DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS 5DS / EOS 5DS R
Canon
Regional names: EOS 5Ds / EOS 5Ds R.
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Type
- Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera
- Recording media
- CF cards (Type I, UDMA 7 supported) SD/SDHC*/SDXC* memory cards * UHS-I cards compatible.
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 36.0 x 24.0 mm
- Compatible lenses
- Canon EF lenses * Excluding EF-S and EF-M lenses (35mm-equivalent focal length is as indicated on the lens)
- Lens mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 50.6 megapixels * Rounded off to the nearest 10,000th.
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Auto/Manual, Appending Dust Delete Data
- Recording format
- Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible
- Pixels recorded (With full-frame)
- L (Large) : Approx. 50.3 megapixels (8688 x 5792) M1 (Medium 1) : Approx. 39.3 megapixels (7680 x 5120) M2 (Medium 2) : Approx. 22.1 megapixels (5760 x 3840) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 12.4 megapixels (4320 x 2880) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 0.35 megapixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 50.3 megapixels (8688 x 5792) M-RAW : Approx. 28.0 megapixels (6480 x 4320) S-RAW : Approx. 12.4 megapixels (4320 x 2880)
- Crop/aspect ratio
- Crop shooting and shooting with the set aspect ratio possible. Full-frame / Approx. 1.3x (crop) / Approx. 1.6x (crop) / 1:1 (aspect ratio) / 4:3 (aspect ratio) / 16:9 (aspect ratio)
- Record 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 numbering
- Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Defined 1 – 3
- White balance
- Auto (Ambience priority), Auto (White priority), Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom, Color temperature setting (approx. 2500-10000 K), White balance correction, and White balance bracketing provided * Flash color temperature information transmission possible
- Noise reduction
- Applicable to long exposures and high ISO speed shots
- Automatic image brightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer provided
- 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. 21mm, full-frame)
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.71x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eye point
- Approx. 21mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Built-in dioptric adjustment
- Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed
- Grid display
- Provided
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Function setting display
- Battery, White balance, Drive mode, AF operation, Metering mode, Image quality: JPEG/RAW, Flicker detection, Warning symbol !
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor
- AF points
- 61 (Cross-type AF point: Max. 41 points) *Number of available AF points, cross-type points, and Dual cross-type points vary depending on the lens. * Dual cross-type focusing at f/2.8 with 5 AF points vertically aligned at the center. (AF group: When Group A lenses are used)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -2 – 18 (Conditions: f/2.8-sensitive center AF point, One-Shot AF, room temperature, ISO 100)
- Focus operation
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
- AF area selection mode
- 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 of zone), 61-point automatic selection AF
- AF point automatic selection conditions
- Based on EOS iTR AF setting (Enables AF incorporating human face/color information) * iTR: Intelligent Tracking and Recognition
- AF Configuration Tool
- Case 1 – 6
- AI Servo AF characteristics
- Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking, AF point auto switching
- AF Custom Functions
- 16 functions
- AF fine adjustment
- AF Microadjustment (All lenses by same amount or Adjust by lens)
- AF-assist beam
- Emitted by the EOS-dedicated external Speedlite
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, 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 – ISO 3200 set automatically P, Tv, Av, M, B: Auto ISO, ISO 100 – ISO 6400 (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), or ISO expansion to L (equivalent to ISO 50) or H (equivalent to ISO 12800)
- 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
- Anti-flicker
- Possible
- Interval timer
- Shooting interval and shot count settable
- Bulb timer
- Bulb exposure time settable
- Dynamic range adjustment
- Auto, ±1, ±2, ±3
- Effects
- Natural, Art standard, Art vivid, Art bold, Art embossed
- Auto image align
- Provided
- Shooting methods
- 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. (total shutter speed range; available range varies by shooting mode), Bulb, 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, 2-sec. self-timer/remote control
- Continuous shooting speed
- High-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 5.0 shots/sec. Low-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec. Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.
- Max. burst (With full-frame)
- JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 31 shots (approx. 510 shots) RAW: Approx. 12 shots (approx. 14 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 12 shots (approx. 12 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and an 8 GB CF card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an UDMA mode 7, with a CF 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
- Flash control
- Flash function settings, Flash C.Fn settings
- Focus methods
- Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Single) Manual focus (approx. 6x and 16x magnified view possible for focus check)
- Continuous AF
- Provided
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 6.4% of Live View screen), Spot metering (approx. 2.8% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Silent shooting
- Provided (Mode 1 and 2)
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Recording format
- MOV [Movie] MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, Variable (average) bit rate [Audio] Linear PCM
- Recording size and frame rate
- Full HD (1920 x 1080): 29.97p/25.00p/23.98p HD (1280 x 720) : 59.94p/50.00p VGA (640 x 480) : 29.97p/25.00p
- Compression method
- ALL-I (For editing/I-only), IPB (Standard)
- File size
- Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/ALL-I : Approx. 654 MB/min. Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 225 MB/min. HD (59.94p/50.00p)/ALL-I : Approx. 583 MB/min. HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 196 MB/min. VGA (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 78 MB/min.
- Card requirements (Writing/reading speed)
- [CF card] ALL-I: 30 MB/sec. or faster, IPB: 10 MB/sec. or faster [SD card] ALL-I: 20 MB/sec. or faster, IPB: 6 MB/sec. or faster
- Focus method
- Contrast-detection AF system (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Single) Manual focus (approx. 6x and 16x magnified view possible for focus check)
- Movie servo AF
- Possible
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering mode
- Center-weighted average and Evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focus method.
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Auto-exposure shooting (Program AE for movie shooting), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Scene Intelligent Auto, Tv: Automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 6400 P, Av, B: Automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 6400, expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800) M: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 6400), ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set manually (in 1/3- or whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800)
- Time code
- Supported
- Drop frames
- Compatible with 59.94p/29.97p
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Time-lapse movie
- Shooting interval and number of shots settableRequired shooting time period, playback length, and remaining card capacity viewable
- Still photo shooting
- 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
- Help display
- Possible
- Image display format
- Single-image display (without shooting information),Single-image display (with simple information), Single-image display (Shooting information displayed: Detailed information, Lens/histogram, White balance, Picture Style 1, Picture Style 2, Color space/noise reduction,Lens aberration correction), Index display (4/9/36/100images), Two-image display
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- AF point display
- Provided
- Grid display
- 3 types
- Magnified view
- Approx. 1.5x-16x, initial magnification and position settable
- Image browsing method
- Single image, Jump by 10 or 100 images, By shooting date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating
- Image rotation
- Provided
- Rating
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI) Built-in speaker
- Slide show
- All images, By date, By folder, By movies, By stills, By protected images, By rating
- Image protection
- 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, Chromatic aberration correction
- Resize
- Provided
- Cropping
- Provided
- Compatible printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compliant
- Transferrable files
- Still photos (JPEG, RAW, RAW+JPEG images), Movies
- Custom Functions
- 16
- Custom Quick Control
- Provided
- My Menu
- Up to 5 screens can be registered
- Custom shooting mode
- Register under Mode Dial’s C1, C2, or C3
- Copyright information
- Text entry and inclusion enabled
- DIGITAL terminal
- SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Computer communication, direct printing, Wireless File Transmitter WFT-E7 (Ver. 2), GPS Receiver GP-E2, Connect Station CS100 connection
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (Auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible
- External microphone IN terminal
- 3.5 mm diameter stereo mini-jack
- Remote control terminal
- For N3-type remote control units
- Wireless remote control
- Compatible with Remote Controller RC-6
- Eye-Fi card
- Supported
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E6N/LP-E6, quantity 1 * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E6. * With Battery Grip BG-E11 attached, size-AA/R6 batteries can be used.
- Battery information
- Remaining capacity, Shutter count, Recharge performance, and Battery registration possible
- Number of possible shots
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 700 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 660 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) With Live View shooting: Approx. 220 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 210 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) * With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6N.
- Movie shooting time
- Total approx. 1 hr. 30 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Total approx. 1 hr. 25 min. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) * With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6N.
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 152.0 x 116.4 x 76.4 mm / 5.98 x 4.58 x 3.01 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 930 g / 32.80 oz. (Based on CIPA Guidelines) Approx. 845 g / 29.80 oz. (Body only)
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