultaneously. Based on the current white balance mode's standard color temperature, the white balance setting can be changed from 0 to +/-3 stops in whole-stop increments.

Color Space: The color space refers to the range of reproducible colors. With this camera, you can set the color space for captured images to sRGB or Adobe RGB. For normal images, sRGB is recommended. In the Full Auto mode, sRGB will be set automatically.

Exposure Compensation: Exposure compensation is used to alter the camera's standard exposure setting. You can make the image look lighter (increased exposure) or darker (decreased exposure). The exposure compensation amount can be set up to +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments.

Auto Exposure Bracketing: With auto exposure bracketing (AEB), the camera automatically changes the exposure level up to +/-2 stops in 1/3-stop increments for three successive shots.

AE Lock: AE lock enables you to lock the exposure at a different place from the point of focus. After locking the exposure, you can recompose the shot while maintaining the desired exposure level. This feature is useful for backlit and spotlighted subjects.

Bulb Exposures: When bulb is set, the shutter is open during the time you keep pressing the shutter button fully. Bulb is useful when a long exposure is necessary for capturing night scenes, fireworks, the night sky, etc.

Metering Modes: You can select from the following metering modes:

• Evaluative Metering: This is the camera's standard metering mode suited for most subjects even under backlit conditions. After detecting the main subject's position, brightness, background, front and back lighting conditions, etc., the camera sets the proper exposure.
• Partial Metering: This is particularly effective when the background is much brighter than the subject due to backlighting, etc. This method uses a center area of approximately 8% of the screen.
• Spot Metering: This is for metering a specific part of the subject or scene. The metering is weighted at the center covering about 3.5% of the viewfinder area.
• Centerweighted Average Metering: The metering is weighted at the center and then averaged for the entire scene.

Continuous Shooting Mode: During continuous shooting mode, the camera stores approximately 3 images per second. The maximum burst during continuous recording depends on the image recording quality:

Self-Timer: The camera will record an image 10 seconds after pressing the shutter button.

Auto Rotation: Vertical shots can be rotated automatically so that they are displayed upright during playback.

Image Review: The image can be displayed on the LCD monitor immediately after you shoot. The review time can be set to 2 seconds, 4 seconds, 8 seconds, or Hold, which keeps the image displayed on the LCD monitor.

Auto Playback: You can view all images on the Compact Flash Card one-by-one with the Auto Playback function. Each image is displayed on the LCD monitor for approximately 3 seconds.

Index Playback: This feature allows you to view nine images at once on the LCD monitor so that you can search for an image quickly.

Image Magnification: When viewing a still picture in single image playback mode, you can magnify the image from 1.5x to 10x.

Rotating Images: You can rotate an image by 90 or 270 degrees clockwise in the LCD monitor.

Auto Power Off: To save battery power, the camera turns off automatically after a period of non-operation. The Auto Power Off time can be set to 1 minute, 2 minutes, 4 minutes, 8 minutes, 15 minutes, or 30 minutes.

Note: The Auto Power Off function will not activate in Auto Playback Mode.

Direct Print Function: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a CP-series printer that supports the Direct Print function. You can also connect the camera directly to certain Canon Bubble Jet printers. In this way, you can make prints directly from the camera without ever having to hook it up to a computer.

PictBridge Printing Capability: Using the supplied USB cable, you can connect this camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer. PictBridge is a standard that allows you to connect a PictBridge compliant camera directly to a PictBridge compliant printer and make prints, regardless of brand.

Exif Print (Exif 2.21): The Canon EOS 5D conforms to "Exif Print", a worldwide standard. Vital camera settings (such as: exposure mode, white balance, exposure time) and scene data are recorded to the image file when it is captured. Printers compatible with "Exif Print" are able to use this information to produce high quality photographs, exactly the way they were intended at the time of capture. This intelligent communication process also allows the printer to correct for poor lighting or mistakes, resulting in photos that can be even better than the originals.

DPOF Print Settings: On the CompactFlash Card, you can select which image or images you want to print and how many copies you want. This is convenient for printing images all at once, on optional Canon direct print function compliant printers, on PictBridge compliant printers, or at participating photo labs.

Optional AC Power: With the optional ACK-E2 AC adapter kit, you can connect the camera to a household power outlet and not worry about the battery becoming exhausted.

Optional Lens Compatibility: The EOS 5D is compatible with all Canon lenses in the EF lineup (except EF-S lenses), ranging from 14mm Ultra-Wide to 600mm Super Telephoto lenses.

Optional Flash Compatibility: The EOS 5D features Canon's E-TTL II flash metering system introduced with the EOS-1D Mark II. E-TTL II provides consistently accurate flash exposure from shot to shot. Canon's Speedlite 580EX and 430EX are perfectly suited to the EOS 5D. They include an AF-assist Beam, which works in conjunction with the EOS 5D's focusing system, and automatically sends color temperature information to the camera when the flash fires, for more accurate color rendition with flash photography

Supplied Software

Supplied Software: The EOS 5D comes bundled with an EOS Digital Solution Disk, which contains the following software:

• ZoomBrowser EX: ZoomBrowser EX is software for viewing and editing images and is designed for a wide range of users who mainly shoot JPEG images
• CameraWindow: together with ZoomBrowser EX, you can download images saved on the memory card inside your camera to your computer and perform various settings
• RAW Image Task: together with ZoomBrowser EX, you can process and display RAW images, and set and change processing parameters
• EOS Capture: together with CameraWindow and ZoomBrowser EX, you can shoot photos remotely where the camera is controlled from your computer
• PhotoRecord: together with ZoomBrowser EX, you can lay out and print images freely
• PhotoStitch: together with ZoomBrowser EX, you can create panorama images by merging multiple JPEG images
• Digital Photo Professional: This software provides easy to use RAW conversion tools, including high-speed RAW image processing, high-speed previewing for real-time image adjustment, and support for sRGB, Adobe RGB and Wide Gamut RGB color spaces. CMS (Color Management System) compatible, Digital Photo Professional allows for easy image layout and printing in Adobe RGB in conjunction with Easy-PhotoPrint and compatible printers.

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Specifications

Estimated Image Capacity of a 512 MB CompactFlash Card (not supplied):

*The image recording quality does not apply to the RAW file.

Battery Performance: