Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

Type

35.9 x 24 mm CMOS

Effective Pixels

Approx. 26.2 Megapixels

Total Pixels

Approx. 27.1 Megapixels

Aspect Ratio

3:2

Low-Pass Filter

Built-in/Fixed

Sensor Cleaning

EOS integrated cleaning system

Colour Filter Type

Primary Colour

Image Processor

Type

DIGIC 8

Lens

Lens Mount

RF (EF and EF-S lenses can be attached using Mount Adapter EF-EOS R, Control Ring Mount Adapter EF-EOS R, or Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R. EF-M lenses are not compatible)

Focal Length

Equivalent to 1.0x the focal length of the lens with RF and EF lenses 1.6x with EF-S

Focusing

Type

Phase-difference detection system with image sensor (Dual Pixel CMOS AF)

Coverage

88% horizontal and 100% vertical coverage¹

AF working range

EV -5 to 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)

AF Modes

One Shot
Servo AF

AF Point Selection

Automatic selection: Face+tracking + Eye AF
Manual selection: 1-point AF (AF frame size can be changed)
4779 AF positions available
Spot AF
Manual selection: AF point Expansion 4 points (up, down, left, right)
Manual selection: AF point Expansion surrounding
Manual selection: Zone AF (all AF points divided into 9 focusing zones)

AF Lock

Locked when shutter button is pressed halfway or AF ON is pressed in One Shot AF mode. Using customised button set to AF stop in AI servo

AF Assist Beam

Emitted by built-in LED

Manual Focus

Selected on lens
Focus peaking provided

Exposure Control

Metering modes

Real-time with image sensor, 384-zone metering (24×16)
(1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)
(2) Partial metering (approx. 5.5% of viewfinder at centre)
(3) Spot metering: Centre spot metering (approx. 2.7% viewfinder at centre)
AF point-linked spot metering not provided
(4) centre-weighted average metering

Metering Brightness Range

EV -3 to 20 (at 23°C, ISO100, with evaluative metering)

AE Lock

Auto: AE lock takes effect when focus is achieved
Manual: By AE lock button in P, Av, Fv, Tv and M modes

Exposure Compensation

+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).

AEB

+/-3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments

Anti-flicker shooting

Yes. Flicker detected at a frequency of 100 Hz or 120 Hz. Maximum continuous shooting speed may decrease

ISO Sensitivity

Auto 100-40000 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)
ISO can be expanded to L:50, H1: 51200, H2: 102400,

Type

Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter

Speed

30-1/4000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

Shutter Release

Soft touch electromagnetic release

White Balance

Type

Auto white balance with the imaging sensor

Settings

AWB (Ambience priority/White priority), Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White Fluorescent light, Flash, Custom, Colour Temperature Setting
White balance compensation:
1. Blue/Amber +/-9
2. Magenta/Green +/-9

Custom White Balance

Yes, 1 setting can be registered

WB Bracketing

+/-3 levels in single level increments
Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/Green bias

Viewfinder

Type

0.39-inch OLED colour EVF

Dot count

2.36 Million dots

Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)

Approx. 100%

Magnification

Approx. 0.70x ²

Eyepoint

Approx. 22 mm (from eyepiece lens centre)
-4 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)

Viewfinder Information

AF point information, Exposure level indicator, Number of remaining multiple exposures, Exposure compensation, HDR shooting, Highlight tone priority, Multiple-exposure shooting, ISO speed, Possible shots, Multi Shot Noise Reduction, Number of self-timer shooting, Digital Lens Optimizer, Maximum burst, AF method, Battery level, AF operation, Exposure simulation, Drive mode, AEB, Metering mode, FEB, Anti-flicker shooting, Still photo cropping, Shooting mode, Aspect ratio, Scene icons Auto Lighting Optimizer, AE lock Picture Style, Flash-ready, White balance, Flash off White balance correction, FE lock, Image Quality, High-speed sync, Bluetooth function, Shutter speed, Wi-Fi function, Multi-function lock warning, Histogram, Aperture Electronic level, Lens information

Depth of field preview

Yes, via customised button

Eyepiece shutter

N/A

LCD Monitor

Type

7.5 cm (3.0″) Clear View LCD II, approx. 1.04 Million dots

Coverage

Approx. 100%

Viewing Angle (horizontally/vertically)

Approx. 170° vertically and horizontally

Brightness / Colour Adjustment

Manual: Adjustable to one of seven levels

Touch-screen operations

Capacitive method with menu functions, Quick Control settings, playback operations, and magnified display. AF point selection in Stills and Movies, touch shutter is possible in still photo shooting.

Display Options

(1) Basic Camera settings
(2) Advanced Camera settings
(3) Camera settings plus histogram and dual level display
(4) No info
(5) Quick Control Screen

Flash

Modes

E-TTL II Auto Flash, Metered Manual

X-sync

1/180 sec

Flash Exposure Compensation

+/- 3 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 increments with EX series Speedlite flashes

Flash Exposure Bracketing

Yes, with compatible External Flash

Flash Exposure Lock

Yes

Second Curtain Synchronisation

Yes via Speedlite

HotShoe/ PC terminal

Yes/No

External Flash Compatibility

E-TTL II with EX series Speedlite, wireless multi-flash support

External Flash Control

via camera menu screen

Shooting

Modes

Stills: Scene Intelligent Auto, Special Scene (Portrait, Group Photo, Landscape, Sports, Kids, Panning , Close-up, Food, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Silent Mode), Flexible priority AE, Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual, Bulb and Custom (C1/C2/C3)
Movie: Auto exposure, Manual, HDR

Picture Styles

Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined (x3)

Colour Space

sRGB and Adobe RGB

Image Processing

Highlight Tone Priority
Auto Lighting Optimizer (4 settings)
Long exposure noise reduction
High ISO speed noise reduction (4 settings) (stills and video)
Lens optical correction (3):
Peripheral illumination correction
Chromatic aberration correction
Distortion correction

Diffraction correction
Digital Lens Optimizer (during/after still photo shooting)
Resize to M, S1, S2 ³ 
Cropping: JPEG images can be cropped (Aspect ratios 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1)
– 43 cropping sizes selectable, from 11% to 95% (diagonal)
– Switch between vertical and horizontal cropping orientation
– Image straightening, tilt correction
– Cropping frame can be moved using touch screen operation
RAW image processing ⁴
Multiple exposure
HDR

Drive modes

Single, Continuous High, Continuous Low, Self timer (2 s + remote, 10 s + remote, continuous)

Continuous Shooting

Max. approx. 5 fps speed maintained until card full (JPEG) or 50 RAW images ⁵⁶⁷
Max. 4 fps with AF Tracking

Interval timer

Yes

Live View Mode

Type

Electronic viewfinder with image sensor

Coverage

Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)

Frame Rate

59.97 fps (smooth) / 29.97 fps (power saving)

Focusing

Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)
Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face Detection and Tracking AF, 1 point AF, Expand AF, Zone AF, and Touch shutter

Metering

Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor (384-zone)
Partial metering (approx. 5.5% of the centre of the screen)
Spot metering (approx. 2.7% of the centre of the screen)
Centre-weighted average metering

Display Options

3 levels available Basic shooting information, Advanced shooting information and Advanced shooting information with Histogram

File Type – Stills

Still Image Type

JPEG
RAW: RAW, C-RAW (14-bit, Canon original RAW 3rd edition)
Complies with Exif 2.31 and Design rule for Camera File system 2.0
Complies with Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1

RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording

Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG possible

Image Size

JPEG:
3:2 ratio (L, RAW, C-RAW) 6240×4160, (M1) 4160×2768, (S1) 3120×2080, (S2) 2400×1600
1.6x (crop) (L) 3888×2592, (S2) 2400×1600
4:3 ratio (L) 5536×4160, (M1) 3680×2768, (S1) 2768×2080, (S2) 2112×1600
16:9 ratio (L) 6240×3504, (M1) 4160×2336, (S1) 3120×1752, (S2) 2400×1344
1:1 ratio (L) 4160×4160, (M1) 2768×2768, (S1) 2080×2080, (S2) 1600×1600

Folders

New folders can be manually created and selected

File Numbering

(1) Consecutive numbering
(2) Auto reset
(3) Manual reset

EOS Movie

Movie Type

RF/EF lenses: 4K, Full HD, HD.
EF-S lenses: 4K or HD
MPEG4 AVC/H.264 variable (average) bit rate, Audio: Linear PCM, AAC

Movie Size

4K (16:9) 3840 x 2160 (25, 23.98 fps) intra frame ⁸
4K Time-lapse (16:9) 3840 x 2160 (29.97, 25 fps) All-I
Full HD (16:9) 1920 x 1080 (59.94, 50, 29.97, 25 fps) intra frame, intra frame lite (29.97, 25 fps)
Full HD HDR (16:9) 1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25 fps) intra frame
HD (16:9) 1280 x 720 (59.94, 29.97, 50, 25 fps) intra frame
HD HDR(16:9) 1280 x 720 (29.97, 25 fps) intra frame

Colour Sampling (Internal recording)

4K / Full HD / HD – YCbCr4:2:0 (8-bit)

Canon Log

No

Movie Length

4K and Full HD – Max duration 29min 59sec. (excluding High Frame Rate movies). No 4GB file limit with exFAT SDXC card.

High Frame Rate Movie

Not supported

4K Frame Grab

8.3-megapixel JPEG still image frame grab from 4K movie possible

Bitrate / Mbps

MP4:
4K (16:9) 3840 x 2160 (25, 23.98 fps) IPB 120Mbps / 869 MB/min
Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB Approx. 60 Mbps / 440MB/min
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB: Approx. 30 Mbps / 225MB/min
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB Lite: Approx. 12 Mbps / 87MB/min
HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB Approx. 26 Mbps / 196MB/min
Full HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB: Approx. 13 Mbps / 103MB/min

Microphone

Built-in stereo microphones (48 kHz, 16-bit x 2 channels)

HDMI Display

Output to external Monitor only with or without information display

HDMI Output

4K (UHD) and Full HD or HD recording, uncompressed YCbCr 4:2:2, 8-bit. Sound output via HDMI is also possible.
When outputting to external monitor no images are recorded to the card and Wi-Fi communication is disabled

Focusing

Dual Pixel CMOS AF with Face Detection and Tracking AF, Movie Servo AF, Continuous Eye AF, Manual Focus with focus peaking

ISO

4K – Auto: 100-12800, H2: 102400
Full HD/HD – Auto: 100-25600, H2:102400

Other Features

Custom Functions

23 Custom Functions

Metadata Tag

User copyright information (can be set in camera)
Image rating (0-5 stars)

Water/ Dust resistance

Yes

Voice Memo

No

Intelligent Orientation Sensor

Yes

Playback zoom

1.5x – 10x in 15 steps

Display Formats

(1) Single image
(2) Single image with information (2 levels)
Basic – Shooting information (shutter speed, aperture, ISO and Image quality)
Detailed – Shooting information (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, metering Image, quality and file size), Lens information, Brightness and RGB histogram, White balance, Picture Style, Color space and noise reduction, Lens optical correction, Record of sent images, GPS information
(3) 4-image index
(4) 9-image index
(5) 36-image index
(6) 100-image index
(7) Jump Display (1, 10 or 100 images, Date, Folder, Movies, Stills, Protected images, Rating)
(8) Movie edit
(9) RAW processing
(10) Rating

Slide Show

Image selection: All images, by Date, by Folder, Movies, Stills, Protected images or Rating
Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10 or 20 seconds
Repeat: On/Off

Histogram

Brightness: Yes
RGB: Yes

Highlight Alert

Yes

Image Erase

Single image, select range, Selected images, Folder, Card

Image Erase Protection

Erase protection of Single image, Folder or Card all found images (only during image search)

Self Timer

2 or 10 sec. continuous

Menu Categories

(1) Shooting menu
(2) Playback menu
(3) Setup menu
(4) Custom Functions menu
(5) My Menu

Menu Languages

29 Languages
English, German, French, Dutch, Danish, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Hindi, Romanian, Ukrainian, Turkish, Arabic, Thai, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Malay, Indonesia and Japanese

Firmware Update

Update possible by the user (Camera, Lens, External Speedlite, BLE remote control, Lens adapter)

Body Materials

Magnesium alloy, with some parts of aluminium and polycarbonate resin with glass fibre

Interface

Computer

Equivalent to Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0) Type-C connector

wifi

Wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b/g/n) (2.4 GHz only), with Bluetooth support ⁹ Features supported: EOS Utility, Smartphone, Upload to Web, Auto transfer, Wireless printing

Other

HDMI mini out (Type C, HDMI-CEC compatible), External Microphone In/Line In (Stereo mini jack), Headphone socket (Stereo mini jack), E3-type terminal (remote control terminal)

Direct Print

PictBridge

Yes (Via Wireless LAN only)

Storage

Type

1x SD/SDHC/SDXC and UHS-II

Supported Operating System

PC & Macintosh

Windows 7 (excl. Starter Edition) Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 (tablet mode not supported)
OS X v10.11, 10.12, 10.13 and 10.14

Software

Image Processing

Digital Photo Professional 4.9 or later (RAW Image Processing)

Other

EOS Utility 3.9 or later (incl. Remote Capture), Picture Style Editor, Map Utility, EOS Lens Registration Tool, EOS Web Service Registration Tool, Canon Camera connect app (iOS/Android)

Power Source

Batteries

Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E17 (supplied)

Battery life

Approx. 250 shots (at 23°C) ¹⁰
Approx. 240 shots (at 0°C)

Battery Indicator

4 levels + percentage

Power saving

Power turns off after 30 seconds, 1, 3, 5, 10 or 30 mins

Power Supply & Battery Chargers

Battery charger LC-E17E (supplied), AC adapter AC-E6N and DC coupler DR-E18, AC adapter kit ACK-E18, USB Power Adapter PD-E1

Accessories

Wireless File Transmitter

Not supported

Lenses

All RF lenses (EF & EF-S via Lens adapters)

Lens adapters

Mount Adapter EF-EOS R
Control Ring Mount Adapter EF-EOS R
Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with Drop-In Circular Polarizing Filter A
Drop-In Filter Mount Adapter EF-EOS R with Drop-In Variable ND Filter A”

Flash

Canon Speedlite (EL-100, 90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 380EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 430EX III, 470EX-AI, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, 600EX-II-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite MR-14EX, Macro Ring Lite MR-14EX II, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-26EX Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)

Remote Controller/ Switch

Remote control with E3 type socket and Speedlite 600EX-II-RT

Other

GPS receiver GP-E2

All data is based on Canon standard testing methods except where indicated.

Subject to change without notice.

1. Coverage vary depending on the lens used, for full specifications see the list of supported lenses on the Canon support site
2. With 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1 dpt
3. Frame grab images from 4K movies and images shot in S2 quality cannot be resized
4. RAW image processing during image Playback only with RAW
5. Large/Fine resolution
6. Based on Canon’s testing conditions, JPEG, ISO 100, Standard Picture Style. Maximum fps and buffer capacity may be reduced depending on the cameras settings, light level, subject, memory card brand and capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, Custom functions etc.
7. Figures quoted are when used with UHS-II SD memory card
8. Recording 4K movies requires a memory card with a UHS-I/UHS speed class of 3 or higher
9. Wi-Fi use may be restricted in certain countries or regions
10. Based on the CIPA Standards and using the battery supplied with the camera, except where indicated
11. Coverage vary depending on the lens used, for full specifications see the list of supported lenses on the Canon support site