EOS 6D

Manufacturer specifications

Type

Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera

Recording media

SD memory card, SDHC memory card*, SDXC memorycard* * Compatible with UHS-I

Image sensor size

Approx. 35.8 x 23.9 mm

Compatible lenses

Canon EF lenses (except EF-S and EF-M 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. 20.20 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. 20.00 megapixels (5472 x 3648) M (Medium) : Approx. 8.90 megapixels (3648 x 2432) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 5.00 megapixels (2736 x 1824) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 20.00 megapixels (5472 x 3648) M-RAW : Approx. 11.00 megapixels (4104 x 2736) S-RAW : Approx. 5.00 megapixels (2736 x 1824)

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. 97% (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

Eg-A II provided, interchangeable

Electronic level

Horizontal: 1° increments, ±9° * During horizontal shooting only

Mirror

Quick-return type

Depth-of-field preview

Provided

Type

TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection

AF points

11 AF pointsCenter: Cross-type AF at f/5.6Center: Vertical line-sensitive AF at f/2.8

Focusing brightness range

EV -3 – 18 (at center AF point [sensitive to f/2.8 and f/5.6], room temperature, ISO 100)

Focus operation

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

AI Servo AF characteristics

Tracking sensitivity, Acceleration/deceleration tracking

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. 8.0% of viewfinder at center) Spot metering (approx. 3.5% of viewfinder at center) Center-weighted average metering

Metering range

EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature with EF50mm f/1.8 II lens, ISO 100)

Exposure control

Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Creative Auto, Special scene (Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure

ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)

Basic Zone modes*: 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 (equivalent to ISO 50), H1 (equivalent to ISO 51200), H2 (equivalent to ISO 102400) * Landscape: ISO 100 – 1600 set automatically, Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 – 25600 set automatically

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

Auto image align

Possible

Number of multiple exposures

2 to 9 exposures

Multiple-exposure control

Additive, Average

Type

Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter

Shutter speeds

1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., bulb, X-sync at 1/180 sec.

Drive modes

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

Continuous shooting speed

Continuous shooting: Max. approx. 4.5 shots/sec.Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.

Max. burst

JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 73 shots (approx. 1250 shots) RAW: Approx. 14 shots (approx. 17 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 7 shots (approx. 8 shots) * Figures in parentheses apply to an UHS-I compatible 8 GB card based on Canon’s testing standards. * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) and an 8 GB card.

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

None

External Speedlite control

Provided * Compatible with radio wireless flash photography.

Aspect ratio settings

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

Focus methods

FlexiZone – Single, 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 room temperature, ISO 100)

Metering modes

Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 11% of Live View screen), Spot metering(approx. 3% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering

Metering range

EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

Silent shooting

Provided (Mode 1 and 2)

Grid display

Three types

Recording format

MOV

Movie

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

Audio

Linear PCM

Recording size and frame rate

1920 x 1080 (Full HD): 30p / 25p / 24p 1280 x 720 (HD) : 60p / 50p 640 x 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:

IPB, ALL-I (I-only)

File size

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

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 room temperature with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)

Exposure control

Program AE for movies and manual exposure

Exposure compensation

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

ISO speed:(Recommended exposure index)

With auto-exposure: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 12800), Maximum and minimum ISO speeds can be changed in Creative Zone modes With manual exposure: Auto ISO (automatically set within ISO 100 – ISO 12800), ISO 100 – ISO 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

Video snapshots

Settable to 2 sec. / 4 sec. / 8 sec.

Sound recording

Built-in monaural microphone, external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided

Grid display

Three types

Still photo shooting

Possible

Type

TFT color, liquid-crystal monitor

Monitor size and dots

Wide, 7.7 cm (3.0-in.) (3:2) with approx. 1.04 million dots

Brightness adjustment

Manual (7 levels)

Electronic level

Provided

Feature guide / Help

Displayable

Image display formats

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

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

Background music

Selectable for slide shows and movie playback

Image protect

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

Custom Functions

20

My Menu registration

Possible

Custom shooting modes

Register under Mode Dial’s C1/C2

Copyright information

Entry and inclusion enabled

Audio/video OUT/ Digital terminal

Analog video (Compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output 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

ø3.5 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-E13 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used.

Battery information

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

Number of possible shots: (Based on CIPA testing standards)

With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 1090 shots at room temperature (23ºC/73ºF), approx. 980 shots at low temperature (0ºC/32ºF)With Live View shooting: Approx. 220 shots at room temperature (23ºC/73ºF), approx. 190 shots at low temperature (0ºC/32ºF)

Movie shooting time

Approx. 1 hr. 35 min. at room temperature (23ºC/73ºF)Approx. 1 hr. 25 min. at low temperature (0ºC/32ºF)(With a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E6)

Dimensions (W x H x D)

Approx. 144.5 x 110.5 x 71.2 mm / 5.7 x 4.4 x 2.8 in.

Weight (EOS 6D (WG))

Approx. 755 g / 26.7 oz. (CIPA Guidelines),Approx. 680 g / 24.0 oz. (Body only)

Weight (EOS 6D (N))

Approx. 750 g / 26.5 oz. (CIPA Guidelines),Approx. 675 g / 23.8 oz. (Body only)

Working temperature range

0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F

Working humidity

85% or less