DSLR Cameras

Canon EOS 70D

Specifications

Operating Environment

0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

Dimensions (W x H x D)

139.0 x 104.3 x 78.5mm

Weight (Body Only)

Approx. 755g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)

EOS_70D FRT w EF-S 18-135mm IS STM

Specifications

  • 20.2 megapixel CMOS

  • Smooth, continuous AF in Movies

  • High speed shooting

  • 19 all cross-type AF points for accurate subject tracking

  • Moveable screen for creative framing

  • Large bright touch screen for clear viewing

  • Powerful DIGIC processing

  • Great low light shots

  • Stunning 1080p movies

  • Share your images and control your camera over Wifi

  • Customise your viewfinder display

  • Level your camera for straight horizons

  • Ensures correctly exposured images in all lighting conditions

  • Control Speedlites from your camera remotely

  • Creatively combine images

  • Edit and process RAW images in camera

Specifications in detail

Image Sensor

  • Type

    22.5mm x 15.0mm CMOS

  • Effective Pixels

    Approx. 20.20 megapixels

  • Total Pixels

    Approx. 20.90 megapixels

  • Aspect Ratio

    3:2

  • Low-Pass Filter

    Built-in/Fixed with fluorine coating

  • Sensor Cleaning

    EOS integrated cleaning system

  • Colour Filter Type

    Primary Colour

Image Processor

  • Type

    DIGIC 5+

Lens

  • Lens Mount

    EF/EF-S

  • Focal Length

    Equivalent to 1.6x the focal length of the lens

Focusing

  • Type
    157
  • AF System / Points

    19 cross-type AF points (extra sensitivity at f/2.8 at centre)¹

  • AF Working Range

    EV -0.5 - 18 (at 23°C & ISO100)

  • AF Modes

    AI Focus


    One Shot


    AI Servo

  • AF Point Selection

    Automatic selection: 19 point AF


    Manual selection: Single point AF


    Manual selection: Zone AF


    AF points can be selected separately for vertical and horizontal shooting

  • Selected AF Point Display

    Indicated by a transmissive LCD in viewfinder and on top LCD panel and Quick Control screen

  • AF Lock

    Locked when shutter button is pressed half way in One Shot AF mode or AF-ON button is pressed.

  • AF Assist Beam

    Intermittent firing of built-in flash or emitted by optional dedicated Speedlite

  • Manual Focus

    Selected on lens

  • Focus Bracketing

    C.Fn II-13


    +/- 20 steps (wide and tele setting for Zooms)


    Adjust all lenses by same amount


    Adjust up to 40 lenses individually


    Adjustments remembered for lens by serial number

Exposure Control

  • Metering Modes

    TTL full aperture metering with 63 zone Dual Layer SPC


    (1) Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points)


    (2) Partial metering (approx. 7.7% of viewfinder at centre)


    (3) Spot metering (approx. 3.0% viewfinder at centre)


    (4) Centre weighted average metering

  • Metering Brightness Range

    EV 1-20 (at 23°C with 50mm f/1.4 lens ISO100)

  • AE Lock

    Auto: In One-shot AF mode with evaluative metering exposure is locked when focus is achieved.


    Manual: By AE lock button in creative zone modes.

  • Exposure Compensation

    +/-5 EV in 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments (can be combined with AEB).

  • AEB

    2, 3, 5 or 7 Shots +/-3 EV 1/3 or 1/2 stop increments

  • ISO Sensitivity

    Recommended Exposure Index

    Auto (100-12800), 100-12800 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments)


    ISO can be expanded to H: 25600


    During Movie shooting: Auto (100-6400), 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or whole stop increments) ISO can be expanded to H: 12800

Shutter

  • Type

    Electronically-controlled focal-plane shutter

  • Speed

    30-1/8000 sec (1/2 or 1/3 stop increments), Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode)

White Balance

  • Type

    Auto white balance with the imaging sensor

  • Settings

    AWB, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten, 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


    3 bracketed images per shutter release.


    Selectable Blue/Amber bias or Magenta/ Green bias.

Viewfinder

  • Type

    Pentaprism

  • Coverage (Vertical/Horizontal)

    Approx. 98%

  • Magnification

    Approx. 0.95x¹

  • Eyepoint

    Approx. 22mm (from eyepiece lens centre)

  • Dioptre Correction

    -3 to +1 m-1 (dioptre)

  • Viewfinder Information

    AF information: AF points, focus confirmation¹, AF area selection mode


    Exposure information: Shutter speed, aperture value, ISO speed (always displayed), AE lock, exposure level/compensation, spot metering circle, exposure warning, AEB.


    Flash information: Flash ready, high-speed sync, FE lock, flash exposure compensation, red-eye reduction light.


    Image information: Card information, maximum burst (2 digit display), Highlight tone priority (D+).


    Composition information: Grid, Electronic level (2 methods)


    Other information: Battery check, Alert symbol

  • Depth of Field Preview

    Yes, with Depth of Field preview button.

  • Eyepiece Shutter

    On strap

LCD Monitor

  • Type
    99
  • Coverage

    Approx. 100%

  • Viewing Angle (Horizontally/Vertically)

    Approx 170°

  • Coating

    Anti-reflection, Solid Structure and Anti smudge

  • Brightness Adjustment

    Adjustable to one of seven levels

  • Display Options

    (1) Quick Control Screen


    (2) Camera settings


    (3) Electronic Level

Flash

  • Built-in Flash GN (ISO 100, meters)

    12

  • Built-in Flash Coverage

    up to 17mm focal length (35mm equivalent: 28mm)

  • Built-in Flash Recycle Time

    Approx. 3 seconds

  • Modes

    Auto, Manual flash, Integrated Speedlite Transmitter

  • Red-Eye Reduction

    Yes - with red-eye reduction lamp

  • X-Sync

    1/250sec

  • Flash Exposure Compensation

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

  • Flash Exposure Bracketing

    Yes, with compatible External Flash

  • Flash Exposure Lock

    Yes

  • Second Curtain Synchronisation

    Yes

  • HotShoe / PC Terminal

    Yes/ No

  • External Flash Compatibility

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

  • External Flash Control

    via camera menu screen

Shooting

  • Modes

    Scene Intelligent Auto (Stills and Movie), No Flash, Creative Auto, SCN(Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual (Stills and Movie), Bulb, Custom

  • Picture Styles

    Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, 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)


    Multi Shot Noise Reduction


    Auto Correction of Lens Peripheral illumination and Chromatic aberration correction


    Basic+ (Shoot by ambience selection, Shoot by lighting or scene type)


    Creative filters (Art Bold, Water painting, Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Toy camera, Miniature effect, Fish-eye)


    RAW image processing - during image Playback only


    Resize to M or S1, S2, S3

  • Drive Modes

    Single, Continuous L, Continuous H, Self timer (2s+remote, 10s +remote), Silent single shooting, Silent continous shooting

  • Continuous Shooting

    Max. Approx. 7fps. (speed maintained for up to 65 images (JPEG)¹³(with UHS-I card), 16 images (RAW))²³

Live View Mode

  • Type

    Electronic viewfinder with image sensor

  • Coverage

    Approx. 100% (horizontally and vertically)

  • Frame Rate

    30 fps

  • Focusing

    Manual Focus (Magnify the image 5x or 10x at any point on screen)


    Autofocus: Dual Pixel CMOS AF (Face detection and Tracking AF, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Phase detection AF (Quick mode)

  • Metering

    Real-time evaluative metering with image sensor.


    Evaluative metering, partial metering, spot metering, center-weighted average metering.

  • Display Options

    Grid overlay (x3), Histogram, Multi aspect ratios

File Type

  • Still Image Type

    JPEG: Fine, Normal (Exif 2.21 [Exif Print] compliant) / Design rule for Camera File system (2.0),


    RAW: RAW, M-RAW, S-RAW (14bit, Canon original RAW 2nd edition),


    Digital Print Order Format [DPOF] Version 1.1 compliant

  • RAW+JPEG Simultaneous Recording

    Yes, any combination of RAW + JPEG, M-RAW + JPEG, S-RAW + JPEG possible.

  • Image Size

    JPEG 3:2: (L) 5472x3648, (M) 3648x2432, (S1) 2736x1824, (S2) 1920x1280, (S3) 720x480


    JPEG 4:3: (L) 4864x3648, (M) 3248x2432, (S1) 2432x1824, (S2) 1696x1280, (S3) 640x480


    JPEG 16:9: (L) 5472x3072, (M) 3648x2048, (S1) 2736x1536, (S2) 1920x1080, (S3) 720x408


    JPEG 1:1: (L) 3648x3648, (M) 2432x2432, (S1) 1824x1824, (S2) 1280x1280, (S3) 480x480


    RAW: (RAW) 5472x3648, (M-RAW) 4104x2736, (S-RAW) 2736x1824

  • File Numbering

    (1) Consecutive numbering


    (2) Auto reset


    (3) Manual reset

EOS Movie

  • Movie Type

    MOV (Video: H.264 Intra frame / inter frame, Sound: Linear PCM, recording level can be manually adjusted by user)

  • Movie Size

    1920 x 1080 (29.97, 25, 23.976 fps) intra or inter frame


    1280 x 720 (59.94, 50 fps) intra or inter frame


    640 x 480 (29.97, 25 fps) inter frame

  • Movie Length

    Max duration 29min 59sec, Max file size 4GB (If file size exceeds 4GB a new file will be created automatically)

  • Focusing
    27

Other Features

  • Custom Functions

    23 Custom Functions

  • Metadata Tag

    User copyright information (can be set in camera)


    Image rating (0-5 stars)

  • LCD Panel / Illumination

    Yes / Yes

  • Water/Dust Resistance

    Yes (equal to EOS-1N)

  • Voice Memo

    No

  • Intelligent Orientation Sensor

    Yes

  • Playback Zoom

    1.5x - 10x

  • Display Formats

    (1) Single image with information (2 levels)


    (2) Single image


    (3) 4 image index


    (4) 9 image index


    (5) Jump Display

  • SlideShow

    Image selection: All images, by Date, Folder, Movies, Stills


    Playback time: 1/2/3/5/10/20 seconds


    Repeat: On/Off


    Background music: On/Off


    Transition effect: Off, Slide in 1, Slide in 2, Fade 1, Fade 2, Fade 3

  • Histogram

    Brightness: Yes


    RGB: Yes

  • Highlight Alert

    Yes

  • Image Erase Protection

    Erase: Single image, All images in folder, Checkmarked images, unprotected images


    Protection: Erase protection of one image at a time

  • Menu Categories

    (1) Shooting menu (x6)


    (2) Playback menu (x3)


    (3) Setup menu (x4)


    (4) Custom Functions menu


    (5) My Menu

  • Menu Languages

    25 Languages


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

  • Firmware Update

    Update possible by the user.

Interface

  • Computer

    Hi-Speed USB

  • Other

    Video output (PAL/ NTSC) (integrated with USB terminal), HDMI mini output (HDMI-CEC compatible), External microphone (3.5mm Stereo mini jack)

Direct Print

  • Canon Printers

    Canon Compact Photo Printers and PIXMA Printers supporting PictBridge

  • PictBridge

    Yes

Storage

  • Type

    SD, SDHC or SDXC (UHS-I)card

Supported Operating System

  • PC

    Windows 8 / 7 / 7 SP1 / Vista SP2 / XP SP3


    OS X v10.6, v10.7, v10.8

Software

  • Image Processing

    Digital Photo Professional

  • Other

    PhotoStitch, EOS Utility, Picture Style Editor

Power Source

  • Batteries

    Rechargeable Li-ion Battery LP-E6 (supplied), built in for date & settings

  • Battery Life

    Approx. 920 (at 23°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)¹


    Approx. 850 (at 0°C, AE 50%, FE 50%)

  • Battery Indicator

    6 levels + percentage

  • Power Saving

    Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30mins.

  • Power Supply & Battery Chargers

    AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6, Battery charger LC-E6, Car Battery charger CBC-E6

Accessories

  • Viewfinder

    Eyecup Eb, E-series Dioptric Adjustment Lens, Eyepiece Extender EP-EX15II, Angle Finder C

  • Wireless File Transmitter

    Built in

  • Cases / Straps

    Leather case EH21-L

  • Lenses

    All EF and EF-S lenses

  • Flash

    Canon Speedlites (90EX, 220EX, 270EX, 270EX II, 320EX, 420EX, 430EX, 430EX II, 550EX, 580EX, 580EX II, 600EX, 600EX-RT, Macro-Ring-Lite, MR-14EX, Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E2, Speedlite Transmitter ST-E3-RT)

  • Battery Grip

    BG-E14

  • Remote Controller / Switch

    Remote Switch RS-60E3, Remote Controller RC-6

  • Other

    Hand Strap E2, GP-E2

Physical Specifications

  • Body Materials

    Aluminium and polycarbonate resin with glass and conductive fibre

  • Operating Environment

    0 – 40 °C, 85% or less humidity

  • Dimensions (W x H x D)

    139.0 x 104.3 x 78.5mm

  • Weight (Body Only)

    Approx. 755g (CIPA testing standard, including battery and memory card)

*Recommended Exposure Index

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

Subject to change without notice.

¹ Peripheral Cross type AF points will not function as a cross type AF points with the following lenses: EF 35-80mm f4-5.6 (II/III/USM), EF35-105mm f4.5-5.6 (USM). EF 80-200mm f4.5-5.6 (II)

¹ with EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM at 50kph

¹ with 50mm lens at infinity, -1m-1 dpt

¹ Large/Fine(Quality 8) resolution² Based on Canon's testing conditions, JPEG, ISO 100, Standard Picture Style. Varies depending on the subject, memory card brand and capacity, image recording quality, ISO speed, drive mode, Picture Style, Custom functions etc.³ Maximum fps and buffer capacity may be reduced depending on the cameras settings and light level

¹ Based on the CIPA Standard and using the batteries and memory card format supplied with the camera, except where indicated

¹ Focus Confirmation Light not available with EF Cinema lenses