DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS-1D C
Canon
Catalogue announcement:

01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Type
- Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera
- Recording media
- Type I or II CF card, UDMA mode 7-compatible * Dual CF card slots
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm
- Compatible lenses
- 1. Canon EF lenses (except EF-S and EF-M lenses) 2. Canon Cinema (CN-E) lenses (EF mount) * The effective angle of view is equivalent to the lens focal length. * Canon EF Cinema zoom lenses are compatible only with Super 35mm Crop movies. (Not compatible with still photo shooting, 4K, Full HD, HD, and SD movies.)
- Lens mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 18.10 megapixels
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending
- Recording format
- Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording enabled
- M1 (Medium 1)
- Approx. 14.20 megapixels (4608 x 3072)
- M2 (Medium 2)
- Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304)
- S (Small)
- Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
- RAW
- Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
- M-RAW
- Approx. 10.10 megapixels (3888 x 2592)
- S-RAW
- Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728)
- JPEG quality
- 10 levels
- Recording function
- Standard, Auto switch card, Record separately, Record to multiple
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- File name
- Preset code, User setting 1, User setting 2
- File number
- Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3
- White balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (Approx. 2500-10000K), Personal white balance (5 settings), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing possible * Flash color temperature information transmission enabled
- Noise reduction
- Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
- Automatic image brightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer
- Highlight tone priority
- Provided
- Lens aberration correction
- Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction
- Type
- Eye-level pentaprism
- Coverage
- Vertical / Horizontal approx. 100% (with Eye point approx. 20 mm)
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.76x (-1 m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity)
- Eye point
- Approx. 20 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Built-in dioptric adjustment
- Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
- Eyepiece shutter
- Built-in
- Focusing screen
- Ec-C V provided, interchangeable
- AF status indicator
- Provided
- Grid display
- Provided
- Electronic level
- Horizontal: 1° increments, ±6° Vertical: 1° increments, ±4° * During horizontal shooting
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
- AF points
- 61 points (Up to 41 cross-type points) * Number of available AF points and cross-type points vary depending on the lens.
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -2 – 18 (with center f/2.8 AF point, at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
- Focus modes
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, Manual focusing (MF)
- AF area selection modes
- Single-point Spot AF (manual selection), Single-point AF (manual selection), AF point expansion (manualselection: up, down, left, and right), AF point expansion (manual selection: surround), Zone AF (manual selection), 61-point automatic selection AF
- AF point automatic selection conditions
- Depending on EOS iTR AF setting (AF using color and face detection information possible) * iTR: Intelligent Tracking and Recognition
- AF Configuration tool
- Case 1 – 6
- AI Servo characteristics
- Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration / deceleration tracking, AF point auto switching
- AF fine adjustment
- AF Microadjustment (All lenses by same amount or Adjust by lens)
- AF-assist beam
- Emitted by the EOS-dedicated external Speedlite
- Metering modes
- Approx. 100,000-pixel RGB metering sensor and 252-zone TTL metering at max. aperture EOS iSA (Intelligent Subject Analysis) system – Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) – Partial metering (approx. 6.5% of viewfinder at center) – Spot metering (approx. 2.5% of viewfinder at center) – Center-weighted average metering
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100) * Spot metering: EV 2 – 20
- Exposure control
- Program AE, Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Auto ISO, manually settable within ISO 100 – 51200 (1/3-stop or whole-stop increments), and expandable to L (Equivalent to ISO 50), H1 (Equivalent to ISO 102400), H2 (Equivalent to ISO 204800)
- ISO speed settings
- ISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable
- AEB
- ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (Can be combined with manual exposure compensation)
- Manual
- By AE lock button
- Standard exposure level adjustment
- AE Microadjustment possible
- Shooting method
- Function/control priority, Continuous shooting priority
- Number of multiple exposures
- 2 to 9 exposures
- Multiple-exposure control
- Additive, Average, Bright, Dark
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter speeds
- 1/8000 sec. to 30 sec., Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), X-sync at 1/250 sec.
- Drive modes
- Single, High-speed continuous, Low-speed continuous,10-sec. self-timer, 2-sec. self-timer, Silent single shooting, Super high-speed continuous
- High-speed continuous shooting
- Max. approx. 12 shots/sec.
- Low-speed continuous shooting
- Max. approx. 3 shots/sec.
- RAW
- Approx. 27 shots (approx. 29 shots)
- RAW+JPEG Large
- Approx. 17 shots (approx. 17 shots)
- Focus modes
- Live mode, Face detection Live mode (contrast detection), Quick mode (phase-difference detection), Manual focusing (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 1 – 20 (with contrast detection, at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Evaluative metering with the image sensor
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Silent shooting
- Provided (Mode 1 and 2)
- Grid display
- Three types
- Super 35mm Crop (30p/25p/24p) / IPB
- Approx. 385 MB/min.
- Super 35mm Crop (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I
- Approx. 685 MB/min.
- Full HD (60p or 50p) / ALL-I
- Approx. 1.36 GB/min.
- Full HD (30p/25p/24p) / IPB
- Approx. 235 MB/min.
- Full HD (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I
- Approx. 685 MB/min.
- HD (60p/50p) / IPB
- Approx. 205 MB/min.
- HD (60p/50p) / ALL-I
- Approx. 610 MB/min.
- SD (30p/25p) / IPB
- Approx. 78 MB/min.
- YCbCr 4:2:0 (8 bit)
- Super 35mm Crop, Full HD, HD, SD
- Rec. ITU-R BT.709
- Super 35mm Crop, Full HD, HD
- Pixel range
- 8 bit, 0 to 255 (with Canon Log Gamma: 8 bit, 16 to 254)
- Movie characteristic
- 1. Canon Log gamma, 2. Picture Style selectable * If Canon Log gamma is set, View Assist is possible.
- Full HD 60p/50p
- 60 MB/sec. or higher
- Super 35mm Crop/IPB
- 20 MB/sec. or higher
- Other than the above
- PB: 10 MB/sec. or higher ALL-I: 30 MB/sec. or higher
- Focus modes
- Same as focusing modes with Live View shooting * With Canon Log gamma: AF is not possible * With 4K, Super 35mm Crop, or Full HD 60p/50p: AF with Quick mode is not possible
- Metering modes
- Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focusing mode.
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- 1. Auto-exposure, 2. Shutter-priority AE, 3. Aperture-priority AE, 4. Manual exposure * With 1, 2, and 3, exposure compensation and AE lock are possible.
- Exposure compensation
- 1/3-stop increments, ±3 stops (±5 stops for still photos)
- Tv
- ISO 100 – 25600 set automatically
- M
- Auto ISO (ISO 100 – 25600 set automatically), ISO 100 – 25600 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to H (equivalent to ISO 32000/40000/51200), H1 (equivalent to ISO 102400), H2 (equivalent to ISO 204800)
- Time code
- Supported
- Drop frames
- Compatible with 60p/30p
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided, sound recording level adjustable, wind filter provided
- Headphones
- Headphone terminal provided
- Grid display
- Three types
- Still photo shooting
- Possible * If Canon Log gamma is set or 4K, Super 35mm Crop, or Full HD 60p/50p is set, still photo shooting is not possible.
- Two-screen display
- Simultaneous display of LCD monitor and HDMI output image is possible.
- HDMI output
- Image without information display can be output. * Selectable from Auto, 24p, 60i, and 50i.
- Accessory attachment
- Camera bottom provides an alignment hole to prevent rotation.
- Type
- TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor size and dots
- Wide, 8.1 cm (3.2-in.) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots
- Brightness adjustment
- Manual (7 levels)
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Feature guide
- Displayable
- Camera system status display
- Provided
- Image display formats
- Single-image display, Single-image + Info display (Basic info, shooting info, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index display
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- AF point display
- Possible
- Grid display
- Three types
- Zoom magnification
- Approx. 1.5x – 10x, starting magnification and position settable
- Image browsing methods
- Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
- Image rotate
- Possible
- Ratings
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT) , Built-in speaker
- Slide show
- All images, by date, by folder, movies, stills, or by rating
- Image protect
- Possible
- Voice memo
- Recording / playback possible
- Copying images
- Possible
- In-camera RAW image processing
- Brightness correction, White balance, Picture Style, Auto Lighting Optimizer, High ISO speed noise reduction, JPEG image-recording quality, Color space, Peripheral illumination correction, Distortion correction, and Chromatic aberration correction
- Resize
- Possible
- Compatible printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compatible
- Ethernet
- 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T
- FTP transfer
- Automatic transfer upon shooting, Image selection/transfer, Transfer with SET button, Transfer with caption
- EOS Utility
- EOS Utility’s remote control works with wired LAN
- WFT server
- Camera control, simple control, basic shooting, image viewing, and downloading
- Media server
- DLNA-compatible
- Multi camera time sync function
- Master camera can synchronize time with up to 10 slave cameras Time error of approx. ±0.05 sec. between master and slave cameras
- Transferrable images
- Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies
- Custom Functions
- 31
- Save camera settings
- Up to ten sets can be registered in a card
- Custom shooting modes
- Register under C1/C2/C3
- My Menu registration
- Possible
- Copyright information
- Entry and inclusion enabled
- Audio/video OUT / Digital terminal
- Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL) / stereo audio output Personal computer communication, Direct printing (Hi-Speed USB or equivalent), GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible
- External microphone IN terminal
- 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack
- Headphone terminal
- 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack
- Remote control terminal
- Compatible with N3-type remote controller
- Ethernet terminal
- RJ-45 terminal, gigabit Ethernet compatible
- System extension terminal
- For Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E6 and GPS Receiver GP-E1
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E4N/LP-E4 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E4
- Battery information
- Remaining capacity, Shutter count, and Recharge performance displayed
- With Live View shooting
- Approx. 290 shots at 23°C/73°F Approx. 250 shots at 0°C/32°F
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 25 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 15 min. at 0°C/32°F * With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E4N and 4K shooting.
- Date/Time battery
- CR2025 lithium battery (Quantity 1)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 158.0 x 163.6 x 82.7 mm / 6.2 x 6.4 x 3.3 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 1545 g / 54.5 oz. (CIPA Guidelines) Approx. 1355 g / 47.8 oz. (Body only)
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 45°C / 32°F – 113°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
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