DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE

EOS-1D C

Canon

Catalogue announcement:

Canon EOS-1D C
Photo: Canon Camera Museum ↗

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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