Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS 5DS
Canon
Catalogue announcement:
01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Catalogue specifications. Source: DPReview historical specification record ↗.
Sensor and files
- Effective pixels
- 51 megapixels
- Sensor size
- Full frame (36 x 24 mm)
- Sensor type
- CMOS
- Max resolution
- 8688 x 5792
- ISO
- Auto, 100-6400 (expandable to 50-12800)
- Boosted ISO (minimum)
- 50
- Boosted ISO (maximum)
- 12800
- Uncompressed format
- RAW
Lens and focus
- Lens mount
- Canon EF
- Number of focus points
- 61
- Manual focus
- Yes
- Image stabilization
- No
Exposure and shooting
- Minimum shutter speed
- 30 sec
- Maximum shutter speed
- 1/8000 sec
- Continuous drive
- 5.0 fps
- Exposure compensation
- ±5 (at 1/3 EV, 1/2 EV steps)
- Metering modes
- MultiCenter-weightedSpotPartial
- Aperture priority
- Yes
- Shutter priority
- Yes
- Built-in flash
- No
- External flash
- Yes (via hot shoe and PC sync port)
- Timelapse recording
- Yes
Video and audio
- Resolutions
- 1920 x 1080 (30p, 25p, 24p), 1280 x 720 (60p, 50p), 640 x 480 (30p, 25p)
- Format
- H.264
- Microphone
- Mono
- Microphone port
- Yes
- Headphone port
- No
- Speaker
- Mono
Viewfinder and screen
- Viewfinder type
- Optical (pentaprism)
- Viewfinder coverage
- 100%
- Viewfinder magnification
- 0.71×
- Screen size
- 3.2″
- Screen dots
- 1,040,000
- Articulated LCD
- Fixed
- Touch screen
- No
Body and connections
- Storage types
- SD/SDHC/SDXC (UHS-I compatible), CompactFlash
- Battery description
- LP-E6 lithium-ion battery & charger
- Battery Life (CIPA)
- 700
- Weight (inc. batteries)
- 930 g (2.05 lb / 32.80 oz)
- Dimensions
- 152 x 116 x 76 mm (5.98 x 4.57 x 2.99″)
- Environmentally sealed
- Yes (dust and water-resistent)
- USB
- USB 3.0 (5 GBit/sec)
- HDMI
- Yes (mini-HDMI)
- Remote control
- Yes (Wired and wireless)
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Sources and dates
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