Review
DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS Rebel T4i
Canon
Regional names: EOS Kiss X6i / EOS 650D.
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) (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. 18.00 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. 17.90 megapixels (5184 x 3456) M (Medium) : Approx. 8.00 megapixels (3456 x 2304) S1 (Small 1) : Approx. 4.50 megapixels (2592 x 1728) S2 (Small 2) : Approx. 2.50 megapixels (1920 x 1280) S3 (Small 3) : Approx. 350,000 pixels (720 x 480) RAW : Approx. 17.90 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
- White balance
- Auto, Preset (Daylight, Shade, Cloudy, Tungsten light, White fluorescent light, Flash), Custom White balance correction and white balance bracketing features provided * 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. 0.85x (-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
- Nine cross-type AF points (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/2.8 with center AF point)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV -0.5 – 18 (at 23°C/73°F, 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 Range
- EV 1 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.8 lens, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, 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 – 6400 set automatically * Portrait: ISO 100, Handheld Night Scene: ISO 100 – 12800 set automatically Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 – 12800 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 – 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: With AE lock button
- Type
- Electronically-controlled, focal-plane shutter
- Shutter speeds
- 1/4000 sec. to 1/60 sec. (Scene Intelligent Auto mode),X-sync at 1/200 sec. * With a wide-angle lens, the shutter speed may be 1/60 sec. or slower. 1/4000 sec. to 30 sec., Bulb (Total shutter speed range. Available range varies by shooting mode.)
- Built-in flash
- Retractable, auto pop-up flash Guide No.: Approx. 13/43 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 3 sec. Wireless master function provided
- 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, self-timer with 10-sec. or 2-sec. delay and 10-sec. delay with continuous shooting
- Continuous shooting speed
- Max. approx. 5 shots/sec.
- Max. burst (Approx.)
- JPEG Large/Fine: 22 (30) shots RAW: 6 (6) shots RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 3 (3) shots * Figures are based on Canon’s testing standards (ISO 100 and "Standard" Picture Style) using an 8 GB card. * Figures in parentheses apply to an UHS-I compatible 8 GB card based on Canon’s testing standards.
- Aspect ratio settings
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Focusing
- Hybrid CMOS AF System* (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode) Manual focusing (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) * Focusing brightness range: EV 1 – 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
- Continuous AF
- Provided
- Touch shutter
- Provided
- Metering modes
- Real-time metering with image sensor Evaluative metering (315 zones), Partial metering(approx. 8.8% of Live View screen), Spot metering(approx. 2.8% of Live View screen), Center-weighted average metering
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F with EF50mm f/1.4 USM lens, ISO 100)
- Grid display
- Two types
- Movie compression
- MPEG-4 AVC/H.264Variable (average) bit rate
- Audio recording format
- Linear PCM
- Recording format
- MOV
- Recording sizeand frame rate
- 1920×1080 (Full HD): 30p/25p/24p 1280×720 (HD) : 60p/50p 640×480 (SD) : 30p/25p * 30p: 29.97 fps, 25p: 25.00 fps, 24p: 23.976 fps, 60p: 59.94 fps, 50p: 50.00 fps
- File size
- 1920×1080 (30p/25p/24p): Approx. 330 MB/min. 1280×720 (60p/50p) : Approx. 330 MB/min. 640×480 (30p/25p) : Approx. 82.5 MB/min.
- Focusing
- Hybrid CMOS AF System* (Face+Tracking, FlexiZone-Multi, FlexiZone-Single) Manual focusing (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible) * Focusing brightness range: EV 1 – 18 (at 23°C/73°F, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Center-weighted average and evaluative metering with the image sensor * Automatically set by the focusing mode
- Servo AF
- Provided
- Metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at 23°C/73°F 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.
- Sound recording
- Built-in stereo 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
- Angle adjustment
- Possible
- 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), 4-image index, 9-image index, image rotate possible
- 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, movies, stills, or 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
- 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 possible
- Audio/video OUT/Digital terminal
- Analog video (compatible with NTSC/PAL)/stereo audio output Personal computer communication and 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
- Remote Controller RC-6
- Eye-Fi card
- Compatible
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E8 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E8 * With Battery Grip BG-E8 attached, size-AA/LR6 batteries can be used
- Battery life(Based on CIPA testing standards)
- With viewfinder shooting: Approx. 440 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 400 shots at 0°C/32°F With Live View shooting: Approx. 180 shots at 23°C/73°F, approx. 150 shots at 0°C/32°F
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 40 min. at 23°C/73°F Approx. 1 hr. 20 min. at 0°C/32°F (with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E8)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx. 133.1 x 99.8 x 78.8 mm / 5.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 575 g / 20.3 oz. (CIPA Guidelines),Approx. 520 g / 18.3 oz. (Body only)
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
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