EOS 550D

Manufacturer specifications

Type

Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash

Recording medium

SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card

Image sensor size

22.3 mm x 14.9 mm

Compatible lenses

Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) (35mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the lens focal length)

Lens mount

Canon EF mount

Type

CMOS sensor

Effective pixels

Approx. 18.00 megapixels

Aspect Ratio

3:2

Dust delete feature

Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending

Recording format

Design rule for Camera File System 2.0

Image type

JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original) RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible

Recorded pixels

Large : Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456) Medium : Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304) Small : Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728) RAW : Approx. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456)

Picture Style

Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3

White balance

Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided * 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 peripheral illumination correction

Provided

Type

Eye-level pentamirror

Coverage

Vertical/Horizontal approx. 95%

Magnification

Approx. 0.87x (-1 m–1 with 50mm lens at infinity)

Eye point

Approx. 19 mm (From eyepiece lens center at-1 m–1)

Built-in dioptric adjustment

-3.0 – +1.0 m–1 (dpt)

Focusing screen

Fixed, Precision Matte

Mirror

Quick-return type

Depth-of-field preview

Provided

Type

TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection

AF points

9 AF points

Metering range

EV -0.5 – 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)

Focusing modes

One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)

AF-assist beam

Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash

Metering modes

63-zone TTL full-aperture metering • Evaluative metering (linkable to any AF point) • Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering

Metering range

EV 1 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

Exposure control

Program AE (Full Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Program), shutter-priority AE, aperture-priority AE, depth-of-field AE, manual exposure

ISO speed (Recommended exposure Index)

Basic Zone modes: ISO 100 – 3200 set automatically Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 – 6400 (in whole-stop increments), ISO 100 – 6400 Auto, or ISO speed expanded to ISO 12800

Exposure compensation

Manual and AEB (Settable in combination with manual exposure compensation) Settable amount: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

AE lock

Auto: Applied in One-Shot AF mode with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: By AE lock button

Type

Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter

Shutter speeds

1/4000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Full Auto mode), X-sync at 1/200 sec. 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.)

Built-in flash

Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: 17mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 3 sec.

External flash

EX-series Speedlite (Flash functions settable with the camera)

Flash metering

E-TTL II autoflash

Flash exposure compensation

±2 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments

FE lock

Provided

PC terminal

None

Drive mode

Single shooting, continuous shooting, self-timer with 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting

Continuous shooting speed

Max. approx. 3.7 shots/sec.

Max. burst

JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 34 shots RAW: Approx. 6 shots RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 3 shots * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using a 4GB card.

Focusing

Live mode, Face detection Live mode (Contrast detection) Quick mode (Phase-difference detection) Manual focusing (5x/10x magnification possible)

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)

Grid display

Two types

Type

MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Variable (average) bit rate

Audio recording format

Linear PCM

Recording format

MOV

Recording size and frame rate

1920×1080 (Full HD) : 30p/25p/24p 1280×720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640×480 (SD) : 60p/50p Crop 640×480 (SD) : 60p/50p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps

File size

1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p) : Approx. 330 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) : Approx. 330 MB/min. 640×480 (60p/50p) : Approx. 165 MB/min. Crop 640×480 (60p/50p) : Approx. 165 MB/min.

Focusing

Same as focusing with Live View shooting

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

Program AE (exposure compensation possible) for movies and manual exposure

ISO speed

With auto-exposure shooting: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 6400 With manual exposure: Manually settable within ISO 100 – 6400 (in whole-stop increments), ISO auto

Sound recording

Built-in monaural microphone External stereo microphone terminal provided

Grid display

Two types

Type

TFT color liquid-crystal monitor

Monitor size and dots

3.0-in. with approx. 1.04 million dots

Coverage

Approx. 100%

Brightness adjustment

Manual (7 levels)

Image display formats

Single image, Single image + Info (Basic info, detailed info, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible

Zoom magnification

Approx. 1.5x – 10x

Image browsing methods

Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by movie, by stills

Highlight alert

Overexposed highlights blink

Movie playback

Enabled (LCD monitor, video/audio OUT, HDMI OUT) Built-in speaker

Compatible printers

PictBridge-compatible printers

Printable images

JPEG and RAW images

Print ordering

DPOF Version 1.1 compatible

Custom Functions

12

My Menu registration

Provided

Copyright information

Entry and inclusion possible

Audio/video OUT/ Digital terminal

Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output For personal computer communication and direct printing (Hi-Speed USB equivalent)

HDMI mini OUT terminal

Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible

External microphone IN terminal

3.5mm dia. stereo mini-jack

Remote control terminal

For Remote Switch RS-60E3

Wireless remote control

Remote Controller RC-6

Battery

Battery Pack LP-E8 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8 * With Battery Grip BG-E8 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used

Battery life(Based on CIPA testing standards)

With Live View shooting: Approx. 180 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 150 shots at 0°C/32°F With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 440 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 400 shots at 0°C/32°F

Dimensions (W x H x D)

128.8 x 97.5 x 75.3 mm / 5.1 x 3.8 x 3.0 in.

Weight

Approx. 530 g / 18.7 oz. (CIPA testing standards) Approx. 475 g / 16.8 oz. (body only)

Working Temperature range

0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F

Working humidity

85% or less