Specifications

• Viewfinder

Type:

Eye-level pentamirror

Coverage:

Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95%

Magnification:

Approx. 0.87x (-1 m-1with 50mm lens at infinity)

Eye point:

Approx. 19 mm (From eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)

Built-in dioptric adjustment: -3.0 - +1.0 m-1(dpt)

Focusing screen:

Fixed, Precision Matte

Mirror:

Quick-return type

Depth-of-field preview: Provided

• Autofocus

Type:

TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection

AF points:

9 AF points

Metering range:

EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)

Focus modes:

One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing

 

(MF)

AF-assist beam:

Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash

• Exposure Control

Metering modes:

63-zone TTL full-aperture metering

 

• Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point)

 

• Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center)

 

• Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center)

 

Center-weighted average metering

Metering range:

EV 1 - 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens,

 

ISO 100)

Exposure control:

Program AE (Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up,

 

Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off, Creative Auto,

 

Program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE,

 

depth-of-field AE, manual exposure

ISO speed:

Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 - 3200 set automatically

(Recommended

Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 - 6400 (in whole-stop

exposure index)

increments), ISO 100 - 6400

 

Auto, or ISO speed expanded to

 

ISO 12800

Exposure compensation: Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual

 

exposure compensation)

 

Settable amount: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

AE lock:

Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative

 

metering when focus is achieved

 

Manual: By AE lock button

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