EOS 5D Mark III

Manufacturer specifications

Type

Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera

Recording media

CF card (Type I, UDMA mode 7-compatible), SD memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card

Image sensor size

Approx. 36 x 24 mm

Compatible lenses

Canon EF lenses (except EF-S lenses) (35 mm-equivalent lens focal length will be as indicated on the lens)

Lens mount

Canon EF mount

Type

CMOS sensor

Effective pixels

Approx. 22.30 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 enabled

Recorded pixels

L (Large) : Approx. 22.10 megapixels (5760 x 3840) M (Medium) : Approx. 9.80 megapixels (3840 x 2560) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 5.50 megapixels (2880 x 1920) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 22.10 megapixels (5760 x 3840) M-RAW : Approx. 10.50 megapixels (3960 x 2640) S-RAW : Approx. 5.50 megapixels (2880 x 1920)

Recording function

Standard, Auto switch card, Rec. separately, Rec. to multiple

Create/select a folder

Possible

File name

Preset code, User setting 1, User setting 2

File numbering

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), 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. 21 mm)

Magnification

Approx. 0.71x (-1 m-1 with 50 mm lens at infinity)

Eye point

Approx. 21 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)

Built-in dioptric adjustment

Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)

Focusing screen

Fixed

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, 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)

Focus modes

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

AF area selection modes

Single-point Spot AF (manual selection), Single-point AF (manual selection), AF point expansion (manual selection; up, down, left, and right), AF point expansion (manual selection; surround), Zone AF (manual selection), Auto selection of 61 AF points

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

63-zone TTL full-aperture metering Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) Partial metering (approx. 6.2% of viewfinder at center) Spot metering (approx. 1.5% 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 (Scene Intelligent Auto, Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure

ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)

Scene Intelligent Auto: ISO 100 – 12800 set automatically P, Tv, Av, M, B: Auto ISO, ISO 100 – 25600 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to L (50), H1 (equivalent to ISO 51200), H2 (equivalent to ISO 102400)

ISO speed settings

ISO speed range, Auto ISO range, and Auto ISO minimum shutter speed settable

Exposure compensation

Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments AEB: ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments (Can be combined with manual exposure compensation)

AE lock

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

Dynamic range adjustment

Auto, ±1 EV, ±2 EV, ±3 EV

Effect

Natural, Art standard, Art vivid, Art bold, Art embossed

Auto image align

Possible

Shooting method

Function/control priority, Continuous shooting priority

No. 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 1/200 sec.

Drive modes

Single shooting, High-speed continuous shooting, Low-speed continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, 10-sec. self-timer/remote control, 2sec. self-timer/remote control

Continuous shooting speed

High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 6 shots/sec. Low-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3 shots/sec. Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3 shots/sec.

Max. burst

JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 65 shots (approx. 16270 shots) RAW: Approx. 13 shots (approx. 18 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 7 shots (approx. 7 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and a 8 GB card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an UDMA mode 7, 128 GB card based on Canon’s testing standards.

Compatible Speedlites

EX-series Speedlites

Flash metering

E-TTL II autoflash

Flash exposure compensation

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

FE lock

Provided

PC terminal

Provided

External Speedlite control

Provided * Compatible with radio wireless flash photography.

Aspect ratio settings

3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1

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 – 18 (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

Movie recording compression

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) : 30p/25p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps

Compression method:

ALL-I (I-only), IPB

File size

1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p) / IPB : Approx. 235 MB/min. 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p) / ALL-I : Approx. 685 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) / IPB : Approx. 205 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) / ALL-I : Approx. 610 MB/min. 640×480 (30p/25p) / IPB : Approx. 78 MB/min. * Card reading/writing speed necessary for movie shooting: CF card: IPB: at least 10 MB per sec./ALL-I: at least 30 MB per sec. SD card: IPB: at least 6 MB per sec./ALL-I: at least 20 MB per sec.

Focus modes

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

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 (except in Scene Intelligent Auto mode).

Exposure compensation

±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments (±5 stops for still photos)

ISO speed: (Recommended exposure index)

Scene Intelligent Auto and Tv: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800 P, Av, and B: Automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800, expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 25600) M: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – 12800), ISO 100 – 12800 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 16000/20000/25600)

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 photos

Possible

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

Auto (Dark, Standard, Bright), Manual (7 levels)

Electronic level

Provided

Feature guide

Displayable

Image display formats

Single image display, Single image + Info display (Basic info, shooting info, histogram), 4-image index, 9-image index, 2-image 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

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

Transferrable images

Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies

Custom Functions

13

My Menu registration

Possible

Custom shooting modes

Register under Mode Dial’s C1/C2/C3

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), Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7, GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection

HDMI mini OUT terminal

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

External microphone IN terminal

3.5 mm stereo mini-jack

Headphone terminal

3.5 mm stereo mini-jack

Remote control terminal

Compatible with N3-type remote controller

Wireless remote control

Remote Controller RC-6

Eye-Fi card

Compatible

Battery

Battery Pack LP-E6 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6. * With Battery Grip BG-E11 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used.

Battery information

Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible

Battery life: (Based on CIPA testing standards)

With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 950 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 850 shots at 0°C/32°F With Live View shooting: Approx. 200 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 180 shots at 0°C/32°F

Movie shooting time

Approx. 1 hr. 30 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at 0°C/32°F * With fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6

Date/Time battery

CR1616 lithium battery (Quantity 1)

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Approx. 152.0 x 116.4 x 76.4 mm / 6.0 x 4.6 x 3.0 in.

Weight

Approx. 950 g / 33.5 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), Approx. 860 g / 30.3 oz. (Body only)

Working temperature range

0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F

Working humidity

85% or less