Measurements and specifications
| Type | Professional |
| Announced | 2009-10-20 |
| Indicative price (USD) | 5840 |
| Sensor type | CMOS |
| Resolution | 4896 x 3264 |
| Sensor photo detectors (Mpix) | 15.98 |
| Sensor size (mm) | 18.6 x 27.9 |
| Color filter array | RGB |
| Pixel pitch (µm) | 5.7 |
| Bits per pixel | 14 |
| Focal length multiplier | 1.30 |
| Aspect Ratio | 3:2 |
| ISO latitude | 50 - 102400 |
| Shutter type | mechanical |
| Fastest - Slowest speed (s) | 1/8000 - 30.0 |
| Frame rate (fps) | 10.0 |
| Live view | yes |
| Stabilization | no |
| Firmware | 1.0.4 |
| Dust cleaning | yes |
| Mount type | EOS EF mount |
| Weight (gr) | 1180 |
| Battery type | Li-Ion |
| Battery weight (gr) | 50 |
| Tropicalization | |
| Camera material | Magnesium alloy shell over diecast aluminium frame, anti-slip fake leather |
| Mount material | Stainless steel |
| View finder type | Optical |
| View finder magnification | 0.76 |
| View finder coverage | 100 |
| Mirror lockup | yes |
| View finder diopter | Pentaprism, 100% coverage, -3 to +1 diopters |
| Monitor type | LCD |
| Monitor size | 3 |
| Monitor pixel | 920000 |
| Articulated screen | No |
| Touch screen | No |
| Contrast screen | |
| Low-pass filter | |
| Focus mode | One-shot, AI Servo, Manual |
| Autofocus modes | TTL-AREA-SIR with 45-point CMOS sensor |
| Number of autofocus points | 0 |
| Exposure bracketing | 63 area eval |
| Exposure compensation | -3 to +3 EV in 1/3 EV or 1/2 EV steps |
| Drive modes | single, continuous (high or low speed), self timer (2 or 10 s), silent |
| Buffer size | JPEG Large (Compression rate 8): Approx. 85 shots, RAW: Approx. 26 shots,RAW+JPEG Large (Compression rate 8): Approx. 20 shots |
| Recording medium | Compact Flash (Type I or II), UDMA, SD/SDHC card |
| Image format | RAW, mRAW, sRAW, JPEG |
| White balance bracketing | -3 to +3 EV steps |
| Connectivity | USB, firewire, video |
| Bluetooth | No |
| 3G | No |
| Sound recording | Yes |
| External micro | Yes |
| Histogram | Yes |
| GPS | Yes |
| Video | Yes |
| Maximum format image video | 1920 x 1080 / 30 fps |
| Full HD | Yes |
| Live autofocus | |
| Video file format | MOV |
| Video codec | H.264 |
| Video stabilisation | No |
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Color response
| Sensitivity metamerism index ISO 17321 |
82 | |||
| White balance scales | R raw | 2.32 | ||
| G raw | 1 | |||
| B raw | 1.43 | |||
| R sRGB | G sRGB | B sRGB | ||
| Color matrix as defined in ISO standard 17321 | R raw | 2.29 | -1.54 | 0.25 |
| G raw | -0.3 | 1.74 | -0.44 | |
| B raw | -0.03 | -0.58 | 1.62 | |
Full Color Sensitivity: Noise covariance ellipses in CIE 1931 Lab color space
(ISO are manufacturer ISO)
