DSLR / CAMERA REFERENCE
EOS Rebel T5
Canon
Regional names: EOS Kiss X70 / EOS 1200D, EOS Hi.
Marketed:

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
- 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
- Dust Delete Data appending, Clean manually
- 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)
- Create/select a folder
- Possible
- File numbering
- Continuous, Auto reset, Manual reset
- 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 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
- Provided
- Type
- Eye-level pentamirror
- Coverage
- Vertical / Horizontal approx. 95% (with Eye point approx. 21 mm)
- Magnification
- Approx. 0.8x (-1 m-1 with 50mm lens at infinity)
- Eye Point
- Approx. 21 mm (from eyepiece lens center at -1 m-1)
- Built-in dioptric adjustment
- Approx. -2.5 – +0.5 m-1 (dpt)
- Focusing screen
- Fixed, Precision Matte
- Mirror
- Quick-return type
- Depth-of-field preview
- Enabled with Custom Function setting
- Type
- TTL secondary image-registration, phase detection
- AF points
- 9-point (Cross-type AF sensitive to f/5.6 with center AF point)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 0 – 18 (Center AF point) EV 1 – 18 (Other AF points) (With One-Shot AF, 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. 10% of viewfinder at center) • Center-weighted average metering
- Brightness metering range
- EV 1 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Program AE (Scene Intelligent Auto, Flash Off, Creative Auto, Portrait, Landscape, Close-up, Sports, Night Portrait, Program), Shutter-priority AE, Aperture-priority AE, Manual exposure
- ISO speed (Recommended exposure index)
- Basic Zone modes*: ISO 100 – ISO 3200 set automatically * Portrait: ISO 100 Creative Zone modes: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set manually (whole-stop increments), ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically, maximum ISO speed settable for ISO Auto, or expandable to “H” (equivalent to ISO 12800)
- 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. 9.2 / 30.2 (ISO 100, in meters/feet) or approx. 13/42.7 (ISO 200, in meters/feet) Flash coverage: Approx. 17mm lens angle of view Recycling time approx. 2 sec.
- External flash
- EX-series Speedlite
- 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 modes
- 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. 3.0 shots/sec.
- Max. burst (Approx.)
- JPEG Large/Fine: 69 shots RAW: 6 shots RAW+JPEG Large/Fine: 4 shots * Figures are based on Canon’s 8 GB test card and testing standards (ISO 100 and Standard Picture Style).
- Aspect ratio
- 3:2, 4:3, 16:9, 1:1
- Focus methods
- Contrast detection (FlexiZone-Single, Face detection Live mode), Phase-difference detection (Quick mode),Manual focus (approx. 5x / 10x magnification possible)
- Focusing brightness range
- EV 1 – 18 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Metering modes
- Real-time metering with image sensor
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Grid display
- Two types
- Recording format
- MOV Movie : MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, Variable (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
- 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
- Brightness metering range
- EV 0 – 20 (at room temperature, ISO 100)
- Exposure control
- Auto-exposure 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 (ISO 100 – ISO 3200 for still photo shooting)With manual exposure: ISO 100 – ISO 6400 set automatically/manually
- Video snapshots
- Settable to 2 sec. / 4 sec. / 8 sec.
- Sound recording
- Built-in monaural microphone Sound-recording level adjustable, wind filter provided
- Grid display
- Two types
- Still photo shooting:
- Possible
- Type
- TFT color liquid-crystal monitor
- Monitor size and dots
- Approx. 7.5 cm (3.0-in.) (4:3) with approx. 460,000 dots
- Brightness adjustment
- Manual (7 levels)
- Feature guide
- Displayable
- Image display formats
- Basic info, basic info + image quality/playback number,shooting info,display, histogram, image index (4/9)
- 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 rotation
- Possible
- Ratings
- Provided
- Movie playback
- Enabled (LCD monitor, HDMI OUT) Built-in speaker
- Image protection
- 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, 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
- 11
- My Menu registration
- Possible
- Copyright information
- Entry and inclusion enabled
- Digital terminal
- 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
- Remote control terminal
- For Remote Switch RS-60E3
- Eye-Fi card
- Compatible
- Battery
- Battery Pack LP-E10 (Quantity 1) * AC power can be supplied via AC Adapter Kit ACK-E10
- Number of possible shots (Based on CIPA testing standards)
- With viewfinder shooting:Approx. 500 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F)Approx. 410 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)With Live View shooting:Approx. 180 shots at room temperature (23°C / 73°F)Approx. 170 shots at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F)
- Movie shooting time
- Approx. 1 hr. 15 min. at room temperature (23°C / 73°F) Approx. 1 hr. 10 min. at low temperatures (0°C / 32°F) (with a fully-charged Battery Pack LP-E10)
- Dimensions (W x H x D)
- Approx.129.6 x 99.7 x 77.9 mm / 5.10 x 3.93 x 3.07 in.
- Weight
- Approx. 480 g / 16.93 oz. (CIPA Guidelines), Approx. 435 g / 15.34 oz. (Body only)
- Working temperature range
- 0°C – 40°C / 32°F – 104°F
- Working humidity
- 85% or less
02 / INDEPENDENT COVERAGE
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03 / PROVENANCE
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