Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS Rebel SL1
Canon
Regional names: EOS Kiss X7 / EOS 100D.
Catalogue announcement:

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 memory card, SDHC memory card, SDXC memory card * Compatible with UHS-I
- Image sensor size
- Approx. 22.3 x 14.9 mm
- Compatible lenses
- Canon EF lenses (including EF-S lenses) * Excluding EF-M lenses (35 mm-equivalent focal length is approx. 1.6 times the lens focal length)
- Lens Mount
- Canon EF mount
- Type
- CMOS sensor
- Effective pixels
- Approx. 18.0 megapixels
- 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 Large simultaneous recording possible
- Recorded pixels
- L (Large) :Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456) M (Medium) : Approx. 8.0 megapixels (3456 x 2304) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 4.5 megapixels (2592 x 1728) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.5 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 17.9 megapixels (5184 x 3456)
- Picture Style
- Auto, Standard, Portrait, Landscape, Neutral, Faithful, Monochrome, User Def. 1 – 3
- Basic+
- Ambience-based shots, Light/scene-based shots
- Extra Effect Shot
- Possible (in <CA> mode)
- White balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom 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 imagebrightness correction
- Auto Lighting Optimizer
- Highlight tone priority
- Provided
- Lens aberration correction
- Peripheral illumination correction, Chromatic aberration correction
- Type
- Eye-level pentamirror
- Coverage
- Vertical / Horizontal approx. 95% (with Eye point approx. 19 mm)
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.87x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eye Point
- Approx. 19 mm (from the eyepiece lens center at -1m-1)
- Built-in dioptric adjustment
- Approx. -3.0 – +1.0 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed, Precision Matte
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Provided
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
- AF points
- 9-point AF (Center point: cross-type and vertical line-sensitive to f/2.8)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -0.5 – 18 (Center AF point, at room temperature, ISO 100)
- AF operation
- One-Shot AF, AI Servo AF, AI Focus AF
- AF-assist beam
- Small series of flashes fired by built-in flash
- Metering modes
- 63-zone TTL full-aperture metering • Evaluative metering (linked to all AF points) • Partial metering (approx. 9% of viewfinder at center) • Spot metering (approx. 4% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Metering brightness range
- EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature with EF50mm f/1.8 II lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Special scene modes (Kids, Food, Candlelight, Night Portrait, Handheld Night Scene, HDR Backlight Control), Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
- ISO speed(Recommended exposure index)
- Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically * Landscape: ISO 100 – ISO 1600, <SCN> Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 – ISO 12800 Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 – ISO 12800 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically, maximum ISO speed settable for ISO Auto, or ISO expansion to "H" (equivalent to ISO 25600)
- Exposure compensation
- Manual: ±5 stops in 1/3- or 1/2-stop increments AEB: ±2 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: By AE lock button
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter speeds
- 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec. (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.), Bulb, X-sync at 1/200 sec.
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: Approx. 9.4 / 30.8 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 18mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 3 sec.
- External flash
- EX-series Speedlite (Flash functions settable with the camera)
- Flash metering
- E-TTL II autoflash
- Flash exposure compensation
- ±2 stops in 1/3-stop or 1/2-stop increments
- FE lock
- Provided
- PC terminal
- None
- Drive mode
- Single shooting, Continuous shooting, Silent single shooting, Silent continuous shooting, Self-timer with 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting
- Continuous shooting speed
- Continuous shooting: Max. approx. 4 shots/sec.Silent continuous shooting: Max. approx. 2.5 shots/sec.
- Max. burst (Approx.)
- JPEG Large/Fine: 28 (1140) shotsRAW: 7 (8) shotsRAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 4 (4) 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) using an 8 GB card.
- Aspect ratio settings
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Focus methods
- Hybrid CMOS AF II System* (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode),Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) * Focusing brightness range: EV 1 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Continuous AF
- Provided
- Touch shutter
- Provided
- Metering modes
- Real-time metering with image sensor Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering (approx. 10% 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 with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Creative filter
- Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect
- Grid display
- Two 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: 23.98 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps
- File size
- 1920 x 1080 (30p / 25p / 24p): Approx. 330 MB / min. 1280 x 720 (60p / 50p) : Approx. 330 MB / min. 640 x 480 (30p / 25p) : Approx. 82.5 MB / min.
- Focusing
- Hybrid CMOS AF II System* (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single) Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) * Focusing brightness range: EV 1 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focusing mode
- Servo AF
- Provided
- Metering brightness 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 (Still photos: ±5 stops)
- ISO speed(Recommended exposure index)
- With auto-exposure shooting: ISO 100 – 6400 set automatically With manual exposure: ISO 100 – 6400 set automatically/manually, expandable to H (equivalent to ISO 12800)
- Video snapshots
- Settable to 2 sec. / 4 sec. / 8 sec.
- Miniature effect movie
- Possible
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone External stereo microphone terminal provided Sound recording level adjustable, wind filter provided, attenuator provided
- Grid display
- Two types
- 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)
- Touch screen technology
- Capacitive sensing
- Feature guide
- Displayable
- Image display formats
- Single image display, Single image + Info display (Basic info, shooting info, histogram), image index (4/9/36/100)
- Zoom magnification
- Approx. 1.5x – 10x
- Highlight alert
- Overexposed highlights blink
- 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
- Image protect
- Possible
- Slide show
- All images, by date, by folder, by movies, by stills, by rating Five transition effects selectable
- Background music:
- Selectable for slide shows and movie playback
- Creative filters
- Grainy B/W, Soft focus, Fish-eye effect, Art bold effect, Water painting effect, Toy camera effect, Miniature effect
- Resize
- Possible
- Cropping
- Possible
- Compatible printers
- PictBridge-compatible printers
- Printable images
- JPEG and RAW images
- Print ordering
- DPOF Version 1.1 compatible
- Custom Functions
- 8
- My Menu registration
- Possible
- 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 equivalent), GPS Receiver GP-E2 connection
- HDMI mini OUT terminal
- Type C (auto switching of resolution), CEC-compatible
- External microphoneIN 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-E12 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E15
- Number of possible shots(Based on CIPA testing standards)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 380 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F), approx. 350 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F) With Live View shooting: Approx. 150 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F), approx. 140 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 5 min. at room temperature (23°C/73°F) Approx. 1 hr. at low temperatures (0°C/32°F) (with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E12)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx.116.8 x 90.7 x 69.4 mm / 4.60 x 3.57 x 2.74 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 407 g / 14.36 oz. (CIPA Guidelines),Approx. 370 g / 13.06 oz. (Body only)
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
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