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DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS 80D
Canon
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Type
- Digital, single-lens reflex, AF/AE camera with built-in flash
- Recording media
- SD/SDHC*/SDXC* memory cards * UHS-I cards supported
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm
- Compatible lenses
- Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) * Excluding EF-M lenses (35mm-equivalent angle of view is that of a lens with approx. 1.6x the focal length indicated.)
- Lens mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 24.2 megapixels * Rounded off to the nearest 10,000th.
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust delete feature
- Auto, Manual, Dust Delete Data appending
- Recording format
- Design rule for Camera File System (DCF) 2.0
- Image type
- JPEG, RAW (14-bit Canon original), RAW+JPEG simultaneous recording possible
- Recorded pixels
- L (Large) : 24.0 megapixels (6000 x 4000) M (Medium) : Approx. 10.6 megapixels (3984 x 2656) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 5.9 megapixels (2976 x 1984) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : 24.0 megapixels (6000 x 4000) M-RAW : 13.5 megapixels (4500 x 3000) S-RAW : 6.0 megapixels (3000 x 2000)
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- 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 enabled
- 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, Distortion correction
- Type
- Eye-level pentaprism
- Coverage (by aspect ratio)
- 3:2 (vertical: approx. 100%, horizontal: approx. 100%) 4:3 (vertical: approx. 100%, horizontal: approx. 97%) 16:9 (vertical: approx. 97%, horizontal: approx. 100%) 1:1 (vertical: approx. 100%, horizontal: approx. 96%) * With eyepoint at approx. 22mm.
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.95x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eye point
- Approx. 22mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Dioptric adjustment range
- Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed
- Grid display
- Provided
- Electronic level
- Provided
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase-difference detection with the dedicated AF sensor
- AF points
- 45 (Cross-type AF point: Max. 45 points) * Number of available AF points, Dual cross-type AF points, and cross-type AF points vary depending on the lens used and aspect ratio settings. * Dual cross-type focusing at f/2.8 with center AF point. (AF group: When Group A lenses are used)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -3 – 18 (with the center AF point supporting f/2.8, One-Shot AF, at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Focus operation
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF, Manual focusing (MF)
- AF area selection mode
- Single-point AF (Manual selection), Zone AF (Manual selection of zone), Large Zone AF (manual selection of zone), 45-point automatic selection AF
- AF point automatic selection conditions
- AF points can be selected automatically using information on colors equivalent to skin tones.
- AI Servo AF 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
- Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
- Metering mode
- 63-zone TTL open-aperture metering using 7560-pixel RGB plus IR metering sensor • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial metering (approx. 6.0% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 3.8% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Metering brightness range
- EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Shooting mode
- Basic Zone modes: Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Special scene modes (Food, Kids, Candlelight, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports), Creative filters (Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect, Water painting effect, HDR art standard, HDR art vivid, HDR art bold, HDR art embossed) Creative Zone modes: Program AE, Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure, Bulb exposure, Custom shooting mode
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically * Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set automatically, Landscape: ISO 100 – ISO 1600 set automatically P, Tv, Av, M, B: ISO Auto, ISO 100 – ISO 16000 set manually (1/3- and whole-stop increments), and ISO expansion to H (equivalent to ISO 25600)
- ISO speed settings
- Range for stills, Auto range, and Minimum shutter speed for auto 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 with evaluative metering when focus is achieved Manual: With 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 alignment
- Provided
- Number of multiple exposures
- 2 to 9 exposures
- Multiple-exposure control
- Additive, Average
- 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 1/250 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. 7.0 shots/sec.* * Max. approx. 5.0 shots/sec. during Live View shooting or when [Servo AF] is set. Low-speed continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec. Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 3.0 shots/sec.
- Max. burst
- JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 77 shots (approx. 110 shots) RAW: Approx. 20 shots (approx. 25 shots) RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: Approx. 20 shots (approx. 22 shots) * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (3:2 aspect ratio, ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style) using an 8 GB card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an UHS-I compatible 16 GB card based on Canon’s testing standards.
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: Approx. 12/39.4 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view Recharge time: Approx. 3 sec.
- External Speedlite
- Compatible with 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
- Flash control
- Built-in flash function settings, external Speedlite function settings, external Speedlite Custom Function settings Wireless flash control via optical transmission possible
- Focus method
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF system
- AF method
- Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)
- AF operation
- One-Shot AF, Servo AF
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering mode
- Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 6.1% of Live View screen), Spot metering (approx. 2.6% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering
- Metering brightness range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
- Creative Filters
- Provided
- Silent LV shooting
- Provided (Mode 1 and 2)
- Touch shutter
- Provided
- Grid display
- Three types
- Recording format
- MOV/MP4 [Movie] MPEG-4 AVC / H.264, Variable (average) bit rate [Audio] MOV: Linear PCM, MP4: AAC
- Recording size and frame rate
- [MOV] Full HD (1920×1080): 29.97p/25.00p/23.98p [MP4] Full HD (1920×1080): 59.94p/50.00p/29.97p/25.00p/23.98p HD (1280×720) : 59.94p/50.00p/29.97p/25.00p
- Compression method
- [MOV] : ALL-I (For editing/I-only) [MP4] : IPB (Standard), IPB (Light)
- Bit rate
- [MOV] Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/ALL-I: Approx. 90 Mbps [MP4] Full HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard): Approx. 60 Mbps Full HD (29.97p/25.00p/23.98p)/IPB (Standard): Approx. 30 Mbps Full HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Light) : Approx. 12 Mbps HD (59.94p/50.00p)/IPB (Standard) : Approx. 26 Mbps HD (29.97p/25.00p)/IPB (Light) : Approx. 4 Mbps HDR Movie Shooting : Approx. 30 Mbps
- Focus method
- Dual Pixel CMOS AF system
- AF method
- Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)
- Movie Servo AF
- Provided * Movie Servo AF customizable
- Digital zoom
- Approx. 3x – 10x
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering mode
- Center-weighted average or Evaluative metering
- Metering brightness range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Auto-exposure shooting (Program AE for movie shooting) and manual exposure
- Exposure compensation
- ±3 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- For auto exposure shooting: ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set automatically. In Creative Zone modes, the upper limit is expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 25600). For manual exposure shooting: ISO Auto (ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set automatically), ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set manually (1/3- and whole-stop increments), expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 25600)
- ISO speed settings
- Range for movie shooting settable
- HDR Movie Shooting
- Possible
- Creative filters for movies
- Memory, Dream, Old Movies, Dramatic B&W, Miniature effect movie
- Video snapshots
- Settable to 2 sec./4 sec./8 sec.
- Sound recording
- Built-in stereo microphones, external stereo microphone terminal provided Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided
- Headphones
- Headphone terminal provided, sound volume adjustable
- Grid display
- Three types
- Time-lapse movie
- Shooting interval and number of shots settable Required shooting time period, playback length, and remaining card capacity viewable
- Still photo shooting
- Not possible during movie shooting
- 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
- Touch screen technology
- Capacitive sensing
- Feature guide/ Help
- Displayable
- Image display formats
- Single-image display (without shooting information), Single-image display (with basic 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 (4/9/36/100 images)
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- AF point display
- Provided (may not be displayed depending on shooting conditions)
- Grid display
- Three types
- Zoom magnification
- Approx. 1.5x – 10x
- Image browsing methods
- Single image, jump by 10 or 100 images, by shooting date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
- Image rotation
- Possible
- Image protection
- Possible
- Rating
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI), built-in speaker
- Slide show
- All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating
- Background music
- Selectable for slide shows and movie playback
- In-camera RAW image processing
- Brightness adjustment, 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
- Creative filters
- Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect
- DPOF
- Version 1.1 compliant
- Custom Functions
- 26
- My Menu
- Up to 5 screens can be registered
- Custom shooting mode
- Register under Mode Dial’s C1 or C2
- Copyright information:
- Entry and appending possible
- Digital terminal
- Computer communication (Hi-Speed USB equivalent), 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 Remote Switch RS-60E3
- Wireless remote control
- Compatible with Remote Controller RC-6
- Eye-Fi card
- Compatible
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E6N/LP-E6, quantity 1 * AC power usable with household power outlet accessories. * With Battery Grip BG-E14 attached, AA/R6 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 50% flash use)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 960 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 860 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) With Live View shooting: Approx. 300 shots at room temperature (23°C/73°F), approx. 270 shots at low temperatures (0°C/32°F)
- Movie shooting time
- Total approx. 1 hr. 50 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Total approx. 1 hr. 40 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. 139.0 x 105.2 x 78.5 mm / 5.47 x 4.14 x 3.09 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 730 g / 25.75 oz. (Based on CIPA Guidelines) Approx. 650 g / 22.93 oz. (Body only)
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