 | Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash |
| CF Card Type I and II, UDMA-compliant CF cards, via external media (USB v.2.0 hard drive, via optional Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E3A) |
| Image Sensor Size 22.3mm x 14.9mm |
| Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6x the lens focal length) |
| High-sensitivity, high-resolution, large single-plate CMOS sensor |
| Effective pixels: Approx. 15.10 megapixels |
| Total pixels: Approx. 15.50 megapixels |
| 3:2 (Horizontal: Vertical) |
| RGB primary color filters |
| Fixed position in front of the CMOS sensor |
| Dust Deletion feature |
| JPEG, RAW (14-bit, Canon original), sRAW, RAW+JPEG |
| Auto, Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten Light, White Fluorescent Light, Flash, Custom, Color Temperature setting |
| Auto white balance with the image sensor |
| White balance correction: ±9 stops in full-stop increments |
| White balance bracketing: ±3 stops in full-stop increments |
| Blue/amber direction or magenta/green direction possible |
| Eye-level pentaprism |
| Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95% |
| Approx. 0.95x (-1m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity) |
| Approx. 22mm (from eyepiece lens center) |
| -3.0 to +1.0m-1 (diopter) |
| Interchangeable (Ef-D: Grid lines, Ef-S {point of Focus), Ef-A standard focusing screen provided |
| Quick-return half mirror (transmission: reflection ratio of 40:60, no mirror cut-off with EF600mm f/4L IS USM or shorter lenses) |
| AF information (AF points, focus confirmation light), Exposure information (shutter speed, aperture, ISO speed, AE lock, exposure level, spot metering circle), Flash information (flash ready, flash exposure compensation, High-speed sync, FE lock, Red-eye reduction light), Image information (Highlight tone priority, monochrome shooting, maximum burst, white balance correction, CF card information) |
| TTL-CT-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor |
| 9 (Cross-type) |
| EV 0.5-18 (at 73°F/23°C, ISO 100) |
| Auto, One-Shot AF, Predictive AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF) |
| Automatic selection, manual selection |
| Superimposed in viewfinder and indicated on LCD panel |
| Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash |
| Effective range: Approx. 13.1 ft./4.0m at center, approx. 11.5 ft./3.5m at periphery |
| 35-zone TTL full-aperture metering |
| EV 1-20 (at 73°F/23°C with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) |
| Program AE (Shiftable), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Depth-of-field AE, Creative Auto, Full auto, Programmed image control modes (portrait, landscape, close-up, sports, night portrait, flash off), Manual exposure, E-TTL II autoflash program AE |
| Automatically set, ISO 100-6400 (in 1/3-stop or 1-stop increments) |
| Basic Zone modes: ISO 100-3200 set automatically |
| Extension settable (with C.Fn.I-3-1): ISO 12800 |
| High Tone Priority settable: ISO 200-1600 |
| Manual: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (can be combined with AEB) |
| Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved |
| Vertical-travel, mechanical, Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter |
| Soft-touch electromagnetic release |
| 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay |
| Remote control with N3-type terminal |
| Retractable, auto pop-up flash |
| 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) |
| Flash-ready icon lights in viewfinder |
| TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor |
| 3" LCD |
| Approx. 920,000 (VGA) |
| Approx. 100% (viewing angle: approx. 160°) |
| Single image, Single image + Image-recording quality/shooting information, histogram, 4- or 9-image index, magnified view (approx. 1.5x-10x), rotated image (auto/manual), image jump (by 10/100 images, index screen, by shooting date, by folder), slide show (all images/selected by date/folder) |
| Single images can be erase-protected or not |
| Single image, check-marked images or all images in the CF card can be erased (except protected images) |
| PictBridge-compatible printers |
| JPEG images compliant to Design rule for Camera File System (DPOF printing possible) and RAW/sRAW images captured with the EOS 50D |
| For personal computer communication and direct printing (USB 2.0 Hi-Speed) |
| One Battery Pack BP-511A |
| AC power can be supplied via optional AC Adapter Kit ACK-E2 (with optional Battery Grip BG-E2N or BG-E2 attached, AA-size batteries can be used) |
| Power turns off after 1, 2, 4, 8, 15 or 30 min. |
| Approx. 5.7 x 4.2 x 2.9 in./145.5 x 107.8 x 73.5mm |
| Approx. 25.7 oz./730g (body only) |
