Canon eos5d manual EOS 50D Comparison Chart

IX. FEATURE COMPARISON CHARTS 71

EOS 50D Comparison Chart

	EOS 50D	EOS 40D	Nikon D300	Pentax K20D	Sony A700	Olympus E-3
Imaging Sensor
Effective Pixels	15.1 (4752 x 3168)	10.1 (3888 x 2592)	12.3 (4288 x 2848)	14.6 (4672 x 3120)	12.2 (4288 x 2856)	10.1 (3648 x 2736)
Image Sensor	Canon CMOS		CMOS	CMOS	CMOS	CMOS
Sensor Size	1.6x		1.5x	1.5x	1.5x	N/A
						(approx. 2x that of 35mm)
Aspect Ratio	3:2 ratio		3.2 ratio	3.2 ratio	3.2 ratio	4:3 ratio
Cleaning System	EOS Integrated Cleaning System		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Image Processing
Processing Engine	Canon DIGIC 4	Canon DIGIC III	Nikon EXPEED	PRIME	BIONZ	—
A/D Conversion	14 bit		12 bit	12 bit	—	12 bit
(bit depth)			(14 bit available at reduced
			speed performance)
RAW File Resolution	RAW — 4752 x 3168	RAW — 3888 x 2592	4288 x 2848	4672 x 3120	4288 x 2856	2648 x 2736
Options	sRAW1 — 3267 x 2178	sRAW1 — 1936 x 1288
	sRAW2 — 2376 x 1584
Dynamic Range Expansion	Yes, Highlight Tone Priority		—	Yes	—	—
Brightness Auto Correction	Yes	No	Yes	—	Yes	Yes
Peripheral Illumination	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes
Correction
Noise Reduction	Long Exposure	Long Exposure	Long Exposure	Long Exposure	Long Exposure	Long Exposure
	High ISO (4 levels)	High ISO	High ISO (3 levels)	High ISO (4 levels)	High ISO (3 levels)	High ISO
Recording Media
Media Type	CF		CF	SD, SDHC	CF, Memory Stick	CF, xD
UDMA Compatibility	Yes	No	Yes	—	Yes	Yes
External Media	Yes		No	No	No	No
Connection	via Canon WFT-E3A unit
Folder creation/	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
selection by user
Image Quality Adjustment
White Balance range	2500 ~ 10,000K°		2500 ~ 10,000K°	—	2500 ~ 9900K°	2000 ~ 14,000K°
White Balance Shift	±9levelsBlue/AmberBias,±9levelsMagenta/Greenbias		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
White Balance Bracketing	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Image Quality Adjustment	Picture Styles, 6 + 3 user sets		Yes, 4 Picture Controls	No	Yes	Yes
Viewfinder
Coverage	95%		100%	95%	95%	100%
Magnification	0.95x		0.94x	0.95x	0.90x	1.15x
Eye-point	22		19.5	—	25	20
Dioptric Adjustment	-3 ~ +1		-2 ~ +1	-2.5 ~ +1.5	-3 ~ +1	-3 ~ +1
Interchangeable	Yes		No	Yes	Yes	Yes
focusing screens
Live View Shooting
AF Modes	Quickfocus AF	QuickFocus	QuickLive	Quick	No	Qucik
	Live contrast-based AF
	Face-detect Live AF
SilentShooting	Yes		No	No		No
Grid Display	2	1	1	1		1
Remote Live View	Tethered via USB		Tethered using	No		No
	Wireless tethered via WFT-E3a unit		optional software
Autofocus
AF Points	9 — cross-type points sensitive to f/5.6		51	11	11	11
	1 — Diagonal high-precision cross-type center point		15 cross-type points	9 cross-types	1 cross-type	All cross type
Brightness range	EV -0.5 ~ 18		EV -1 ~ 19	EV 0 ~ 21	EV 0 ~ 18	EV -2 ~ 19
AF Modes	One Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF		One Shot, Servo	One Shot, Servo	One Shot, Servo	One Shot, Servo
Fine Adjustment	AF Microadjustment	No	Yes	No	No	—