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Mirrorless / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS M5
Canon
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01 / TECHNICAL RECORD
Specifications
Manufacturer specifications. Source: Canon Camera Museum ↗.
Manufacturer specifications
- Category
- DSLR non-reflex AF AE cameras
- Sensor size
- Image sensor size: Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm
- Number of pixels
- Camera effective pixels*: Approx. 24.2 megapixels Total pixels: Approx. 25.8 megapixels * Pixels may decrease due to image processing
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2
- Dust removal feature
- Auto/Manual
- AF method
- Face+Tracking AF, 1-point AF AF points (max.): 49 points Focusing brightness range (room temperature, ISO 100, when using EF-M22mm F2 STM) EV value: -1 – 18
- Focus operation
- TTL autofocus: One-Shot AF, Servo AF
- AF-assist beam
- Built-in LED lamp
- Metering mode
- Real-time metering using the image sensor, Evaluative, Partial metering, Center Weighted Avg., Spot
- Brightness metering range (room temperature, ISO 100)
- EV value: 1 – 20
- Exposure control
- Program AE, Shutter priority AE, Aperture priority AE, Manual exposure
- Exposure compensation
- Manual: ±3 stops in 1/3-stop increments AE bracketing: ±2 stops in 1/3-stop increments (Can be used together with manual compensation)
- ISO speed (recommended exposure index)
- ISO Auto range (AUTO mode) Min. speed: ISO 100 Max. speed: ISO 6400 Max. ISO speed (P mode): ISO 25600
- AE lock
- Manual/Auto
- WB settings
- Auto, Day Light, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash, Color temperature, Custom
- White balance correction
- Provided
- Method
- Focal-plane
- Shutter speed
- Range in all shooting modes Max. Tv: 30 sec., Min. Tv: 1/4000 sec. Fastest synchronized shutter speed with flash: 1/200 sec.
- Electronic color viewfinder
- Screen size: 0.39 type Pixels: Approx. 2,360,000 dots
- Monitor
- Type: TFT color liquid crystal Screen size: 3.2 type Effective pixels: Approx. 1,620,000 dots
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Image correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer: Provided Highlight tone priority: Provided
- Lens correction (EF-M lens has in-lens correction data)
- Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction, Diffraction correction
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Fine Detail, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def.1, User Def.2, User Def.3
- Continuous shooting
- Drive mode: Single shooting, Continuous shooting (Max.: approx. 9.0 shots/sec.) [Maximum number of shots at burst] Large/Fine: Approx. 26 shots Large/Normal: Approx. 25 shots Medium/Fine, Medium/Normal: Approx. 24 shots Small 1/Fine, Small 1/Normal: Approx. 23 shots Small 2/Fine: Approx. 24 shots RAW: Approx. 17 shots RAW+JPEG: Approx. 16 shots
- File format
- DCF-compliant DPOF compatible (Version1.1)
- Data type (Still images)
- Recording format: Exif 2.3 (DCF 2.0) Images (RAW images shot continuously are processed using 12-bit AD conversion): JPEG/RAW (CR2 a Canon 14-bit RAW format)
- Video
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264
- Audio
- MPEG-4 AAC-LC (stereo) Rec. level adjustment: Provided Wind filter: Provided Attenuator: Provided
- Number of shots (Still image) * indication for reference * Using a 16 GB UHS-I memory card
- Large/Fine: 1833 shots Large/Normal: 2760 shots Medium/Fine: 3114 shots Medium/Normal: 4671 shots Small 1/Fine: 4717 shots Small 1/Normal: 6656 shots Small 2/Fine: 8098 shots RAW: 450 shots RAW+JPEG: 361 shots
- Number of shots (Movie) * indication for reference * Using a 16 GB UHS-I memory card
- [Recording File Size] FHD/59.94P, FHD/50.00P: 4288 KB/sec. FHD/29.97P, FHD/25.00P: 2945 KB/sec. FHD/23.98P: 2945 KB/sec. HD/59.94P, HD/50.00P: 1969 KB/sec. VGA/29.97P, VGA/25.00P: 382 KB/sec.
- Recording media
- SD/SDHC/SDXC memory cards
- Folder setting
- Monthly/Daily
- File numbering
- Continuous, Auto Reset
- Battery pack
- LP-E17 [Number of still image shots (CIPA compliant)] Monitor On: Approx. 295 shots Electronic color viewfinder On: Approx. 295 shots [Number of still image shots (Eco Mode On)] Monitor On: Approx. 420 shots [Movie recording time (CIPA compliant)] Monitor On: Approx. 85 min. Electronic color viewfinder On: Approx. 90 min.
- Wired
- Digital terminal (Hi-Speed USB compliant), HDMI OUT terminal
- Wireless (NFC)
- NFC Forum Type3/4 Tag compliant (Dynamic)
- Wireless (Bluetooth)
- Compliance standards: Bluetooth Specification Version 4.1 (Bluetooth low energy technology) Transmission scheme: GFSK modulation scheme
- Transmission frequency
- Frequency: 2.4 GHz Channels: 1–11 ch
- Camera access point mode
- WPA2-PSK (AES)
- Ad hoc mode
- WPA2-PSK (AES)
- Temperature
- Min.: 0 °C (32 °F), Max.: 40 °C (104 °F)
- Humidity
- 85 % or less
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 115.6x 89.2 x 60.6 mm / 4.6 x 3.5 x 2.4 in. * Based on CIPA Guidelines
- Weight
- Approx. 380 g / 13.4 oz. (Body only) Approx. 427 g / 15.1 oz. (Including battery pack, memory card) * Based on CIPA Guidelines
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