IV. CONTROLS AND DISPLAY

High Performance LCD Screen

The EOS 5D camera has a 2.5 inch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

polysilicon TFT LCD screen with

Horizontal viewing angle

 

 

85˚

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

approximately 230,000 pixels. It has an

 

 

 

 

 

Vertical

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20˚

exceptionally wide viewing angle of 170

 

 

 

 

 

viewing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60˚

85˚

40˚

40˚

85˚

angle

 

degrees, and the display area is double

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

that of the EOS 20D’s 1.8 inch screen.

 

 

EOS 5D camera

 

 

 

85˚

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Previous LCD screens had a narrow vertical

 

 

EOS 20D camera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Actual LCD monitor viewing angle

 

viewing angle. Picture brightness was lost

 

 

 

if it was viewed from even a slight vertical angle and image review involved some uncertainty. The new screen maintains the same brightness from almost any viewing angle. Brightness is adjustable in five levels with the menu item [LCD brightness]. The backlight uses six LED modules that illuminate the large monitor evenly. By comparison, the 20D model’s 1.8 inch screen uses three LED modules.

Along with the larger screen, the menu text is also larger and easier to read. The full- featured INFO screen includes file sizes, RGB histogram and AF frame displays. In addition, Quick Review images are now enlargeable.

EOS 5D (2.5in.)

EOS 20D (1.8in.)

Menu comparison (actual size)

Large, Bright Viewfinder

With Interchangeable

Focusing Screens

Viewfinder information

The viewfinder optics of the EOS 5D camera are newly developed. They provide 96% vertical and horizontal coverage with .71X magnification, a 20mm eyepoint and –3 to +1 dpt dioptric adjustment. The result is a large and bright view that is very much like that of the EOS-1Ds Mark II (100% view, .7x magnification, 20mm eyepoint, same range of dioptric adjustment).

Also like the EOS-1Ds Mark II, the EOS 5D features interchangeable focusing screens. The standard screen is the Ee-A, designed to work with all EF lenses down to f/5.6

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